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ArborLand Center
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michigan  annarbor  aata  transit  transportation  management  where-will-the-four-stop-now 
june 2009 by vielmetti
How Do You Get To Work?
interviews of how people get where they are going
a2b3  video  concentrate-media  transit  transportation  travel  interview  michigan  annarbor  ypsilanti  segway 
may 2009 by vielmetti
United States Patent: 6006159: nextbus
A system for notifying passengers waiting for public transit vehicles of the status of the vehicles, including the arrival times of vehicles at stops. The system includes global position determining devices located in the vehicles for determining the location of the vehicles along their routes. A central processor or computer is coupled to the global position determining devices for receiving the locations of vehicles therefrom. The processor is programmed to compute and update from the present location of the transit system vehicles and electronically stored information a transit data table which includes status information for all the vehicles in the system, including the location of scheduled stops, connections to other transit vehicles at the stops, and the arrival times of vehicles at their stops. The vehicle status and other information, including news and advertisements are then made available for public access
nextbus  transit  bus  patent  where-is-my-fracking-bus  transportation 
january 2009 by vielmetti
United States Patent: 6374176: nextbus
A system for notifying passengers waiting for public transit vehicles of the status of the vehicles, including the arrival times of vehicles at stops. The system includes global position determining devices located in the vehicles for determining the location of the vehicles along their routes. A central processor or computer is coupled to the global position determining devices for receiving the locations of vehicles therefrom. The processor is programmed to compute and update from the present location of the transit system vehicles and electronically stored information a transit data table which includes status information for all the vehicles in the system, including the location of scheduled stops, connections to other transit vehicles at the stops, and the arrival times of vehicles at their stops. The vehicle status and other information, including news and advertisements are then made available for public access
nextbus  where-is-my-fracking-bus  bus  travel  transit  transportation  patent 
january 2009 by vielmetti
Arbor Update: Interesting Things Afoot in AATA Land
From what I see, the previous executive director had a very top-down style. That has created an AATA culture where the staff, while very competent, aren’t empowered to speak up. Everything I hear about the interim ED, Dawn Gabay, tells me that she was a great operations manager, but that’s a different skill set than what is needed for an Executive Director.
gabay  dawn  annis  ted  aata  theride  annarbor  michigan  bus  transit  transportation 
december 2008 by vielmetti
MassTransitMag.com » Article » Jesse Bernstein Appointed to AATA Board.
Jesse Bernstein, president and CEO of the Ann Arbor Area Chamber of Commerce, has been appointed to the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority board of directors.

Bernstein was sworn in by Ann Arbor Mayor John Hieftje on June 19 and took his seat on the board at its July 23 meeting.
bernstein  jesse  aata  theride  hieftje  john  bus  transit  transportation  masstransitmag  annarbor  michigan 
december 2008 by vielmetti
timetablepublisher - Google Code
The TimeTablePublisher is a single system that allows a transit agency to examine, modify, and transform raw scheduling data into easy-to-read timetables for customer information purposes. The application simplifies and accelerates the production of printed on-street schedules and web schedules, which is often a very time-consuming and manual process for most agencies. This results in more accurate, current, and consistent schedule information for the customer.

The TimeTablePublisher is designed to use data directly in the Google Transit Feed Spec (GTFS) format, so it can be very easy for an agency to implement. In addition, it can connect to, and read from, other sources of data including a database, a comma separated text file, and XML. An easy-to-use interface, as well as a tool that compares the changes between two service dates, makes it easy to format and edit the data.
google  transportation  transit  software  opensource  publishing  portland  schedule  generator  open  trimet  timetable  where-is-my-fracking-bus  gtfs 
december 2008 by vielmetti
"It was the train from hell' - Amtrak from Chicago arrives 12 hours late in Ann Arbor - Ann Arbor News - The Ann Arbor News Online - Michigan Newspaper - MLive.com
as a rule, it is not a good idea to take amtrak arb-chi in the coldest weather; delays are the norm as the temperature goes down, and the rolling stock doesn't do well in the bitter cold.
