Tag: Public Transportation - Page 6
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With Light Rail Stalled, A Push for BRT in Tel Aviv
After a decade of fits and starts, the Tel Aviv light rail project finally collapsed last week. Following months of last-ditch negotiations, government officials announced that
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Can Great Design Redeem the Parking Garage?
Parking garages are generally considered to be a necessary evil: necessary because everyone drives; evil because they are usually drab, ugly concrete structures that take up valuable urban space. Yet in recent
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July Eco-Tidbits from Turkey
With summer in
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NYC Hybrid Taxi Mandate Shot Down by Federal Appeals Court
A quick (and hopefully not final) update in the ongoing legal saga around New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's plan to
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Construction Begins on Amman BRT
Having already begun to reclaim its sidewalks for pedestrians, the city of Amman, Jordan is setting out to reclaim its streets from traffic chaos.
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Household Eco-Friendly Behavior Becoming Norm - But Still Most People Don't Bike or Take Public Transit
An update to the Global Warming's Six Americas survey, done by George Mason and Yale universities, has been released. Compared to stats compiled in January about the percentage of US residents who run the gamut from
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June Eco-Tidbits from Turkey
People passing down Istanbul's busy
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iPhone App Lets New Yorkers Share Car Service Rides
Anyone who has ever tried hailing a cab in New York City downtown on a weekend night knows it can be a combat sport. And then try getting that cabbie to take you to Brooklyn. If you live in Brooklyn along the G line just getting
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What's Bus Stop Consolidation? A Way to Make Transit Faster for Little Money (Video)
The Bus Doesn't Have to Stop Every Block... If public transit was faster, more people would take it. That's a pretty non-controversial statement. Of course speed isn't the only factor (cost, safety, reliability), but it's a big one. One of the things
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Drive No More: 6 Alternatives to Your Car
Do You Want to Go Car Free?We often write about how our society is too car-centric, and while it's important to improve cars so they're orders of magnitude greener (because they aren't going away anytime soon), it's also crucial to
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National Survey Shows Americans Broadly Support Investments in Public Transit, Walking, and Biking
Image: Transportation for America Time to Go From Words to Actions A national poll by Transportation for America (T4A), a policy organization mostly focused on "public transportation, smart growth, and environmentalism", has found that a majority of
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Making San Francisco's Muni Faster is Easy, So Let's Do It (Video)
Sometimes Simple Solutions are Best Our friends at StreetFilms have made a great video about San Francisco's Muni and how to make it more efficient. Basically, if you make boarding faster by using a prepaid boarding system called proof-of-payment, the
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Long Wait for the Bus? Budget Cuts Could Be the Reason
Times are tough for everyone—including municipal governments. One are that has suffered from diminished budgets is public transport. Across the country, transit workers are losing their jobs, making it that much harder to
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From the Forums: The Problem with the Bus
mikev has a problem with riding the bus: It rarely escalates to physical violence but one of the biggest problem I always had with riding the bus or subways was that you had no control over who else was on the
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Bad Drivers or Bad Design in Houston? Watch "Metro's Greatest Hits" and Decide for Yourself
The video that we featured last week showed a rare collision between a train and a bus in Houston, TX. Much more common in Houston are collisions between automobiles and Houston's new train. This blooper reel shows some apparently not so rare footage
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On Board Video Cam Shows a Rare Collision Between a Train and a Bus in Houston, TX
According to the The National Safety Council, riding public transportation is over 170 times safer than riding in a private car. But accidents do happen and mass transit isn't immune. Read further for more about the recent collision
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The Country's Transit Systems Face Off
NYCT, MBTA, WMATA, BART: Which is the biggest, best, public transit system in the country? Good presents a new infographic that puts them next to each other for a face off.Good writes:
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7 Short and Senseless Flights We'd Love to Ban
Sometimes it's better to drive. Whether that means you carpool, rent a car, or take public transportation the fact of the matter is that you'd blow more carbon emissions if you traveled by airplane. Not only do you
