Tagged ‘Subways’
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Map Links the Subways of North America
A webcomic comes out with a map that’s sure to make transit fans swoon.
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Unreliable Trains More Hated Than Slow Ones
A study from UC Berkeley finds that, more than crowding or commute times, inconsistent service on the part of transit agencies is most likely to get people to stop using public transit.
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Interactive Timeline Details Transportation Status During and After Sandy
With the post-Sandy restoration of New York’s subway service now practically the stuff of legend, an early report fills in some of the remaining gaps, detailing what was done in anticipation of the storm and suggesting what could be done better next time disaster hits.
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BOOK CLUB: Taras Grescoe’s Straphanger, Discussed
Welcome to Next American City’s book club’s July discussion, of Taras Grescoe’s Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves From the Automobile.
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SEPTA Takes Another Step Towards Sustainability
SEPTA has unveiled a plan to convert the kinetic energy generated by subway trains breaking at stations electricity, which it will in turn use in its system and sell to the City of Philadelphia.
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Ambitious Toronto Transit Plan Back in the Works
After a conservative mayor took office in Toronto, it seemed as though the city’s ambitious transit-oriented plan, dubbed “Transit City,” was in jeopardy. But this week, a unanimous vote by regional transportation officials cleared the way for C$8.4 billion in new transit investments.
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In the Wake of the Olympics, Did Athens Win or Lose?
If they look only at the lingering effects of the costly and visible sports venues created for the Athens Olympics, urban scholars may miss some more mundane, pedestrian things with more lasting significance. Like pedestrians. And subways.