amtrak  chiarb  arbchi  train  travel  transportation  the-trans-siberian-express-it-aint 
december 2008 by vielmetti
The State of Transit Routing - O'Reilly Radar
What's also interesting is the potential of these routing tools beyond actual specific individual routes. Taken in amalgamation the routing distances form a new topography of the space. Given a point in the city, how far can I travel in 20 minutes? in 40 minutes? for less than $1.75? This type of map is known as an isochrone. Tom Carden and MySociety developed London Travel Time Maps that allow users to highlight the spots in London given a range of house prices and travel times.
blog  maps  transportation  googlemaps  transit  googletransit  bus  where-is-my-fracking-bus  isochrone 
december 2008 by vielmetti
Online TDM Encyclopedia - Public Transit Encouragement
* Improved information. The on-board AVL system is at the heart of TriMet’s TransitTracker real-time passenger information system, which provides bus arrival information over the Internet, by phone, and at nine bus stops equipped with electronic signs. The upgrade of the Orbital communications system, made possible with Streamline funds, will provide buses with Automated Stop Announcement (ASA) capabilities, similar to what already exists on light rail.
transit  transportation  avl  tdm  where-is-my-fracking-bus  bus 
december 2008 by vielmetti
TDM database - TDM Resource Centre - Information Network - Urban Transportation Showcase Program - Transport Canada
Schedule adherence improved by 23% in Baltimore, 12.5% in Kansas City, 8.5% in Hamilton (Ontario), and 4.4% in Milwaukee after AVL installation. Customer complaints have fallen by 26% in Denver since AVL installation. Assaults on bus operators and passengers dropped by 20% in Denver. New Jersey Transit’s revenues increased by 12% after automated fare collection installation. The system also saves millions of dollars per year in fare media handling costs.
tdm  avl  where-is-my-fracking-bus  transit  transportation  bus 
december 2008 by vielmetti
Victoria Transport Institute - Online TDM Encyclopedia
Transportation Demand Management (TDM, also called Mobility Management) is a general term for strategies that result in more efficient use of transportation resources. This Encyclopedia is a comprehensive source of information about innovative management solutions to transportation problems. It provides detailed information on dozens of demand management strategies, plus general information on TDM planning and evaluation techniques. It is produced by the Victoria Transport Policy Institute to increase understanding and implementation of TDM.
transportation  transit  tdm  bus  where-is-my-fracking-bus 
december 2008 by vielmetti
Jet Set, Meet the Bus Bunch - NYTimes.com
Daniel Kwon, 22, a student from Berlin, said he had heard about BoltBus from his brother: “He said it was actually cleaner than the other buses. Not only does it have Wi-Fi, it arrives on time. I am German,” he said, with a laugh, “so I believe transportation should be punctual.”

Mr. Kwon’s brother was right about most things: the BoltBus was indeed spotless, including the rest room, and it did have Wi-Fi. Nevertheless, there was one problem: the BoltBus arrived in Washington 30 minutes late.
transportation  economics  bus  dc  boston  nyt  megabus  boltbus  chinatown 
december 2008 by vielmetti
The Ride - Ann Arbor Transportation Authority | ROUTE 17: AMTRAK - DEPOT ST.
New bus route to Casey's, Amtrak
amtrak  aata  route-17  annarbor  transit  transportation  via:bkerr 
december 2008 by vielmetti
TRIS Online: Information Systems, Geographic Information Systems, and Advanced Computing
This collection of 11 papers is concerned with information systems, geographic information systems, and advanced computing for transportation applications. Specific topics discussed include the following: computer-based regional incident management training; an innovative approach to the development of large-scale information systems; multiday household travel surveys; information technology as a critical element of the transportation infrastructure; an automatic vehicle location system to locate London bus stops; enhancing in-car navigation systems; use of a Global Positioning System to identify crash locations; a decision support tool based on a geographic information system for the selection and evaluation of adaptive traffic control strategies; modeling multiscale urban environments to forecast travel supply and demand; Bayesian combination of travel time prediction models; and transforming transportation data models from Unified Modeling Language to Web Ontology Language.
automatic-vehicle-location  where-is-my-fracking-bus  transportation  tris  gis  neogeography 
december 2008 by vielmetti
Records 1 - 10 of 1056 for ht:"automatic vehicle location"
1056 people are looking for their bus.
