So says someone who is actually dependent on the bus — someone who has actually ridden the new Cleveland BRT:
Mr. Litt:
I do not agree with your glowing praise of the RTA HealthLine bus [corridor] (PD 11-09-08.) The bus shelters are too confusing. They have fare boxes that don’t work, or accept bus passes. So, riders [...]
Norfolk is looking at selling the naming rights to their light rail line (LRT) - the train, the stations, the parking, the whole enchilada - or possibly just parts of it. They’re saying that can get $29 Million ‘over about 20 to 30 years’ - whatever that means. The article also states that the Cleveland [...]
I’m surprised to hear that SamTrans is not on-board Google Transit, yet — they hosted the last TransitCamp in their offices in San Mateo. [Which makes me think, it's almost time for another, ain't it?] I emailed their customer service to try to get the scoop.
Anyhow, while looking around for info on SamTrans and Google [...]
Caltrain is already used by folks to commit suicide, as are other passenger rail systems throughout the U.S. and the world. Outside of friends and family, people say that the trains’ drivers often get the worst of the emotional aftermath — they are ‘behind the wheel’ when they see someone step onto the tracks, and [...]
Ciclovia -style events won a Streetsie Award this year - cool. I was really hoping BRT would come through, but it was not meant to be. Perhaps 2009?
There was a ‘Best Bus Project‘ winner, though. Sure, the category is a bit contrived, but as long as buses are still in use, we should definitely recognize [...]
About A Month In Iraq.
The Second Avenue subway (wiki) - it’ll be something close to a miracle if they ever complete it. It should help get rid of a bunch of East-West bus service in Manhattan, which warms my heart.
The New York City subway is pretty darn ugly, in my opinion, and it definitely does [...]
This video just won a Streetsie 2008 Award. The bridge needs physically-separated bike lanes - cycle tracks. It’s a must. Cycling next to huge, speeding objects that can injure and kill you is not dignified — we cyclists (and pedestrians) deserve better. The idea is spreading — let’s do our best to get everyone on [...]
Cruising through Wikipedia, I landed on the Human-Powered Transport page, and started seeing some cool pics:
[Image: Wikipedia / Ekimebam]
[Image: Wikipedia / Liftarn]
Some Toronto artists put together a nice bike car - the cops didn’t like it too much.
I’d like to start seeing more of these things around town — maybe starting with the different bike [...]
SFCitizen directs us to a ‘picture a day’ project, which just happened to take this cool snap before the official start of the project:
There’s an RSS feed for the project here.
[Image: Flickr / Dustin Diaz]
…Adding, it’s kind of a fantastic picture, too.
BART (wiki) makes lots of data available right from their website in a section geared towards 3rd Party developers - Developer Resources. They’ve got data, data feeds, RSS feeds, service alerts, embeddable widgets, you name it.
A couple of BART folks were at the last TransitCamp and I asked them how many developers they had.
Zero.
If they [...]
