Published by the Transportation Research Board, the Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual is a kind of bible for the transit planning industry. I use it constantly. Now Kittelson & Associates is preparing the 3rd edition of the manual and they want your help. By clicking here, you’ll be taken to a survey detailing...
The internet’s a funny thing. It’s so easy to take things out of context, misinterpret or just generally get all riled up about something that turns out to be nothing. Without that in-person interactive component, virtually anything can be misunderstood – and typically is. Which is why I’m torn about a recent post over at...
A quick look at some of the things that make your cities work (or not): Jane Jacobs: Eyes on the Streets Eyes on the Streets in action: New York flat Next gen power outlets: USB’ed Baddest bus liner: Futureliner Ugliest bus liner: MTCO-800 Carriages: Horse-powered Bangladeshi rickshaws: Human-powered Weight-loss bus: Exercise-powered Current trailer park home:...
On Monday, I posted a Weekly Roundup to gather up all the cable-related stories that cropped up over the holidays. That clearly threw off the schedule. So in an effort to re-establish Saturday as designated Weekly Roundup day, we’re putting up another today. Slim pickings, I know, but here goes: A few highlights from around...
Last week a chair lift at Sugarloaf Resort in Maine derailed injuring 8 people, none seriously. Nevertheless, the story was all over the news and internet. But as I’ve argued before here, the degree of media coverage a given technology’s failure causes is inversely related to the chance of that failure’s occurrence. So while it...
I think it fair to say that most North Americans are conditioned to believe there are only a handful of transit modes in the world: Car, Bus and Train. And I’m not so sure most transit planners are any different. It’s not intentional conditioning. There’s no one brainwashing us, it’s just what we’ve grown up...
Ryan sends a link to an op-ed piece in the Waterloo Record: “Truly innovative ideas for public transit are needed to make progress. . . A zipline is a version of a ropeway. They originated to cross valleys and gorges because they are safe, easy to operate, and inexpensive to build.” The author goes on to...
Quick! Hands up if you own an iPad! (Good, now hold that thought because I’ll get back to it at the end of this post.) A comment on a recent post over at Human Transit caught my eye: The post was titled All Aboard The Canadian Hydrogen Overhead Monorail Express and dealt with Canadian Inventor...
A few highlights from around the world of Urban Gondolas and Cable Propelled Transit: The City Fix declares their piece Up, Up and Away as one of their 10 most popular posts of the year. BBC News reports that the London Development Agency is warning that the Thames Cable Car may not be ready in...
A quick look at some of the things that make your cities work (or not): HOLIDAY EDITION First country to celebrate the new year: Kiribati First major city: Auckland, New Zealand Last: Pago Pago, Samoa First year Christmas legalized as a holiday: 1870 Number of finalists for NY’s taxi contest: 3 New York subway poetry:...