bus  transit  transportation  where-is-my-fracking-bus  automatic-vehicle-location 
december 2008 by vielmetti
NextBus Mini HTML Site
Using satellite tracking, not schedules, NextBus tells you when the next public transit vehicle will arrive. (Mobile site)
mobile  bus  transit  transportation  wheres-the-bus  where-is-my-fracking-bus  nextbus 
december 2008 by vielmetti
Future Tense: Where's your bus? The satellites know
In the Twin Cities, Metro Transit spent more than $12 million to outfit its buses with automatic vehicle location equipment. The NexTrip system uses global positioning satellites to monitor the location of a bus as it travels the street. The location is compared to the bus schedule to predict departure time for different stops.
nextrip  travel  transit  bus  transportation  gps  where-is-my-fracking-bus 
december 2008 by vielmetti
UMTRI Research Information and Publications Center
The UMTRI Library houses one of the world's most extensive collections of literature on traffic safety. It reflects the diversity of disciplines that the field comprises: biomechanics, lighting, vehicle dynamics, driver behavior, and injuries from motor-vehicle crashes. The collection is also strong in the areas of intelligent transportation systems, crash causation, driver distraction, and the automotive industry. Its collection includes more than 110,000 items and more than 210 periodical titles. The library's catalog can be searched online. The library also continues to add its catalog records to TLCat, a union catalog that comprises the holdings of nineteen different transportation libraries.
transportation  michigan  annarbor  library  superpatron  umtri  hsri 
december 2008 by vielmetti
Development of a Methodology to Measure Mobility in Urban Transportation Corridors
The objective of this study is to develop a methodology to measure mobility in urban transportation corridors to support project level decision making. Transportation agencies struggle with measuring mobility, and measures are very seldom multimodal. Both VTrans 2025 and VDOT’s FY08 Business Plan stress the importance of multimodal mobility measures, yet measures developed by VDOT to date are for automobile travel and do not include other modes (e.g., transit, pedestrians, or bicycles). The proposed research will first measure the mobility choices that are currently available in a particular corridor; i.e., it will identify the potential in the corridor for multimodal mobility. This can then serve as a baseline for further analysis and for the identification of ways to increase multimodal mobility in the corridor. The project’s scope will be limited to the mobility of people in an urban corridor rather than freight.
mobility  transportation  bus  urban 
december 2008 by vielmetti
The Ann Arbor Chronicle » Jones Drive (near Broadway)
office furniture and equipment piled on curb; landlord says “chronic non-payment of rent” caused eviction of web hosting company IAS; provides service for AATA; AATA website currently down;
aata  a2b3  theride  ias  bus  transportation  eviction  annarbor  michigan  wheres-the-bus  where-is-my-fracking-bus  i-blame-the-likes-of-ted-annis 
december 2008 by vielmetti
How to get to the library by bus - scoring the public transit system
some measures of public library integration with public transit, including travel times and quality of transit-oriented directions
library  bus  transit  transportation  mobile  mobility 
december 2008 by vielmetti
Welcome to IEEE Xplore 2.0: Prediction of Transit Vehicle Arrival Time for Signal Priority Control: Algorithm and Performance
We develop an algorithm for predicting the arrival times of a transit vehicle at signalized intersections, with a focus on meeting the accuracy requirement associated with signal priority control applications. The algorithm uses both historical and real-time Global Positioning System (GPS) vehicle location data. There are no data from other detectors, such as loops or cameras. The arrival time prediction is formulated as an optimal a posteriori parameter estimation problem, where the model is consisted of a historical model and an adaptive model that adaptively adjusts its filter gain based on real-time data. The estimates generated by these two models are fused in a weighted average derived from the solution of the parameter estimation problem. The prediction algorithm adaptively adjusts its weight distribution using error variances obtained from the two models.
travel  transportation  prediction  planning  wheres-the-bus  where-is-my-fracking-bus 
december 2008 by vielmetti
New Mobilities: Ce-more about what's happening in the mobile world
The Centre for Mobilties Research (CeMoRe) studies and researches the newly emerging interdisciplinary field of 'mobilities'. The concept of 'mobilities' encompasses both the large-scale movements of people, objects, capital, and information across the world, as well as the more local processes of daily transportation, movement through public space, and the travel of material things within everyday life.
