…lanes or parking lanes to bus lanes. During the 1980s, as the Los Angeles subway was first being conceived, rail-boosters often said things like: “Los Angeles is a great world-class…
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strasbourg: you can’t take it home with you
…deliveries. Parking in the core was reduced, mostly shifted to satellite locations from which people could take the tram into the core. Introducing streetcars sounds easy, but once you explain…
Ridership Down in the US? Look Deeper
Posted on July 16, 2010 in Honolulu, Journalism, Los Angeles, New York City, Rail Transit, San Francisco
…heavy commute market into those cores due to the difficulty of driving and parking there. All of which points to a couple of typical warnings about US transit statistics: Metro…
Singapore: Pedestrian First Impressions
…the sidewalk into the street, at the expense of a parking space. Singapore is spectacular, safe, pleasant for the most part. The density drives huge transit ridership, on both the…
Seattle’s Waterfront Streetcar: Not Coming Back?
…a lot of all-day parking lots. Cuteness in such a grim setting can look a little forlorn, so it’s not surprising that it failed to stir civic hearts, or tourist…
Should Fares Be Higher During Peak Hours?
…face huge congestion and parking costs) the cruel facts of supply and demand argue that the fare for transit service in those situations can probably rise without much loss of…
Is Speed Obsolete?
…impact. It’s Corbusier, basically: slabs of apartment towers surrounded by dead expanses of concrete or lawn, with underground parking belching cars. Windswept plazas where nothing is at pedestrian scale. No…
Can We Cycle the “Last Mile”?
…the station: Local access paths and navigation. Taking bikes on board rapid transit. Bicycle parking at stations. Transit agencies should care about this, because a sufficient uptake of local cycling…
Portland: The Lure of the Unmeasurable
…like home. So why can’t Portland grow its economy enough to retain environmentally conscious domestic migrants like Nikki Sutton? And don’t tell me it’s because there’s not enough parking downtown….
Tyson’s Corner: the “Last Mile” Problem
…of them come by car?” You know the look. Lots of big office buildings with big parking structures, served by car-oriented arterial streets that are neither safe nor pleasant to…