tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post7079707814470462706..comments2024-02-01T04:37:41.878-05:00Comments on Cap'n Transit Rides Again: Glamour, habit and the single tripCap'n Transithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057887736728828646noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-71555849354265038952010-06-14T07:54:05.453-04:002010-06-14T07:54:05.453-04:00What about the BRT proponents' other favorite ...What about the BRT proponents' other favorite example, Ottawa? (NOTE: I live there, but was born in Newfoundland and Labrador.)<br /><br />Oh, Helen, a well run example would be Calgary's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-Train" rel="nofollow">C-Train</a>, which is true electrified LRT.Matt Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18289893559555812236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-50735736893425067172010-06-09T15:00:18.392-04:002010-06-09T15:00:18.392-04:00Tyler, in well run transit systems, you don't ...Tyler, in well run transit systems, you don't have to handle any of those things.Helen Bushnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14177708490995175178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-50155682689559621312010-06-07T12:35:50.091-04:002010-06-07T12:35:50.091-04:00I can only handle two of these three things regard...I can only handle two of these three things regarding public transit: long waits on hot platforms, long ride times and obnoxious riders. Phx is three for three.Tyler Hursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02062594151216900760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-14182220287540879792010-06-07T03:09:48.836-04:002010-06-07T03:09:48.836-04:00I think the most important point made in Jarrett W...I think the most important point made in Jarrett Walker's piece is: "<i>But when the thinking starts with the love of one technology, you're in danger of producing an inferior transit service, because when compromise needs to be made, technology-first thinking will tend to sacrifice the goals to save the technology.</i>"<br /><br />Especially, note that it is <i>technically</i> insane to treat streetcars and express bus lanes as intrinsically distinct. Streetcars should be running in lanes that cars do not run in. <i>Ideally so should buses</i>.<br /><br />But there is no reason in the world why a city bus ought not use a streetcar lane closed to automotive traffic as an express lane.<br /><br />A particularly appealing design in my mind is the parallel streets design where auto traffic is one way down one street with a reserved transit lane <i>running the opposite direction</i> ... and then parallel, auto traffic one way the opposite way with a reserved transit lane also running the opposite direction.<br /><br />The solid yellow line with stubby guards and streetcar and express bus traffic coming the opposite way seems an effective way to discourage encroachment by cars. The one way traffic reduces special turning traffic signal patterns at traffic intersections, and the same signpost priority system used by streetcars can also be used by the express buses to further speed transit.BruceMcFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08502035881761277885noreply@blogger.com