How Is Houston’s Big Bus Network Redesign Working Out?
It's been two months since Houston debuted its redesigned bus network, with routes and schedules intended to make the bus appealing to more people. Jarrett Walker, who blogs at Human Transit, consulted on the project, and today he shares his take on the early ridership numbers.
October 29, 2015
Vancouver City Council Votes to Erase Last Vestiges of Freeway System
Vancouver is famous for not having any freeways within the central city. But highway building got underway before public opposition quashed the freeway system in the early 1970s, and a couple of fragments of the old freeway structure have remained in the form of two short elevated roads.
October 28, 2015
Parking Requirements Are Based on Wild Guesses
This week there's a huge gathering in Dallas for the annual Railvolution conference. One of the hot topics for all those people trying to build walkable places: parking requirements.
October 28, 2015
A PSA About Biking to Work That Needs No Translation
Give it up for the Directorate General of Traffic, a.k.a. Spain's DOT. The agency produced this PSA about biking to work, which gets the message across pretty clearly, no subtitles required.
October 27, 2015
Moving Beyond “Drive-to Urbanism”
What do you call a place where you can walk once you get there, but most people arrive in a car? Atlanta has plenty of these places, which Darin Givens at ATL Urbanist calls "drive-to urbanism."
October 27, 2015
Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid of the House Transportation Bill
When a House of Representatives committee passed a six-year transportation bill last Thursday, it marked a milestone in Washington’s efforts to pass a long term transportation bill at long last. Problem is, the bill stinks.
October 26, 2015
House Transpo Bill Spells Trouble for Transit Projects Across America
A provision in the House GOP's new transportation bill threatens to upend how transit agencies fund major capital projects, delaying or killing efforts to expand and maintain rail and bus networks.
October 23, 2015
Sizing Up Baltimore’s “Consolation Prize”: Hogan’s $135 Million Bus Link Plan
In June, newly elected Maryland Governor Larry Hogan decided to kill plans for the Red Line light rail project planned for Baltimore, calling it a "wasteful boondoggle."
October 23, 2015
When Opaque Bikeway Planning Leads to Missed Opportunities
Chouteau Avenue in St. Louis is finally getting a bike lane that's been promised since 2009. But the finished product falls far short of what it could be, writes Alex Ihnen at NextSTL. The flaws in the Chouteau redesign say a lot about the city's haphazard approach to bike planning, Ihnen says:
October 22, 2015
True Story: Ratings Agency Pins Dangerous Roads on Car-Free Young People
The financial ratings agency Standard & Poor's has a new report out that presents a bizarre theory about dangerous conditions on American streets. It's the Millennials' fault, "but not in the way you think," they say. Prepare yourself for some ratings agency clickbait!
October 21, 2015