InformationWeek.com | Amtrak's Choice: wifi or die
may 2008 by sstrudeau
Good anecdote: '... on the East Coast railway route in the U.K. Since free onboard Wi-Fi was introduced last year, "usage has tripled the number of users to date,"' ... Amtrak! Wifi FTW!
amtrak
wifi
rail
transit
intercity
quote
uk
usage
ridership
may 2008 by sstrudeau
Subway Crush
april 2008 by sstrudeau
Brilliant. It's like Craigslist "Missed Connections" but organized by subway line. Like the design!
nyc
transit
subway
crush
april 2008 by sstrudeau
Facebook | Carpool
march 2008 by sstrudeau
Facebook rideboard app
carpool
rideboard
facebook
app
transit
march 2008 by sstrudeau
MTA — City Law Breakfast with Elliot G. Sander
march 2008 by sstrudeau
Has some nice ideas on possible expansions of the transit system
mta
transit
speech
future
plans
march 2008 by sstrudeau
Archinect : News : Give up your car, get a bike
february 2008 by sstrudeau
"Ripon College ... is giving a Trek 820 mountain bike (plus helmet and lock) to every student who pledges not to bring a car to campus " Nice
transit
student
college
university
bicycle
free
february 2008 by sstrudeau
Save The G: Councilwoman Tish James sees G as the train that could...
february 2008 by sstrudeau
Leticia James wants an underground transfer between the Fulton G and the Atlantic/Pacific/Flatbush station.
brooklyn
mta
subway
transit
tranfer
gtrain
february 2008 by sstrudeau
Enterprising Van Drivers Collide with Regulation by Howard Husock, City Journal Winter 1996
january 2008 by sstrudeau
1996 article on dollar vans in NYC
via:robg3
dollarvans
transit
vans
jitney
nyc
policy
private
public
january 2008 by sstrudeau
Curitiba's Bus System is Model for Rapid Transit | Urban Habitat
december 2007 by sstrudeau
Nice photo of curbside fare collection for bus rapid transit system in Brazil
via:monkeyflower
transit
bus
rapid
photo
stop
december 2007 by sstrudeau
Parking fines a big cost for delivery firms - U.S. business- msnbc.com
december 2007 by sstrudeau
"UPS, FedEx and other commercial delivery companies pay a steep price for doing business in New York City, getting an average of 7,000 parking tickets every day and paying more than $102 million in fines in the city’s latest budget year."
nyc
urban
delivery
transportation
transit
ups
usps
fedex
parking
ticket
december 2007 by sstrudeau
What are Ghost Bikes? | ghost bikes
december 2007 by sstrudeau
Site dedicated to ghost bike memorials
bike
ghostbike
memorial
transportation
transit
december 2007 by sstrudeau
Halt the Hike
december 2007 by sstrudeau
I'm not opposed to a transit fare hike assuming its used effectively to improve the system. I think it's bullshit that the proposed hike only affects regular users and not occasional users.
activism
nyc
transit
fare
anti
hike
december 2007 by sstrudeau
Gothamist: Though Base Fare Will Remain $2, Unlimited Subway & Bus Fares Likely to Rise
november 2007 by sstrudeau
85% of MTA riders buy unlimited cards; pols are touting their "halt the fare hike" solution that keeps base fare at $2 and increases unlimited fare instead -- So, raising the fare on most riders is halting the fare hike? Yay politics.
mta
transit
fare
nyc
ny
doublespeak
november 2007 by sstrudeau
Gothamist: Map of the Day: Time Travel on a Subway Map
september 2007 by sstrudeau
Time-delayed rendering of subway map, in order lines were built. I want this but with lines that were built and destroyed or changed, with speed/step controls and annotations. Flash app, here we come!
idea
map
time
transit
mta
nyc
history
cool
september 2007 by sstrudeau
AlterNet: Fare-Free Public Transit Could Be Headed to a City Near You
august 2007 by sstrudeau
I'm not sure this would be a good idea for already overcrowded transit systems like the over-capacity NYC subway. Unless even more money comes from an alternate channel for system expansion. Otw, ++
transit
fare
free
essay
argument
august 2007 by sstrudeau
Veritas et Venustas: What's Wrong With Chicago Transit?
april 2007 by sstrudeau
I take the MTA for granted. Chicago: no credit cards, no change, poor signage ... but at least it's not Detroit
transit
chicago
train
subway
opinion
april 2007 by sstrudeau
Gone Parkin’ - New York Times
april 2007 by sstrudeau
Free parking is underpriced which leads to way too much extra traffic due to "cruising." Solid argument for dramatically increasing the price of curbside parking
via:kottke
parking
cars
transit
cities
freeparking
pricing
april 2007 by sstrudeau
DC Bike Station Interior on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
march 2007 by sstrudeau
Rendering of the interior of the proposed Union Station "bicycle station" in DC ... great idea!!
