Transit
5 Takeaways from “Defend Your Ride”
Towards the end of last year I had the opportunity to produce a blog feature for CBS Detroit called Defend Your Ride (which is why there was a bit of a lull in posting for a while). The segment is being done in numerous cities around the country and I was called on to head [...]
Tulsa Regional Fast Forward Transit Mobile Outreach Highlights
Tulsa, Oklahoma gets it right when they do transit mobile outreach to get the word on the street. 36.1539816 -95.992775
The Best GOP candidates on High Speed Rail are Newt Gingrich….and Ron Paul?
Later on this evening, Iowa republicans will start to caucus for their nomination for president on the republican ticket. An issue that has been avoided among the candidates thus far has been transportation, so being able to gauge their feelings on the subject has been less then meets the eye. We have seen only the [...]
Bus Rapid Transit is the new reality for Detroit, no light rail in sight.
In the city of Detroit this holiday Season, the city council isn’t taking a vacation. In the city of Lansing, the state of Michigan is reviewing the books for Detroit. When they are done, the city council may not have a job waiting for them if they leave. In the city of Washington DC, Transportation Secretary Ra [...]
The road to everywhere: 3 ways we can fight congestion in urban cores
Since the automobile became king of the road in modern civilization, traffic congestion has been a problem in cities around the globe. 103 years after Ford’s first Tin Lizzie found a parking spot, we still struggle with the increasing demands of the automobile. Now don’t get me wrong, this isn’t by any stretch an anti-car [...]
How does one rebuild “trust” in Detroit?
Detroit is at a crossroads. We can take the opportunities we have been given and make something great, or we can continue to squabble away our future because we simply cannot get along with each other. The Detroit Free Press ran an opinion article yesterday written by a member of the Detroit Revitalization Fellows (you can read [...]
TV Politicians and Urban Improvements
Can fictional politicians be more effective than real politicians when it comes to urban beautification? That’s the implicit question posed by cable network station HBO when their latest advertising campaign for their television show Boardwalk Empire hit the atlantic shoreline recently. Take a look at this before and after picture posted on by HBO on Facebook touting Nucky [...]
With Hurricane Irene tearing up the east coast, it’s time to give more thought to Roundabouts
New York city is currently preparing to face a category one hurricane that began it’s career in the caribbean. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, the highways were flooded and sharks swam alongside traffic. The human habitat is going to be turned upside down. I can’t help to think about one issue which can be easily [...]
Bay Area Transit hit by hacker group “Anonymous”
The hacker group known as “Anonymous” made a declaration of war yesterday against the San Francisco bay-based Bay Area Rapid Transit system, according to their website Your Anon News. This is a not-so-subtle reminder for transportation planners that sometimes, things are so far out of your control that all you can do is brace for [...]
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