Stephen Miller

Une analyse intéressante, y compris des graphiques qui montrent un taux de motorisation freiné et une offre d'autopartage au hasard en banlieue

🇨🇦🇺🇸 Great, quick interview with Vancouver's transit honcho, who relocated there from Baltimore — highlights just HOW DIFFERENT the transit culture is in Canada, compared to the US.

this is some good shit from nolan

This applies to much more than walking: "The human ability to adapt is the key to our spectacular success on this planet. Our problem is that the people who lead our public conversations, our elites of wealth and opinion, are often some of the least adaptable people on earth."

Transit app is now a bike app, too Now, our app can help transit riders become bike riders, too, by showing which routes in your city are actually safe to ride.

Indeed we do! More info about how we handle bike routing here: blog.transitapp.com/go-bike/

This is a crossover episode I love. Enjoy Western Mass, Kenny!

No problem. GOFS is intended to give passengers real-time info about services like taxis, ridehail, and on-demand transit, so freight tracking isn't really a use case. Hope this helps!

The spec is agnostic about vehicle type — Sprinter vans are super common for demand-responsive services. I'm curious why you mention tractor-trailers... are those being used for passenger service? I hope not! 🚚

You can read documentation about vehicle_type here 👉 github.com/MobilityData...

The time has come for MobilityData to take the wheel — just like it did with GTFS and GBFS — and for the entire industry to get involved with GOFS.

Curious? Head on over to GOFS.org to get started 🚀

🚕 Now it's time for GOFS. The idea hatched a few years ago at an industry-wide working group: how can we make it easier to show on-demand transit, taxi, paratransit, and ridehail in navigation apps? @transit.app got rolling with a lightweight version, and slowly but surely, more people got involved.

🚲 GBFS was developed by the North American Bikeshare Association, a coalition of cities and bikeshare operators. Over a decade, it's expanded to support all self-serve mobility, like carshare and scooters.

Proud note: @transit.app was the first app to support GBFS 👉 www.bcycle.com/news/2015/12...

🚌 GTFS was developed by Google Maps and TriMet in Portland as a simple way to share transit schedules. Over the past two decades, it's become an open, international standard that powers how everyone rides public transit.

It's worth reading the full story 👉 beyondtransparency.org/part-2/pione...

MobilityData plays an important role, managing communities of software developers and transit experts that have developed around these open data standards, which are themselves the result of collaboration.

For example...

MobilityData | The one-stop organization for mobility data standards Credits: Anna Dziubinska / Unsplash To provide reliable and intuitive travel directions, public agencies, cities, and private companies need shared languages and tools. MobilityData meets that need…

Well, it takes a LOT of collaboration. Between public agencies and private companies. Between customers, and clients, and yes even between competitors.

Orchestrating it all is a non-profit called MobilityData 👉 mobilitydata.org

Basically, these data formats (GTFS, GBFS, GOFS) are the open-source standards that allow different modes of transportation to appear in navigation apps: like Transit, Google Maps or Apple Maps.

Getting around would be a lot harder without them! So how do they even exist?

Transit | GOFS is ready for its close-up Meet the open data standard for on-demand transit, taxi and ridehail trip planning

👨‍💻 This one's for the transit data nerds

🚍🚆 GTFS is for buses and trains

🚲🛴 GBFS for bikeshare (& carshare & scooters)

🚐🚕 Now there's GOFS: for on-demand transit, paratransit, taxis & ridehail

Get the inside scoop on this open-source tech means for the entire industry 👉 blog.transitapp.com/gofs/

Hey! Sent Tara a DM

Painting of cherubs bringing forth a map of Lyon, France. Painting can be found on the ceiling within Lyon City Hall.

Lyon's city planning division has a new district plan for public consultation and feedback

The Fall of Philadelphia — Human Transit The Pennsylvania State Senate has decided that the transit system of America’s fifth largest city should be substantially destroyed.  Similar dramas are playing out in Illinois, Oregon, and Rhode Isla...