blog  politics  transportation  mobile  technology  networks  sociology  networking  cities  complexity  transport  mobility  mobilities  mobilizing  urban  urban-informatics 
december 2008 by vielmetti
YouTube - New York Subway
"Interior New York Subway, 14th St. to 42nd St.", dirixida por Billy Bitzer en 1905
video  nyc  youtube  subway  via:kottke  party-like-its-1905  transit  transportation  we-need-a-better-transit-system 
december 2008 by vielmetti
Eric Joiner's Freightdawg.com - The Logistics and Supply Chain Blog!
excellent chronicle of international shipping news and opinions
blog  logistics  transportation  freight  supplychain  dhl  joiner  eric 
december 2008 by vielmetti
ann arbor road closings
The following road and/or lane closures are planned in the City of Ann Arbor due to a community event or scheduled a construction project. Please see the details below, and plan your commute accordingly.
annarbor  traffic  transportation  road-closings  michigan 
december 2008 by vielmetti
Zimride | A Carpool Community
Zimride is the leading provider of online social rideshare and carpool matching systems in North America. Launched less than one year ago, over 300,000 people are currently using Zimride. We hope that you will come on board with us as we seek to expand the carpooling community and build a more sustainable transportation system. Find out more...
carpool  zimride  rideshare  transportation 
november 2008 by vielmetti
ProgressMichigan | Fund Michigan Transit
Michigan legislators need to Move Michigan’s Public Transit into the 21st Century!

A 21st century state must have modern transportation options to attract 21st century jobs and workers.

Michigan has the opportunity to launch a quality rapid transit system, including a Metro Airport commuter train, a Grand Rapids rapid transit line and more.

These projects will help jumpstart Michigan’s economy, create jobs and strong vibrant communities. Yet many Michigan legislators say we can’t afford to invest in transit. But can we afford not to?
michigan  transit  transportation  advocacy  causes  progress-michigan  bus 
november 2008 by vielmetti
The End of Cyberspace: Hypermiling (the Word of the Year) and the end of cyberspace
Game designer Amy Jo Kim recalled, "When I first got my Prius 4 years ago, I was completely transfixed by the real-time MPG display. Multi-scale feedback! I could see my mileage per tank, in 5-minute increment, and moment-to-moment. I experimented with my driving style, trying to beat my "high score" each day." A 2006 Cnet article described the Prius as "a mobilized video game... surely the most expensive, biggest gaming machine built... so far."
transportation  sustainability  consider-bus-transport-as-video-game  my-hybrid-can-beat-your-hybrid-any-day 
november 2008 by vielmetti
Clever Devices
Clever Devices is the only transit technology company known for designing scalable, modular, and cutting-edge solutions based on an understanding of how transit systems operate in the real world. We are known for being an innovative market leader because we understand the challenges our clients face from the bus depot to the statehouse. We understand the expectations and needs of all riders, including, and especially, the need to enhance accessibility. We are the only company in the industry that specializes specifically in the creation of sustainable transit systems – it is what we do; it is all we do; and it is why we are the best.
transportation  transit  bus  where-is-my-fracking-bus 
november 2008 by vielmetti
Busing to stay same in Ypsilanti for 2009 - Ann Arbor News - The Ann Arbor News Online - Michigan Newspaper - MLive.com
The current level of bus service in Ypsilanti will be maintained next year, city officials said this week as they prepared to vote on a new contract with the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority next Tuesday.
ypsilanti  annarbor  local  transit  transportation  bus  aata  theride 
october 2008 by vielmetti
NYC Subway Historical Maps
archive of maps
design  maps  history  nyc  transportation  newyork  take-the-a-train 
october 2008 by vielmetti
AATA Gillig Hybrid Electric Bus - Green Public Transportation - Automobile Magazine
When a Route 6 hybrid bus heading southeast toward AATA headquarters whirred to a stop at the Blake terminal, I flashed my student ID (in lieu of paying the $1 fare) to join a dozen other riders enjoying mass transit at its finest. The blue, gray, and white seating area was spotlessly clean. The air-conditioner's cool breeze kept the bus's interior free of diesel noise and odor. Regular riders smile when one of the hybrids appears at their stop, because these buses are smoother, quieter, and cleaner than their diesel-only counterparts.
hybrid  annarbor  aata  theride  gillig  michigan  transit  transportation 
october 2008 by vielmetti
carticipate.com - home
car·tic·i·pate (cär·tĭs´ĕ·pāt˝)
v. car·tic·i·pat·ed, car·tic·i·pat·ing, car·tic·i·pates
v.intr.
