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Showing posts with label trolley. Show all posts

Showing posts with label trolley. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

The challenge of curbside transit lanes

Back in May I argued that we should be talking about improving surface transit even for avenues with subways or els, for three reasons. Fi...

Thursday, July 9, 2015

The Montauk Branch should go to Queens Plaza

I was pleased to see that Councilmember Elizabeth Crowley has come out in favor of restoring passenger service on the west end of the Long ...

Sunday, May 11, 2014

The return of the mixed-traffic streetcar

I wrote before that mixed-traffic streetcars no longer make sense in this country, because whenever a corridor has enough walkable destinati...

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Imagining desire lines

You've seen them: lines where the grass is worn down, the evidence that enough people have walked a particular route as to kill the gras...

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Light rail in New York City?

Last week I talked about the practical differences between light rail, streetcars, subways and commuter rail. We have light rail right acr...

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Light rail, streetcars and our goals

There's a lot to be said about light rail and streetcars; in this post I want to focus on how these two kinds of trolleys fit in with ou...

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Winning by default, or losing by a landslide

There's a point I've been trying to make. Maybe I haven't been really clear about it. It has to do with transit being in compe...

Friday, December 28, 2012

Valley Transportation Myopia

The San Jose Mercury News has an article about the 25th anniversary of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority's light rail sys...

Saturday, August 25, 2012

Why we shouldn't extend Metro-North on the Hudson Line

Mid Hudson News reports that Metro-North is still no longer considering extending service to northern Dutchess County. I'm not sure wh...

Sunday, July 29, 2012

Why streetcars don't work anymore

Many people, including Jarrett Walker , have written skeptically about the value of streetcars over buses in mixed traffic. They're rig...

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Calming big boulevards

You know that big ugly boulevard near you? Maybe when it was built it was the Champs-Elysées of your town. Maybe it wanted to be, but thing...

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Self-fulfilling prophecies at Willets Point

Adam Lisberg reports that lobbyist Richard Lipsky, disgraced by police allegations that he conspired with clients to bribe Senator Carl Kru...

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Competition is about relative value

I find Yonah Freemark's blog The Transport Politic to be very informative, and his more thoughtful pieces at sites like Next American C...

Saturday, September 5, 2009

More examples of profitability

I've spent a bunch of time recently talking about the profitable Lincoln Tunnel buses . Some of these companies, particularly the ones ...

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Why do we care about mobility?

Jarrett Walker has provided a lot of insightful commentary and thought-provoking questions since he established his Human Transit blog a few...

Monday, March 2, 2009

Feds relax restrictions for light rail

I wrote in January about how the Federal Railroad Administration's antiquated safety rules were blocking the use of diesel multiple uni...

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Strange Doings on the Atlanta Beltline

Thanks to RailNews.net, I came across this blog entry at Creative Loafing. Apparently there's a plan to connect several old train righ...

Friday, January 23, 2009

Subway Commuter and Light Rail Advocate Chosen for Senate

The Times is reporting that Governor Paterson has chosen Representative Kirsten Gillibrand to replace Secretary Clinton in the Senate. I...

Monday, January 19, 2009

I Want a Nice Big Imitation Steak

There are some pretty good meat substitutes out there. Some people like tempeh and veggie burgers; the only one that's really done it f...

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Not a Horrible Senator for Transit

After recommending Jerry Nadler as the transit candidate to be New York's next Senator, I was encouraged by Niccolo Machiavelli (himsel...

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