…than it looks. Credit: Travel Portland. In 1986, Portland opened one of the first modern light rail lines in the US, the beginning of a light rail renaissance that built…
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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…
Bus Rapid Transit and the Law of Multiple Intentions
…commenter Alexander Craghead: It must be remembered that most US BRT applications mimic light rail because they were sold on the premise of being a budget option for light rail….
dueling academics on cost-benefit of rail
…post-World War II U.S. rail transit systems (8 commuter rail, 6 heavy rail and 20 light rail). The inclusion of the non-rider benefits does not change the negative assessment. In…
portland: the grid is 30 years old … thank a planner!
Posted on August 30, 2012 in Connections, Transfers, Cuts, Frequent Networks, Legibility, Light Rail, Mobility, Pedestrians, Portland, Rail Transit, Strategic Transit Planning, Urban Structure
…carts to bike lanes to office-over-retail — has sprouted and thrived most successfully. Rail gets all the press, but the MAX light rail line would not have worked without this…
San Diego: The Rail-Bus Balance
…(Legend: Black = existing commuter rail. Thin pink lines = Bus Rapid Transit. Dashed blue line = proposed LRT extension. Solid blue, green, orange = Existing light rail.) I suspect…
Canberra: “They Only Refer to Buses”
…that light rail would offer, nor is there much near-term prospect of funding for it. Light rail could happen, and I certainly don’t oppose it, but as I said over…
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…
A Great New Book on North America’s “Lost” Rail Transit Systems
…what subway, streetcar, and light rail really mean. The title Lost Subways suggests an ideal world of fast underground transit that’s routine in Europe and East Asia but that was…
Eight Fewer Cars = 74 More Bikes
…areas to the west it’s the only place to go for a fast light rail trip into the city. The light rail line also turns south at this point, so…