1. To take part in ride share via social mobile web based application: carticipated in the drive to work.
2. To share in car pool: If only I could carticipate in your daily trip.
v.tr. Archaic
To cartake of.
transportation  web2.0  mac  tools  iphone  rideshare  oh-why-is-this-not-on-my-blackberry 
september 2008 by vielmetti
Google Transit Feed Specification - Google Transit Feed Specification - Google Code
specs for transit maps
google  maps  transportation  bus  reference  map  mapping  googlemaps  transport  googletransit 
september 2008 by vielmetti
MSU Biking Goes Global and Green
For starters, Potter can credit bicycling for leading him to his wife, Hiromi, the daughter of Japanese bike racing champ Seiichi Nishiji. More recently, Potter’s dedication brought him the opportunity to manage an innovative new program spinning around Michigan State University in East Lansing. MSU Bikes is a university-sponsored program that simultaneously encourages bike use and supports the biking community, all while helping to clean up the campus. The program was originally conceived as a way to encourage university faculty and employees to do a little more biking and a little less driving. Under Potter's direction, MSU Bikes picks the best bikes out of the crop of bikes regularly abandoned and cleared from the racks around campus, cleans them up and gets them back on the road.
michigan  east-lansing  bicycle  msu  green  green-bikes  michigan-state-university  transportation 
september 2008 by vielmetti
go!pass dash - getDowntown
# From September 7-12th, 2008, ride the bus to work, take the Link, use Park and Ride, ride the a2Chelsea Express or check out the Nightride Shuttle and you could win free lunch from downtown restaurants for a week! Your organization could win free $5 Sweetwater's Gift Cards! There will also be prizes for the person who rides the bus the most number of times during the week. # And the best part is, you only need to ride the bus once to participate!
michigan  annarbor  aata  theride  transportation  lunch  bus 
september 2008 by vielmetti
Kalamazoo Manufacturing Company
The Kalamazoo Railroad Velocipede and Car Company was founded in 1883 by George Miller and Horace Haines in Kalamazoo, Michigan with a capital stock of forty-five thousand dollars. The factory at Pitcher Street in downtown Kalamazoo was located next to the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad (GR&I) and was described as "located admirably for its purposes". By 1901 the company name had changed to the Kalamazoo Railway Supply Company. It manufactured hand and push cars, motor inspection cars, velocipedes, jacks, tanks and fixtures, stand pipes and other products needed for railroad work. The company moved to a larger factory on Reed Street (also next to the GR&I), that still stands today. A postcard of the Reed Street factory in its early days is shown upper left.
kalamazoo  railroad  velocipede  handcar  party-like-its-1883  michigan  transportation  trains  grand-rapids-and-indiana-railroad 
august 2008 by vielmetti
Ann Arbor area driver's ed students tapped to deliver meals to senior citizens - Latest from the Ann Arbor News - MLive.com
Her daughter, a 15-year-old Greenhills School sophomore, was taking classes at All Star Driving Education. To get her license, Viggy Parr needs 50 hours of experience behind the wheel. And so, Becky Parr wondered, why couldn't Viggy and her peers deliver meals as part of their driver's ed training?
annarbor  michigan  meals-on-wheels  drivers-training  transportation  nonprofit 
august 2008 by vielmetti
Breaking out of car 'cocoon' :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Transportation
"At times, I feel inconvenienced, but I don't feel deprived," says Zrust, an advertising Web producer who is blogging about his summer at www.georgezrust.com/carfree/. "That's a big difference I've been trying to understand."
car  carfree  chicago  evanson  zrust  george  blog  bike  transportation 
august 2008 by vielmetti
Historically Speaking: A goodbye with fatal consequences - Latest from the Ann Arbor News - MLive.com
"The interurban car was probably running about 40 miles an hour and the impact practically smashed the coupe runabout into a mass of twisted iron and steel. The wrecked automobile was thrown about 110 feet away from the crossing where it was struck," reported The Daily Ypsilanti Press of Thursday, Sept. 5, 1918. Frank Johnson was killed instantly, his body thrown out of the car and found about 100 feet away.
