Cap'n Transit Rides Again

Here are some reasons to get people to shift from cars to transit:

Reducing pollution
Increasing efficiency
Reducing carnage
Improving society
Access for all

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Sunday, January 4, 2009

Don't Give Rail Infrastructure to Buses

Whatever you may think about Bus Rapid Transit (and I'm not the biggest fan), I would hope we can get transit supporters to agree on thi...

Saturday, January 3, 2009

General Railcar?

Imagine you're a political leader of a region that has a few low-traffic, unelectrified freight lines, and you want to use these lines t...

Friday, January 2, 2009

Oh Suzy-Q!

The Transport Politic (featured on Streetsblog.net ) has some good coverage of New York-area issues today, including a Times report that t...

Thursday, January 1, 2009

False Dichotomies: Carfree or Country?

Discussion of urbanism often runs into false dichotomies, many of which seem to be driven by the narrow viewpoints of their authors than any...

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Real Rail Access for Raleigh

Logan Nash over at Trains for America blogs about how increased train ridership means that some Amtrak stations are overburdened. I'm a...

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Who Does the City Council Represent?

It would be nice if drivers, pedestrians, transit riders and other road users could all get along. Unfortunately, it doesn't really wor...

Friday, December 19, 2008

A Council that Looks Like New York City

In recent posts, I've documented the low levels of car ownership in the city: in fully three-fifths of City Council districts, the major...

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