…parking cost is about the same as San Francisco’s and the result is extremely strong ridership on its bus and light rail system, at least for commutes, and support for…
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permanent weather and the civic image
…my hike ended at a well-known religous site for green urbanists: Wrigley Field, a Major League Baseball Stadium with Practically No Parking. By then, it was too dark to photograph,…
guest post: scott johnson on “over-constrained projects”
…line is likely to make an expensive detour onto Highway 43–the same highway which is predicted to turn into a parking lot in the near future, justifying the mobility need…
sorting out rail-bus differences
Posted on February 10, 2011 in Bus Rapid Transit, Commuter Rail, Monorail, Philosophy, Rail Transit, Ride Quality, Streetcars (Trams), Technophilia, Trolleybuses
…a lane, especially if the lane is adjacent to on-street parking. People stop in the lane to make deliveries, get into and out of taxis, and parallel-park. Accidents and breakdowns…
bicycle vs transit problems
…parking or pedestrian circulation. She notes one situation in Portland (14th & Lovejoy) where the streetcar-cyclist conflict was arguably resolved at the pedestrian’s expense: … and she’s clear that this…
brisbane: the flood at its peak
…down Coronation Drive. The transit authorities have done a stellar job moving trains out of the yard and parking them nose-to-tail in giant “snakes” to get them out of ……
email of the week: thinking pedestrian thoughts
…the pedestrian. Ultimately, the strongest case for “pedestrian rights” is that we are all pedestrians. Even the guy who loves his Porsche has to walk across parking lots, and can…
New York’s Broadway: Why Do the Cab Drivers Hate It?
…Moore. Sadik-Khan gave her standard presentation on her work in New York, with emphasis on the conversion of traffic and parking space to pedestrian and park spaces. She also highlighted…
Almere, Netherlands as Bus-Oriented Development
Posted on October 29, 2010 in Access, Amsterdam, Bus Rapid Transit, Pedestrians, Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)
…the same pattern in the commercial core above: high-capacity roads form a ring around the core, delivering you to parking on these outer edges. But if you come by bus,…
Quip of the Week
Re the argument “I need cheap parking in the city because I have to have my car for my job.” If my job required me to have a personal elephant,…