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A performance-based comparison of different transit technologies
A table summarizing the performance of several different bus and rail transit services around the world.
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Your Questions for Neil – “Round 2” – The Videos – Part 3
Here is the next installment of our recent interview with Neil McFarlane, based on questions submitted by the readers of Portland Transport. Today’s Part 3 includes the separate topics of Emergency Preparedness and Bus Technology. Parts 1 and 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 Special thanks to multiple volunteers who have compiled transcripts of…
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Open Source in Transit Industry
I’m still jazzed from Transportation Camp! I want to remind folks that open source in transit doesn’t just mean Google Transit and smartphone apps for when the next bus is arriving. Here’s a very nice piece on TriMet’s use of open source throughout their enterprise.
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Sustainable Signals
Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Winter 2011 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Peter Koonce, Division Manager for the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation’s Signals, Street Lighting, & ITS Division Topic: Transforming Traffic Signals to Support Sustainability: Applications, Ideas, and Research Needs Abstract: Today, most streets are designed and managed to meet mobility standards…
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Internet Coming to an Intersection Near You
On Friday I attended the Oregon Transportation Summit. Being a geek, I sat in on the gadget session. One of the more interesting areas was how to detect vehicles at intersections. The traditional technology is the “loop”, a wire embedded in the pavement that generates a magnetic field that can detect the metal in a…