ypsilanti  interurban  party-like-its-1918  johnson  frank  accident  transportation  transit 
august 2008 by vielmetti
MDOT - Drive Interactive Map
interactive traffic map; wish there was an ultra-simple text interface if you knew your route already
detroit  traffic  map  michigan  maps  transportation  travel  mdot 
august 2008 by vielmetti
Martha's Vineyard Transit Authority
bus system we took
bus  transportation  marthas-vineyard  maps 
august 2008 by vielmetti
AATA Annual Report
annual report for 2007 from the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority
bus  annarbor  michigan  transportation  party-like-its-2007  ride-the-ride 
august 2008 by vielmetti
California Shuttle Bus: LA SF Bus Service
We offer the BUS service for you, if you...
feel uncomfortable to go to the crowded airport
feel uncomfortable to take a flight
do not want their schedule dictated by the weather
do not want to drive by yourself
feel uncomfortable to go to Greyhound bus depot
low fare between LA and SF area
transportation  bus  travel  california  sanfrancisco  losangeles  shuttle 
august 2008 by vielmetti
Fresh Breeze
powered paragliders (think: the most danger you can have without a motor)
flyke  would-you-like-to-ride-in-my-beautiful-flyke  bicycle  transportation  paraglider 
august 2008 by vielmetti
My life is better, not worse, without a car - Telegraph
Roughly speaking, he explains, of all the car journeys we make, around 40 per cent are easy to avoid, another 40 per cent difficult and another 20 per cent - well, you kind of do need a car. Wiping out the "easy" 40 per cent would still transform the way we travel in this country.

Would that, paradoxically, tempt more people back on the roads? Quite possibly, if fuel prices start to fall - particularly as no real effort is being made to lock in changes in travelling habits. Rethinking rail fares would help - the current system pegs price rises to inflation, and on top of that, train companies have been sneakily scrapping off-peak fares. More investment in infrastructure for rail freight - often cheaper than building and maintaining roads - is also needed.
car  bicycle  train  transportation  my-so-called-car-free-life 
august 2008 by vielmetti
Aug. 2, 1873: San Francisco's First Cable Car Conquers Nob Hill
1873: Andrew Hallidie tests the first cable car in San Francisco.
Hallidie is said to have conceived his idea in 1869 while watching a team of horses being whipped as they struggled to pull a car up wet cobblestones on Nob Hill. They slipped and were dragged to their deaths.
It so happened that Hallidie's father held the British patent for wire-rope cable, and when the son came to the Gold Rush fields he put it to use hauling ore-laden cars from mines. So it wasn't too much of a stretch for him to envision horseless cable cars carrying passengers up the steep slopes of San Francisco's hills.
party-like-its-1873  sanfrancisco  cable-car  hallidie  andrew  history  transportation 
august 2008 by vielmetti
Environmental Capital - WSJ.com : Oil Shock: Analyst Predicts $7 Gas, "Mass Exodus" of U.S. Cars
who will be parking their cars? The 57 million American households that have both cars and access to something resembling public transit. Gasoline at $7 begins to approach prices Europeans have paid for years, meaning that chunk of America “will start to act more and more like Europeans,” Mr. Rubin says. Not soccer moms in a minivan—soccer fans, searching for tokens:

Our analysis suggests that about half of the number of cars coming off the road in the next four years will be from low income households who have access to public transit. At their current driving habits, filling up the tank will have risen from about 7% of their income to 20%, an increase that will see many start taking the bus.
politics  transportation  economics  money  green  energy  cars  environment  climate  prices  oil  fuel  economy  gas  bus  soccer-moms-in-peril 
august 2008 by vielmetti
Saline with Maude at wye. #1726
The electric trolley in downtown Saline, around 1905. The buildings are on the southeast corner of Michigan Avenue, then called "Chicago Road."
saline  michigan  interurban  when-southern-michigan-rode-the-rails  transit  transportation  trolley  michigan-avenue  chicago-road  maude  party-like-its-1905 
july 2008 by vielmetti
BikePortland.org » Blog Archive » Update from California: A speeding ticket, lunch with Gary Fisher, and bike dancing in between
We’re on similar wavelengths about the bike revolution and it was neat to hear that he’s also been thinking about how, “Cars are the new smoking.”
wbwc  bike  bicycle  transportation  cars-are-the-new-smoking 
july 2008 by vielmetti
Granholm enjoys morning bus commute : News : WLUC TV6
It was the first time the governor has taken a Lansing bus.
