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the geometric shapes of transit's success 27 Aug 2013 | 02:52 am
In my work for transit agencies, I'm always insisting that reports should not just explain how routes perform (typically in ridership per unit of cost) but also why. Here's one partial example from a...
quote of the week: how not to "fossilize" 26 Aug 2013 | 09:58 pm
“To live sanely in Los Angeles (or, I suppose, in any other large American city) you have to cultivate the art of staying awake. You must learn to resist (firmly but not tensely) the unceasing hypnoti...
guest post: a leading transit manager on the ridership-coverage trade-off 23 Aug 2013 | 10:18 am
This guest post is by Ron Kilcoyne, is the General Manager of Lane Transit District, which serves the Eugene-Springfield area in Oregon. He is formerly the General Manager/CEO of Greater Bridgeport T...
spam of the year: dependable forklifts 20 Aug 2013 | 11:25 am
One of the more refined forms of spam I receive is the automated guest blogging inquiry, in which a spambot attempts to appear familiar with my blog's topics and sincere in offering useful guest conte...
guest post: shaun cleaver on zambian public transit 19 Aug 2013 | 09:02 pm
Shaun Cleaver is a PhD student at the University of Toronto. His main career focus is disability and rehabilitation in low resource settings. This work has taken Shaun to Haiti, remote northern Canada...
vancouver: a source on the battle of robson square 16 Aug 2013 | 01:09 am
In an online event today, I mentioned the "Battle of Robson Square" in Vancouver -- an archetypal conflict between transit and civic placemaking that has arisen in a city that claims to be very pro-tr...
the urbanism speakeasy interview 14 Aug 2013 | 10:42 am
The folks at Sustainable Cities Collective have a cool interview with me as part of their Urbanism Speakeasy podcast series. I go on in particular about chicken-egg games between transport and land ...
is texting+driving pushing people toward transit? 13 Aug 2013 | 04:21 am
Starting, perhaps, with the most vulnerable? I used to ride a motorcycle to work. Cyclists and motorcyclists are extremely aware of driver behavior because we’re so much more vulnerable than drivers ...
amazon extends ebook sale of my book: 86% off! 6 Aug 2013 | 11:55 pm
Amazon has chosen to continue the sale of my e-book of my book Human Transit at US$4.74. Buy it here. No knowing when that will end, so if you're a Kindle-user, best buy now! And if anyone cares, I...
san francisco: my piece in sunday's chronicle 5 Aug 2013 | 10:17 am
The San Francisco Chronicle commissioned me to do a "big picture" op-ed piece for their Sunday Review, which appeared yesterday. It's here. The bit with the violins: Our current generation of leade...
