Union Pacific and Amtrak today in #Emeryville. #trains #transit #Amtrak

New Metrics for a New TTC
https://stevemunro.ca/2023/09/11/new-metrics-for-a-new-ttc/

With the changing of the guard in the Mayor’s Office and a shift in the political balance of the TTC Board, it is time to blow the dust off of the metrics in the TTC CEO’s Report and elsewhere. I have written about aspects of this before, and will not belabour earlier arguments. However, in […]
#A_Grand_Plan #Service_Cost_and_Quality #Transit #Vehicles

It´s a mystery to me why the US hasn´t embraced cost-effective center lane #BRT like this workhorse line in #CDMX #MexicoCity #transit #busrapidtransit #insurgentes

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/11/opinion/editorials/tokyo-housing.html “by investing in transit and allowing development, the city has added more housing units than the total number of units in New York City. It has remained affordable by becoming the world’s largest city. It has become the world’s largest city by remaining affordable.” #housing #tokyo #zoning #zoningreform #transit #transportation #equity #climate

Marrying #Transit and #Housing: Two full-time #workers earning Tokyo’s #minimumwage can #comfortably afford the average #rent for a two-bedroom #apartment in six of the city’s 23 wards.

#TOD is not #AOD

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/11/opinion/editorials/tokyo-housing.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

We bid adieu to the regularly scheduled @SFBART legacy rolling stock from Richmond Station. #transit

Today I witnessed history: The last ever scheduled legacy BART train at West Oakland station. #trains #sf #transit #bart #oakland

"BART begins retiring legacy trains from its fleet" by @NBCBayArea - So-called "Fleet of the Future" cars will be full BART fleet starting Monday. Also shorter trains at less-busy times. Some legacy cars may augment capacity for a while. https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/bart-begins-retiring-legacy-trains/3314193/ #BayArea #transit

Does anyone know if free rides is a regular occurrence on the SF Bay Ferry short hop to pier 41? #transit #sf

I was hoping to get an old boi today. 🙃 #trains #BART #transit

#onthisday in 1932, the #nyc owned Independent Subway System (#IND ) began operation. The #8thavenue line (today served primarily by the #Atrain ) ran from 207th Street to Chambers Street in #manhattan. #vandalism and #theft at some #uptown stations caused some exit closures at 96th and 103rd Streets. In February 1933, IND #subway service was extended to #brooklyn. #otd #mta #newyorkcity #transit #history #masstransit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Subway_System

There’s an opportunity here to be able to say I rode the last scheduled legacy BART. 😮 #trains #transit #bart

Los Angeles Union Station at dusk
#LosAngeles #Transit #Rail

#ottcity #transit #justice Even after 7 PM today #octranspo was diverting buses from the transit-way east of Lincoln Fields so the wealthy Island Park residents can have 'bike days' on it.

#ottawacity Think of how many hundreds of busses are diverted every weekend, delaying thousands of riders and burning millions in extra fuel.

This is not climate action or resource equity.

#NCC stop #greenwashing #bikedays

RIP BART legacy fleet. 😢 #trains #transit

This month I have a couple of appointments that are 45 minutes away by car or 2+ hours away (depending on time of day) by public #transit, including a stretch that's not especially safe for me (in my wheelchair) and my kid, between transit station and destination.

We can't wait for the passengers. We need to build robust public transit *first*.

https://mastodon.nz/@nickofnz/111036912118086072

The origin story of #OneBusAway 🦸🚌🚍🚎

#Transit #opensource

https://magazine.washington.edu/feature/with-onebusaway-2-uw-alumni-put-a-better-transit-experience-within-reach/

TTC Chair Seeks Director of TTC Policy
https://stevemunro.ca/2023/09/09/ttc-chair-seeks-director-of-ttc-policy/

An unusual advertisement appeared recently on the website of Councillor Jamaal Myers, the new Chair of the TTC Board. Myers seeks, in effect, an assistant to the Chair with the title “Director of TTC Policy”. The position would be within his Councillor’s Office at City Hall, not within the TTC organization. The Director of Transit […]
#Transit

Fight the fare increase, VOTE for George O’Brien, get poor Charlie off the MTA!

#Transit #Trains #GeorgeOBrien #Vote #KingstonTrio #Boston

Sometimes I have a hard time following through on my convictions when the time comes.

I made plans last week to take my bike and the bus to work today. Since it’s Saturday, I don’t have to take Phoebe to daycare, so I’ve got plenty of time to get to the bus station. That’s good, because the Saturday service is only once an hour, instead of once every 45 mins.

The hourly service is just one of many small reasons I’m having a hard time going multimodal to work today. 1/?

#transit #urbanism