Jay Stange wrote:
The Twin Cities are plenty big enough to support healthy transit ridership, but as it turns out, size doesn’t matter in transit. On last week’s Strong Towns Podcast, Jason Slaughter from Not Just Bikes and Strong Towns’ Chuck Marohn sat down to talk about what America keeps getting wrong about public transit...
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Diana Ionescu wrote:
When asked about his decision to move from Atlanta to Boise, Keane tells Prentice, “If you look at American cities in the way they've grown over the past 50 or 60 years, the pattern is very similar. The scale is different. But in Boise, the question that intrigues me is, ‘Can w...
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Kea Wilson wrote:
Installing asphalt art on roads and intersection can cut crashes between motorists and other road users by a staggering 50 percent, a new study finds — and the experts behind it say its time for policymakers to treat this life-saving traffic-safety treatment as more than just a frill.
In a new report fro...
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Charles Marohn wrote:
And that’s really the core problem commuting culture creates, a challenge that money spent fighting congestion only makes worse: the diffuse development pattern generates more public costs than it builds private wealth. These are low productivity environments, a financial imbalance that no transportation investment will overcome.
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We don’t have the mone...
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Michael Andersen wrote:
Building owners paid Metro Transit $14 per month for each unit and offered one pass per household as part of their leases. (A regular Metropass for unlimited rides costs $83 per month.)
In case you were wondering, that comes to an 83 percent bulk-rate discount being offered by the transit agency.
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“We also provide a community car fo...
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Kea Wilson wrote:
Private developers have pursued similar concepts in the past, like the much blogged-about Culdesac development in Tempe, which will bundle a package of non-automotive mobility options into the price of rent when it opens later this year. But the Utah site may be the first publicly-sponsored project to pursue a car-light model...
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Diana Ionescu wrote:
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has issued a new policy that "recognizes that streets are not only used for transportation but are also valuable community spaces," acknowledging the need to prioritize infrastructure for pedestrians, bike riders, and transit users in every Caltrans project. According to Melanie Curry, the policy solidifies the...
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Richard Day wrote:
UCLA professor and parking expert Donald Shoup estimates that in Chicago an above-ground parking spot costs about $29,000 to build, and an underground spot comes in at a cool $36,000. And because those minimum parking rules force builders to create a large number of extra empty spots, the actual rate buildings ca...
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Roger Rudick wrote:
Berlin has the highest share of people walking, biking, and using public transit to work (86%) of all European capitals. Not surprising, considering only one third of Berliners own a car. Astoundingly, there are more people biking in Berlin than in the four other major European capitals combined! Read it and weep...
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James Brasuell wrote:
Radical Rethink: Couple Mobility and Housing
To solve this Gordian Knot, mobility and housing could be and should be coupled. Many of America’s largest cities have major interchanges usually with adjacent unused patches of land. Using the city of Los Angeles as an example, some of its major interchanges include the 405/10...
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