I had a dream early yesterday morning that I was in Denver and almost got run over by a light rail vehicle. Also, in the dream RTD was in the process of converting to a “coin slot” system (that was the term used in the dream for fully grade-separated rail). Transit features in my dreams […]
Wausau, Wisconsin’s Metro Ride recently issued a draft Transit Development Plan regarding proposed improvements to their system. Some highlights include: More areas need bus service, including areas not served presently because they are outside the city limits. These include Aspirus Health, which desires bus service for hospital employee and dialysis patient shift changes and to […]
The Duluth Transit Authority is offering anyone with a valid driver’s license the chance to try their hand at driving a bus. If this interests you, here is the link!
The latest buzzword on the left is “equity”: restructuring things to ensure fair outcomes for poor and marginalized people. In public transit, unlike many industries, equity is a natural outcome of structuring transit systems on a businesslike basis; that is, to maximize ridership. This is because poor and marginalized people use transit more per capita […]
Rochester Public Transit is making some schedule changes as of 4 November 2022. The changes are as follows: Route 116 will run every 30 minutes during rush hour and once an hour midday, rather than the current paradoxical schedule of once every hour during rush hour and once every 45 minutes midday. Morning trips on […]
I just watch the new show So Help Me Todd last night. I won’t go into too many details but it’s about an out-of-work private investigator who gets hired by his mother, a high-powered lawyer in a prestigious law firm in heavily transit-friendly Portland. Here’s the rub: she’s apparently disappointed in the clothes he wears […]
Something really needs to be done about the transit driver shortage. Many transit systems have enough riders to bounce back from the pandemic, but are having trouble hiring enough people to drive buses and trains. The Right claims this is because “no one wants to work”, which really isn’t true. Most people do want to […]
Eau Claire Transit is proposing route changes. I’ll keep you posted when they are made available to the public!
The first time I ever went to Seattle was in May 1989. I was really thrilled with the Metro bus system, then called the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle, now called King County Metro Transit due to a court case. At the time, I thought the bus system there was better than that of the Twin […]
Just a shoutout today about Metro Transit’s Orange Line. While I haven’t had personal occasion to use the Orange Line since it opened, I want to support it by promoting it in this blog. The only criticism of it I have is that the terminal in Burnsville is kitty corner from MVTA‘s Burnsville Transit Station, […]