Here are four questions you may not have thought about yet as you prepare for the school year.
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"What is the problem for which transit is the solution?" "What does it mean for transit to work well?" Transit planning consultant Jarrett Walker shares his answers to some of the biggest transit questions.
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What would possess a transit agency to change every route in its system overnight? We were out of money; it was time to start thinking.
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If we’re going to be critical of road projects that spend billions in taxpayer dollars, we have to also be critical of transit projects that do the same. We can build good public transit in our towns, but it will require a realistic mindset.
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What if we shifted all transportation funding into the classroom? What if we ended the mandate for schools to provide transportation?
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A super-grid system could improve bussing in Dallas and other similarly-built cities.
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Langley Park’s auto-oriented development pattern imposes unneeded costs and burdens upon those who can least afford them.
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In a thinly veiled attempt to keep "those people" out of a local mall, this spring, the Valley West Mall in West Des Moines demanded that a bus stop that services the mall be removed from its property.
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The reconfiguration of a bus route to reach lower-income suburban areas is a symptom of the problem, not the real treatment.
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Dense cities that want to live in the real world of space and time, and that do not want to become dystopias that are functional only for the rich, need to use urban space efficiently. That includes public transit.
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In many zip codes where households are most dense, job opportunities are some of the least available. These maps show the challenges of addressing this problem.
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Public transit is environmentally-friendly, affordable and helpful for economic development. But there's a fourth virtue of public transit: it saves space.
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Just four months after making adjustments to its system, Houston buses have seen a 10% increase in ridership. This video shows how and why they did it.
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Sexual harassment is a common experience for women who use public transit and for many, it is the reason they choose to stop taking the bus. How can we put an end to this dangerous problem?
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For those of you who expect to be sitting in your own personal car being whisked around in effortless comfort and privacy as you commute to distant suburban locations… Not quite.
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Amid all of the Lone Star State’s dubious policy decisions there are actually numerous efforts under way that should interest builders of Strong Towns.
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When arguing for wider streets, many proponents point to bus or emergency vehicle access, insisting that a wide berth is necessary for large vehicles to pass through. In Washington, DC, I've seen firsthand how buses and ambulances have no problem navigating narrow streets.
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