…cut early in the rail program, then rose when bus service was being rapidly improved. Since 2005, when the balance of attention on rail vs bus has been closer to…
Search results for "light rail"
US Commuter Rail: What it Is and What It Could Be
…subway, bus, and light rail services: “Commuter rail is commuter rail. It’s not transit. It’s designed to bring people into the city in the morning and take them home at…
Los Angeles: Rail Has “Forced Ridership Down”?
…not in a way that has put the matter to rest. Rail transit advocates contend that it is premature to judge urban rail’s performance because the local systems are not…
sorting out rail-bus differences: endnotes
…way that may differentiate a particular rail line from a particular bus line, but are not intrinsic to rail or buses. Cultural Feedback Effects. Differences that result from how people…
Bus-Rail Debates in a Beautiful Abstract City, and in Los Angeles
…class cities have subways.” A strong driving sentiment was that Los Angeles needed not just rail, but the model of rail being modelled by London and Paris, the underground third-rail…
Bus vs Rail, an “Oversimplified Comparison”
Posted on December 12, 2009 in Atlanta, Bus Rapid Transit, Downtowns, Minneapolis – St. Paul, Philosophy, Pittsburgh, Portland, Rail Transit, San Antonio, San Diego
…bus+rail system would work. I was the lead planner on a redesign for San Antonio around 2001-2, shortly after their voters had rejected light rail. We did what we could…
rail-bus differences: premise or conclusion?
Posted on March 3, 2011 in Bus Rapid Transit, Meditations, Rail Transit, Streetcars (Trams), Technophilia
…rapid transit, using “third rail” power sources. Most classic “subway” and “metro” systems. Most “light rail” in surface operations. Parts of some European and Australian tram networks. Most North…
toronto and sydney: triumphs for network planning, not just light rail
Posted on March 23, 2012 in Light Rail, Monorail, Rail Transit, Sydney, Symbolic Transit, Technophilia, Toronto
…as a move toward light rail — plans for which are definitely moving forward — it’s really just a decision to invest in transit lines that do useful things —…
will driverless cars abolish buses? (email of the month)
…the front door of your home or work right up to the light-rail and heavy-rail transit station and vice versa. Replace them all. Then by 2045, maybe the US Congress will…
Frequency and Freedom on Driverless Rapid Transit
…light rail. Light rail is wonderfully flexible, able to run onstreet with signalized intersections, and across pedestrian zones, as well as in conventional elevated or underground profiles. Driverless metro must…