Transit
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It’s Not Good Transit If the Streets Nearby Aren’t Good for Walking
All transit stops aren't created equal. The street environment around the station -- especially safe, convenient pedestrian access -- has a major influence on how people use transit.
September 30, 2016
Open Thread: Ban Cell Phone Talk on Transit?
Transit agencies have long wrestled with it: how deeply involved should they get with enforcing common courtesy by prohibiting or fining people for rude behavior such as refusing to move to the center of a crowded train or bus, leaving bags on seats, and yakking loudly on the cell phone?
September 30, 2016
Was the Turning Point on Taraval a Teachable Moment?
A week ago today, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency decided unanimously to move forward with concrete boarding islands on the L-Taraval. And maybe, just maybe, it was also a concrete turning point towards finally putting safety first.
September 28, 2016
SFMTA Board Unanimously Approves L-Taraval Boarding Islands
Late this afternoon, after listening to testimony from some 50 speakers for more than three hours, the SFMTA board unanimously approved the Muni-forward project to consolidate stops, create red transit-only lanes, and install concrete boarding islands on the L-Taraval line.
September 21, 2016
Ideas on How Metro and the Rams Can Expand Fan Transportation Choices
You may have heard that the National Football League's Rams are back in Los Angeles. The football is no doubt exciting, but the team's presence has also elevated Southern California conversations about parking, congestion, transit, and traffic.
September 20, 2016
SamTrans Pushes Both Transit and Traffic Expansions for Dumbarton Bridge
SamTrans officials presented an update on the agency’s Dumbarton Transportation Corridor Study at two community meetings this week, fielding questions from residents on ways the agency is hoping to provide better transit service over the Dumbarton Bridge. Facebook donated $1 million to the agency in January for the transportation study, which it hopes can expand commute options for its workers and cut traffic near the company's Menlo Park headquarters on Willow Road.
September 16, 2016
A New Resource for Tracking Transit Trends in American Cities
How does transit ridership in your city stack up against other cities? A new tool from transit analyst extraordinaire Yonah Freemark at the Transport Politic can help you figure it out.
September 12, 2016
No, Uber’s Not Going to Replace Buses, But It Can Complement Them
Not a day goes by without a raft of stories about "new mobility" providers -- ride-hailing companies like Uber or car-share services like Car2Go that have tapped into recent technological advances to provide new ways to get around.
September 9, 2016
New York MTA Teams Up With NACTO. Which Transit Agency Will Join Next?
Last week, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority joined the National Association of City Transportation Officials, the federation of local DOTs whose policy guidance and street design manuals are popularizing a more multi-modal approach to urban transportation policy.
August 31, 2016
Streetsblog Talks with Jeff Tumlin About Oakland’s Transportation Future
Jeffrey Tumlin, Principal and Director of Strategy at NelsonNygaard Consulting, has until early next year to put together a Transportation Department, pretty much from scratch, for the City of Oakland.
August 19, 2016