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Tag Archives: bus
Catchy, clever, and weird transit names and acronyms
Below are some weird, wacky, clever, and catchy names for transit systems. While more examples from other nations would be nice, it’s difficult to decipher so many languages. Any additions, corrections, or suggestions, especially from overseas, to this list are … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, airport planning, airports, branding, Bus transportation, cities, fun, infrastructure, planning, rail, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged acronyms, bus, light rail, people mover, rail, transit, transportation
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Opting-out of mass transit = modern redlining
Currently, more than 50 communities in Southeast Michigan opt-out of participating in SMART (the regional transit system). Just yesterday, in a narrow 3-2 vote, Bloomfield Hills voted to continue opting out. Most often, the rationale for not participating is due … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, Bus transportation, Cars, cities, civics, civility, commerce, culture, diversity, economics, geography, government, history, homelessness, human rights, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, placemaking, planning, politics, social equity, spatial design, sprawl, transit, transportation, unemployment
Tagged bus, diversity, inclusiveness, mass transit, opt-out, racism, redlining, SMART, transit
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Ecomodal transportation hubs
This post summarizes several ideas that could be employed to facilitate the establishment of sustainable transportation hubs where intermodal cross-movement between multiple green (or active) transportation options takes place with ease. In a nutshell, these facilities are described by using … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Advocacy, Alternative energy, architecture, art, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, Bus transportation, Cars, cities, civics, civility, climate change, coffee shops/cafes, commerce, Communications, culture, density, diversity, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, energy, entertainment, entrepreneurship, environment, EVs and hybrids, geography, Green roofs, health, historic preservation, humanity, infrastructure, internet, land use, landscape architecture, logistics, nature, new urbanism, Passenger rail, placemaking, planning, pollution, product design, rail, recycling, Renewable Energy, revitalization, seasons, Social media, spatial design, sprawl, sustainability, technology, third places, tourism, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged adaptive reuse, bike share, BRT, bus, car share, carpool, charging stations, cities, ecology, EVs, green, hubs, hybrids, infrastructure, intermodal, land use, light rail, placemaking, planning, rail, San Francisco, sustainability bicycling, Transbay Terminal, transportations, vanpool
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25 Most transit-friendly cities of Canada
Below is a list of the 25 most transit-oriented cities in Canada based on data provided by MoneySense utilizing 2006 Census transit data. The percentage given represents the percent of commuters who utilize mass transit. As one can see, the race for the top spot … Continue reading
Posted in bicycling, Canada, cities, civics, climate change, culture, density, energy, environment, geography, infrastructure, land use, new urbanism, North America, planning, pollution, rail, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, sustainability, technology, transit, transportation, urban planning, walking
Tagged bus, Calgary, Canada, cities, commuting, environment, Halifax, mass transit, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, rail, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Winnipeg
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