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Where’s That Train?
One of our readers (and Transit Board™ users), e-mailed in this question over the weekend: I have a question about the GPS real-time transit tracker system for MAX. I’ve noticed that there has been no real-time information for any MAX stop for many months, at least since the Green line went online. I’ve sent multiple…
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Designing for Health
Two recent stories (via Planetizen: here and here) make the connection between health and how we design our urban environments and transportation systems: Five New York City departments have jointly released a document titled “Active Design Guidelines: A new definition for sustainable cities“, covering everything from Urban Design to where to put the stairwells in…
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Transportation in the State of the City
In Friday’s State of the City address, Mayor Adams outlined several interesting ideas for transporation: A Streetcar in Lents Portland was a streetcar city and it shall return to being a streetcar city. And by “city,” I mean citywide. The Mayor showed a visual simulation of a streetcar on Foster, and the development it would…