rendering
bike
parking
dc
unionstation
concept
transit
march 2007 by sstrudeau
Brooklynian.com | Forums for the County of Kings | Brooklyn, NY :: View topic - PH vs. JFK Cabbies
january 2007 by sstrudeau
tips on getting to/from JFK and Prospect Heights. My favorite suggestion is the AirTrain to Jamaica to the LIRR to Flatbush Station (aka Atlantic) to the 2/3/B/Q/whatever ... cheapest is B15 to the 2. The best I'd come up with was the A/C to Clinton-Was
nyc
travel
jfk
airport
transit
brooklyn
prospectheights
tips
january 2007 by sstrudeau
The South End Newspaper: Detroit to Ann Arbor rapid transit will likely be a bus route - $100 million earmark may go unused
november 2006 by sstrudeau
Yet another example of Michigan throwing away free money by not getting its act together
annarbor
detroit
michigan
transit
via:vielmetti
dtw
november 2006 by sstrudeau
megabus.com - low cost, daily, express bus service in the US
august 2006 by sstrudeau
Because the midwest doesn't have Chinatowns...
bus
cheap
midwest
chicago
transit
detroit
transportation
august 2006 by sstrudeau
WorldChanging: Another World Is Here: Taxibus
may 2006 by sstrudeau
I worked out ideas similar to this one. I've had variations including SMS (ideally on GPS-capable phones) and/or dedicated stops (with interfaces? bluetooth enabled?) to make it easier to describe a location to the system.
transit
taxi
bus
cool
may 2006 by sstrudeau
Chevy Tahoe: The Apprentice ®
march 2006 by sstrudeau
Chevy has a contest; submit an ad for the Tahoe; this one is hilarious ... "We make them bigger. And stupider. And you keep buying them. Assholes."
ad
politics
funny
globalwarming
spoof
suv
contest
advocacy
energy
transit
transportation
march 2006 by sstrudeau
Fleeting Thoughts
march 2006 by sstrudeau
Andres' public art/grafitti project on NYC subways
grafitti
nyc
art
transit
subway
thoughtbubble
march 2006 by sstrudeau
Gothamist: Deep Thoughts About Buses
march 2006 by sstrudeau
In Santiago, Chile bus drivers are paid per passenger. Their buses run about 15% faster but they have more accidents.
transit
buses
incentive
compensation
fares
taxis
nyc
chile
santiago
march 2006 by sstrudeau
Smart Mobs: Shanghai looks to an Intelligent Transportation System
december 2005 by sstrudeau
Shanghai is looking at wiring together all the info about their transit system and making it available. Awesome. I want to know when the next train / bus is coming now, on my cell phone, so I know which stop to walk to ...
transit
technology
cool
mobile
december 2005 by sstrudeau
Google Maps Mania: Google unveils Google Transit Trip Planner
december 2005 by sstrudeau
Google to launch transit-based trip planner -- seems down at the moment and initially only supports Portland, OR. I hope theirs is at least as good as HopStop for NY and better than their driving directions!
transit
mapping
map
planning
travel
december 2005 by sstrudeau
oskarlin » Blog Archive » Time travel
december 2005 by sstrudeau
I was just thinking about how this might be done for the NYC subways
transit
subway
map
visualization
time
december 2005 by sstrudeau
TCS: Tech Central Station - New York's Stockholm Syndrome
november 2005 by sstrudeau
arguments against congestion pricing for traffic in NYC
nyc
transit
congestionpricing
traffic
november 2005 by sstrudeau
Setting expectations on the subway - Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals)
november 2005 by sstrudeau
In Barcelona, there are electronic signs that tell you when the next train will arrive. Oh how I wish the MTA would do this ... bonus points for making the sign for a potential transfer viewable so you can decide whether to hop off the train your on...
transit
design
signage
november 2005 by sstrudeau
Ask Carole
november 2005 by sstrudeau
Chicago's CTA blog. More civic institutions should get blogs; inform the community and put a human face on all too often inhuman-seeming organizations...
cta
chicago
transit
civic
blog
via:vielmetti
november 2005 by sstrudeau
Trips123.com
november 2005 by sstrudeau
has more carriers/covers wider area than hopstop; test directions were more questionable, however
nyc
transit
directions
subway
bus
november 2005 by sstrudeau
Save the G train!
october 2005 by sstrudeau
Save the G train? How about making it suck less?
gtrain
mta
subway
transit
october 2005 by sstrudeau
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