December 2011
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Highway signs to advertise train travel times
Taking a car isn’t always the fastest, most convenient mode of transportation. Metrolink and Caltrans have started advertising as much near LA.
http://m.ocregister.com/news/train-332497-metrolink-freeway.html
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Honduran Commuters Hurt by Rule to Prevent... →
An intersection of transportation and safety that we don’t usually consider in the developed world.
November 2011
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Driver Safety on Detroit Busses
From Transportation Nation today…
“About 100 Detroit city bus drivers refused to work this morning to demand safer working conditions after a driver was beaten by a group of teens on Thursday afternoon at the city’s main transit terminal…WDET’s Klinefelter said Henry Gaffney, the head of Amalgamated Transit Workers’ Union Local 26 representing the drivers, told WDET the city...
October 2011
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Napa County Releases Online Bus Tracking "Where's...
In addition to recent Next Bus systems implemented and expanded in Chicago and London, Napa County in California has implemented their own Next Bus system called “Where’s My Bus?”. Unlike the systems in Chicago and London, the Napa County system will not have any countdown displays at bus stops. Instead, the agency is relying completely on a web interface that allows transit...
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NextBus Info Coming to Entire London Bus System
In comparison with Chicago, which has recently begun installing countdown signs at 400 (20%) of its bus stops, London is replacing 2000 of its existing countdown signs and adding them to an additional 500 stops according to Transportation For London. These 2500 stops with countdown signs make up 13% of the roughly 19,000 total London bus stops. Bus arrival information for the remainder of the...
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September 2011
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Salt Lake City Streetcar Project Going Ahead
“HDR obtained a contract from the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) to provide preliminary engineering services for the Sugar House Streetcar project in Salt Lake City and South Salt Lake City. The contract includes an option to provide final design and design services during construction. To open in 2013, the proposed $37 million, two-mile streetcar line is jointly owned by the UTA and cities of...
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Deal reached on FAA and SAFETEA-LU extensions →
The FAA avoids a second shutdown and SAFETEA-LU gets extended (again) until March. The price? Language in the new surface transportation bill allowing states to opt out of previously mandatory cross subsidies, which provided funding for things like pedestrian walkways and bike lanes. Overall, a net loss for complete streets.
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August 2011
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Getaround - The Airbnb for cars →
July 2011
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WatchSFpark will change parking rates monthly to encourage the use of public transportation and evenly distribute available parking spaces throughout the city.
I wonder how this system would fare during a large event, e.g. any Apple event. Maybe a combination of truly dynamic pricing, changing as supply changes by the hour or minute, and increasing prices leading up to a large event could improve...
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WatchBeautiful (and useful) data animation.
Perhaps resizing the hubs to correspond to the number of bikes there (and maybe changing the color of hubs to show full/free space/empty) could improve it further? Could also make for a great mobile app when you’re looking for a place to drop the bike back off.
It’s information like this that we need to take advantage of to make the next steps...