My attempt at a feel-good post on the opening of the East Los Angeles Gold Line light rail extension attracted a lot of comment from locals who don’t feel so…
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Think Tanks, Binary Thinking, and “Bus vs Rail”
…(BRT),” Brosch said. “Rail is, you know, rail is rail. It didn’t excite me as a new transportation technology.” That last statement is especially unfortunate, because it makes Brosch sound…
Los Angeles: The Next Great Transit Metropolis?
…unfortunate transfer penalities don’t contradict the wisdom and efficiency of the grid system. The compromised alignments of some light rail lines don’t undermine the case for rapid rail investment, nor…
One Less Barrier to Expanding US Urban Rail Transit
…rail transit services that run on freight railways. If cities wanted to rapidly upgrade their rail transit systems, the cheapest way is often using upgraded commuter rail rather than building…
sydney: monorail soon to be scrap metal?
…a week. Twice in that time, in very bad weather, using the monorail made sense to me. The monorail is a barrier to light rail, indirectly, because its pillars form…
Today’s “Car Street,” Tomorrow’s Rapid Transit
…spaced stations rather than local stops. It’s typically implemented by “metro” heavy rail, light rail, or Bus Rapid Transit, though the first of those is unlikely at Portland’s scale. The…
Paris: Do We Have Enough Logos Yet?
…national rail company, SNCF, which also runs the rest of Paris’s outer-suburban commuter rail network. Until now the customer has never needed to care. Has anyone ever chosen to ride…
Ottawa: Moving on from the Busway
…There is no reason to question Ottawa’s decision to move on to light rail. Light rail will certainly deliver better outcomes in terms of emissions, energy efficiency, and a more…
a technophile wants my brain, and yours
…self-identified bus-people attack rail, and self-identified rail people attack buses, they both sound like the lungs arguing with the heart. There’s a larger purpose to transit, one that we achieve…
Why Circulators (Often) Don’t Work
…to downtown. Further out in the suburbs, it’s entirely reasonable to force transfers to rail to reach downtown, because the cost of running buses parallel to light rail goes up…