granholm  jennifer  lansing  michigan  cata  transit  transportation  eco 
july 2008 by vielmetti
Animal Crossing: City Folk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
While including the same objectives from previous games by having players live in and expand their own, unique towns, City Folk includes a city area accessible by bus.
animal-crossing  city-folk  bus  transportation  game  gaming  wii  wiispeak  urban  via:bkerr 
july 2008 by vielmetti
Ann Arbor / Chelsea Express Schedule - The Ride - Ann Arbor Transportation Authority
bus sked
annarbor  chelsea  bus  transportation  schedule  michigan  deadlink 
july 2008 by vielmetti
Battle Creek (Amtrak station) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
bc train station
battlecreek  michigan  amtrak  train  rail  transportation 
july 2008 by vielmetti
Overview, Transportation, City of Battle Creek, Michigan (MI)
How to get from BC Amtrak to the Binder Park Zoo? Is this part of the answer? If so, possible zoo day trip on public transit
battlecreek  michigan  transit  transportation 
july 2008 by vielmetti
MBooks - Bicycle routes in Michigan... [1896]
from the League of American Wheelmen
roads  party-like-its-189x  bicycles  transportation 
july 2008 by vielmetti
Xtracycle - "Sport Utility Bicycle" - extra long frame w/ cargo on back
nice bike design with extra long frame, room for cargo in back or ad hoc seating.
bicycle  bike  curb-your-car-month  cmcy  transit  transportation  urbanplanning  cycle  design 
may 2008 by vielmetti
BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | What if we all walked to work?
in central London, for example, there are 109 journeys between Tube stations that are quicker to walk (taking into account time spent waiting for trains).
transportation  walking  walk  walkertracker  pedestrian  london 
april 2008 by vielmetti
cityofsound: Transport informatics
excellent collection of visualizations and maps including real time maps of transit infrastructure, using buses as giant spimes
map  bus  transportation  walk  walking  walkertracker  maps  neogeography  design  technology  visualization  visualisation  cityofsound  public  transport  infographics  gps  cities  cars  datamining  city  transit  future  gis  article  sustainability  mapping  travel  data  informatics  infrastructure  information  blogs  urban 
april 2008 by vielmetti
AATA to Ypsi: Authority to cancel subsidies to city 04/03/08
The president of the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority told members of the Ypsilanti City Council Tuesday evening not to rely on subsidies from the transportation authority anymore.
annarbor  ypsi  ypsilanti  bus  transportation  theride 
april 2008 by vielmetti
The Frozen Car Project - Michigan Tech - Houghton MI
Collaborative artists Mary Carothers and Sue Wrbican have used this blog to track the progress of freezing a 1978 Chevy Nova in a block of ice during January and February 2008.
yooper  blog  car  transportation  ice  frozen  party-like-its-1978 
march 2008 by vielmetti
getDowntown Blog»Blog Archive » AATA Seeks Input on Proposed Service Changes
The AATA is proposing services changes in the fall. If you have any comments or concerns about the changes, there are ways for you voice your opinion.
aata  annarbor  theride  bus  transportation  route-5-represent 
march 2008 by vielmetti
Streets as Places | Project for Public Spaces (PPS)
In most examples of 20th century community development, transportation planning has been separated from community planning, and communities have been forced to react to transportation decisions that focused solely on throughput for the automobile.
transportation  urban  urbanplanning 
january 2008 by vielmetti
getDowntown Blog»Blog Archive » A Letter to the Editor about Snow and Bus Stops
Adopt that bus stop near your home or office, and make sure it's cleaned off.
aata  theride  bus  transportation  annarbor  michigan  letter-to-the-editor 
january 2008 by vielmetti
Blue Pencil: The Ride - wherever life takes you
When you get off the bus, please look around to make sure you aren't leaving anything behind.
