Dear Company That Invited Me To Use Their Image “However I Like,” The way I’d like to use the image you so kindly offered me is to discuss how not to do viral marketing and irritate the potential customers you’re so desperately trying to solicit. Please allow me to give some background: A couple of...
A long time ago we asked the question When is a Minute, Not A Minute? In that post we went into how one’s perception of travel time is relative to how they’re actually travelling. As we note in that post, the Transportation Research Board states that a minute of time waiting for a transit vehicle is...
A quick look at some of the highlights from around the world of Urban Gondolas, Gondola Transit, and Cable Propelled Transit: Cable car studies to connect the Cave of Hira and the Cave of Al-Thawr near Mecca is complete. These cable lifts will make the trek to the mountain tops safer and easier (as in the past, some...
The other day I discussed how modal choice often has less to do with the intrinsic qualities of a technology and more to do with extrinsic factors. Those comments caused something of a stir with people coming out saying a variation of the following: Light Rail is a scam. Light Rail is awesome. It depends....
I just came across an old article on Mother Nature Network that combines my favorite sequence (yes, I have a favorite) with a common conversion issue. As an American I think in miles but as someone who reads about, works with, and travels on roads in, well, any other country, I often/sometimes/usually come across speeds...
On the recent news of the soon-in-the-offing death of the Sydney Monorail, Jarrett Walker at Human Transit had this to say: Technophile commenters will doubtless chalk this up the Sydney decision as a defeat for monorails in general. I disagree. It’s a defeat for one-way loops, poor connectivity, and symbolic as opposed to actual mobility....
The video “Bending Sounds” by Tim Sessler wonderfully captures the sites and sounds of the NYC subway. As the camera slowly meanders through the stations, people rush by, jumping on and off train cars, in and out of turn styles, and along subterranean corridors. The sounds of chatter and footsteps, and the rumble of the...
A quick look at some of the highlights from around the world of Urban Gondolas, Gondola Transit, and Cable Propelled Transit (admittedly, it’s been a slow week): Straight.com explains how the proposed Sea to Sky Gondola in British Columbia could change hiking in the region. A plan to bring a gondola to Catalina Island in California has...
I saw this a few days ago and it got me thinking. . . The above picture is of the 25 year old Bonistock Aerial Tram. Nothing impressive, nothing interesting. Or is there? I don’t know about you, but when I look at this system I see something almost sculptural and artistic. It almost reminds...
Over the past week, we’ve received a lot of attention about: Driver Assisted Cars – On the Brink of a Transport Revolution? Yesterday, Christian made an insightful and thought-provoking comment about how some standard airplane technologies, such as the GPS, tend to appear in cars 15-20 years later. But what about the ability to fly… Science-fiction shows have...