Category: Modes

  • Modal Smack-down at JPACT

    Freight interests are making a play for flexible Federal dollars that have in recent years been allocated to active transportation. Excellent coverage at the BTA blog.

  • The Four-Car Type IV MAX Train

    (Or, unfortunately, not a good afternoon for TriMet employees and customers.) Video after the jump…

  • Two Paradigms for Transit Parking

    Last month I had the chance to sit in on a brown bag session about the new bike parking facility under construction at the Sunset Transit Center. Currently, the main way to get secure bike parking at a transit center is to rent a locker for a monthly fee. This has never worked for me,…

  • 8 Out of 9 Experts Support Federal Transit Aid

    Via Planetizen: A panel assembled by The National Journal overwhelmingly favors the bill now in Congress that would provide $2B in operating assistance to transit agencies.

  • Car Culture on the Wane?

    In a post titled “The Great Car Reset” creative-class guru Richard Florida documents the decline in young people getting drivers licenses.