Very good article talking about how Montreal built the REM for less, and lessons we could learn from it!
Category: transit
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ATL is the transit Bizzaro Land we need to fix
Only in Atlanta do you get a transit advocacy group that’s actually AGAINST transit.. or at least transit ideas that make sense and can be built in a few years, not in another decade…
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I wholeheartedly agree with what you’ve said about having better looking and functioning transit vehicles in general and this kind of proves the point. Something as simple as having USB ports on board (or as seen in Taiwan, Qi wireless charging hotspots) is a big deal and something I miss about the newer vehicles that…
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Microtransit: what happens when you add ride hailing to regular city transit bus service. In parts of Gwinnett, there’s no waiting for a bus at a predetermined stop or route and the fare is just a flat $3 to go within the zone. (BTW @gwinnettgov, any ETA there?) …and it works like 🧈. Can’t wait…
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Happy Belated Subway Day
Yesterday was NYCMTA’s Subway Day– Here’s a video they posted on their Threads/Instagram account showing all the different trains they’ve run throughout their 119 years.
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Suddenly a new ATL transit NIMBY group has appeared! 🫢
The whole reason the Beltline even exists is because it was meant to be a transit corridor. A multiuse trail was also part of the design, so both need to be constructed. But also, since the land developers jumped into the fray and built their car-oriented buildings off the trail, OF COURSE they want to…