Blogosphere: Personalized Spider Maps
August 19, 2011|Greater Greater Washington
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London has a complex network of train and bus lines, and a unique type of diagram to help people navigate them, known colloquially as the "spider map." As part of the work at the Mobility Lab, we're looking into generating these for the DC region, but going one step farther, and creating personalized ones for any location... Read On
Blogosphere: Stop Spacing and Future of the 50s
August 17, 2011|Getting Around Minneapolis
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Riding the bus is slow. It is sometimes vein-bulgingly, pencil-snappingly slow. Since I prefer riding transit, I choose where to live based on the quality of the transit service, and so a few years ago I moved to Kingfield because of the 18 line, one of the most frequent in town... Read On
Chicago: 10 Route CTA BRT Network Proposed
August 17, 2011|Chicago Tribune
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Conditions are ripe in Chicago to try launching the first true bus rapid transit system in the U.S., according to advocates who will unveil their blueprint Wednesday... Read On
Blogosphere: What If Routes Signified Service Level
August 16, 2011|Human Transit
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From the new line numbering scheme (and service plan) in Allentown-Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: All routes will be designated with a three-digit number which will provide an indication of the level of service... Read On
Blogosphere: McGinn - Seattle's Transit Future
August 15, 2011|Seattle Transit Blog
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While working in the community, and running for office, I heard from Seattle residents that they wanted better transit. And not just better buses, but rail transit where it made sense... Read On
Blogosphere: Final Report Downgrades BRT
August 11, 2011|Greater Greater Washington
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Last week, the Montgomery County DOT released its final study on a future county-wide BRT system. The system has the potential to improve transit options for many county residents... Read On
Boulder: City Supports Employee Clock Ins from RTD
August 10, 2011|Boulder Daily Camera
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Should Boulder land a $250,000 federal grant to help put free wireless Internet on regional bus routes, the city wants to know whether local companies would let employees "clock in" while riding to work... Read On
Blogosphere: Providence's Underused BRT
August 9, 2011|Pedestrian Observations
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Providence's best-kept transit secret is its BRT tunnel. Converted from a trolley tunnel in 1948, when the trolleys were replaced by buses, it's a bus-only tunnel connecting Thayer Street in College Hill on the east with Main Street on the eastern edge of downtown... Read On
Blogosphere: BRT, Two Kinds of Flexibility
August 8, 2011|Human Transit
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On yesterday's post on the watering-down of Bus Rapid Transit proposals in Bristol, UK, a number of comments seem a little vague about how buses are more "flexible" than rail. For example, Carl writes:.. Read On
Blogosphere: UK's Watered Down BRT
August 5, 2011|Human Transit
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We often hear that proper Bus Rapid Transit [BRT] is impossible in the US because any such proposal gets watered down by the defenders of traffic lanes until it's nothing but a fancy bus stuck in traffic... Read On