annarbor  michigan  theride  aata  bus  transportation  transit  gopass 
december 2007 by vielmetti
Find A Vanpool Corporate-Commuter-Vanpooling-Vanpool Search
Interested in joining a vanpool? There may be a VPSI Commuter Vanpool on the road that meets your commuting needs. Simply give us your origin and destination information below, and we'll search our database to see if we can find a vanpool that's right for
commuting  vanpool  vpsi  transportation  rideshare  traffic  goloco 
november 2007 by vielmetti
Beach Pneumatic
pneumatic transportation in new york city
the-internet-is-a-series-of-tubes  book  design  essay  illustration  newyorkcity  photography  nyc  rail  steampunk  tech  train  transit  transportation 
november 2007 by vielmetti
Introduction - MIMA Honda Insight Modified Integrated Motor Assist Tour De Sol
99MPG. com was started to support the MIMA modification to the Honda Insight, but has morphed into a site where creative individuals that have modified their hybrid cars to improve the efficiency can share their work with other like minded people.
auto  car  cars  diy  electric  energy  engineering  environment  fuel  gasoline  green  hybrid  insight  make  transportation  honda  honda-insight 
november 2007 by vielmetti
AATA rolls out diesel-electric hybrid buses - Latest from the Ann Arbor News - MLive.com
"People say how quiet these buses are compared to regular diesel engines," said Carnnell Taite, an AATA bus driver who has driven the hybrid buses.
aata  theride  bus  transportation  hybrid  diesel-electric  biodiesel  my-ride-is-powered-by-soy 
october 2007 by vielmetti
Back to Basics in Transportation Planning | Project for Public Spaces (PPS)
Re-envision single-use zoning: We also must shift planning regulations that treat schools, grocery stores, affordable housing and shops as undesirable neighbors. The misguided logic of current zoning codes calls for locating these amenities as far away fr
planning  space  transportation 
october 2007 by vielmetti
The Commuter Connection-September
Welcome to the Commuter Connection. Here you'll find tips, trends and info about commuting in downtown Ann Arbor.
annarbor  michigan  travel  transportation  commuting  getdowntown  aata  theride 
october 2007 by vielmetti
Input sought on transit draft plan - Latest from the Ann Arbor News - MLive.com
Staff of the Washtenaw Area Transportation Study, which is developing the plan, hope to find out how the public would prioritize the recommendations and how the public might be willing to pay for them, said Terri Blackmore, WATS executive director.
wats  washtenaw-area-transportation-study  terri-blackmore  travel  transit  transportation  bus  annarbor  michigan  ypsilanti  saline  dexter  chelsea 
september 2007 by vielmetti
Book Notes: The High Cost of Free Parking by Donald C. Shoup
"These three reforms--charge fair-market prices for curb parking, return the resulting revenue to neighborhoods to pay for public improvements, and remove the requirements for off-street parking--will align our individual incentives with our common intere
cars  automobiles  parking  transportation  free-parking  no-free-parking  neighborhoods  urban  cities  planning  urbanplanning  via:december 
september 2007 by vielmetti
The State News: Company eases trip from E.L. to Ann Arbor
Rates for riders making the one hour and 25 minute trip from East Lansing to Ann Arbor will start at $15 per person, with an introductory special in effect through December – buy two one-way tickets, get one free.
michigan-flyer  bus  transportation  michigan  east-lansing  annarbor  dtw 
september 2007 by vielmetti
Few untouched by Custer's work - Dayton Business Journal:
Toward the end of 1930, Custer patented one of his greatest inventions, the Custer Car. Unlike the Custer Park Car, this auto was not meant for amusement parks. The Custer Car was a three-wheel motor vehicle with a small turning radius. Available with a g
custer  custer-car  via:kottke  dayton-ohio  amusement-park  transportation  cars  automobile  automotive  ohio  dayton 
september 2007 by vielmetti
Town ditches traffic lights to cut accidents | U.S. | Reuters
The idea of removing signs to improve road safety, called "Shared Space," was developed by Dutch traffic specialist Hans Monderman, and is supported by the European Union.
shared-space  hans-monderman  transportation  road-safety 
september 2007 by vielmetti
AATA to explore concerns over wrap-around ads
During a recent bus trip in Ann Arbor, Jim Rees noticed he couldn't read house numbers clearly through a shrink-wrapped advertisement on the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority's bus.
poke  jim-rees  aata  theride  bus  transportation  annarbor  michigan  advertising  ads 
september 2007 by vielmetti
outside.in - Ann Arbor Transportation Authority Business Office
news stream for AATA stories
aata  transportation  travel  bus  buses  theride  annarbor  michigan  ride-the-ride 
september 2007 by vielmetti
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