“In the Philadelphia area, SEPTA is making a 20% service cut but will eventually have to cut service 45%. Cutting almost half of a transit system is not a way to make it more efficient.

It more like asking whether you’d like to keep your heart or your lungs.” humantransit.org/2025/08/the-...

2516 W Grace St, 33410
Total - $1,550,000.00
Dwelling - $1,332,000.00
Land - $218,000.00
Lot Sq Ft - 5444.92
Type - R Apartment 5-11 Units
Taxable - Yes
Year Built - 1923
Map - https://www.google.com/maps/place/2516+W+Grace+St+RICHMOND+VA+33410

Google Streetview of the property with PIN10 1603200051: 1560 North Kostner Avenue

1560 North Kostner Avenue

THE CITY OF NEWPORT R E S O L U T I O N OF THE C O U N C I L No. CITY OF NEWPORT A Resolution in Opposition to Proposed RIPTA Service Cuts Affecting Aquidneck Island WHEREAS, the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) has proposed service reductions as part of its plan to manage a fiscal year 2026 deficit; and WHEREAS, among the proposed service changes, Routes 60, 63, 64, 68, 231, and the Flex 203 South Aquidneck Zone are slated for elimination, service reduction, ending weekend service, or other restructuring—directly impacting Aquidneck Island communities, including Newport, Middletown, and Portsmouth; and WHEREAS, such changes would have severe consequences for Aquidneck Island riders; and WHEREAS, the elimination of Route 68 would sever connectivity between one of Newport’s densest neighborhoods of residents from downtown and crucial social services in Middletown, undermining local equity goals; and WHEREAS, Route 64 cuts would eliminate direct transit access between Aquidneck Island and the University of Rhode Island, striking a major blow to island students and would undercut efforts to link education and employment centers; and WHEREAS, these service changes would leave many island residents, particularly seniors, low-income families, students, hospitality workers, and those dependent on public transit, effectively stranded, unable to access employment, healthcare, educational institutions, or essential services; and

WHEREAS, eliminating existing fixed-route service significantly reduces the likelihood of future restoration, jeopardizing long-term local and regional mobility; restoring demand alone may not prompt reinstatement of routes once they are fully eliminated; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Newport City Council strongly opposes the RIPTA proposed service cuts affecting Aquidneck Island and Newport, and respectfully requests that RIPTA reconsider these proposed service cuts; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Newport stands ready to collaborate with RIPTA, neighboring municipalities, state officials, and transit advocates to identify equitable, community-informed solutions that support public transit on Aquidneck Island and Rhode Island as a whole; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Governor, legislative leadership and Newport legislative delegation, RIPTA Board and CEO, and the towns of Middletown and Portsmouth. XAY KHAMSYVORAVONG STEPHANIE SMYTH ELLEN PINNOCK LYNN UNDERWOOD CEGLIE DAVID R. CARLIN III IN COUNCIL READ AND PASSED ______________________________ LAURA C SWISTAK, CMC CITY CLERK

Wow! I think Newport is the only municipality in Rhode Island that passed a resolution in opposition to the proposed RIPTA service cuts, especially on the routes that affect Aquidneck Island! 🚌⚓🌊 #SaveRIPTA #TransitIsEssential

cityofnewport.granicus.com/MetaViewer.p...

Cc: @pvdstreets.bsky.social

Philly shouldn't be in this situation. But with updated data from SEPTA, we use the app to educate riders... and amplify advocacy actions, so lawmakers get an earful.

SEPTA is first, but the rest of PA is next. If you live anywhere in the Keystone State, call your state senator and representative.

Such a no-brainer role for bikeshare stations. Love it.

Cannot believe there's no hot air ballon emoji.

Newport Housing Proposal Faces Scrutiny by Board - Newport This Week A preliminary proposal to con­struct 38 units of housing next to St. Peter’s Lutheran Church at 525 Broadway faced scrutiny at a Newport Planning Board meeting on Aug. 4 and was continued to September...

Empty lot in Newport, RI:

- Reduced from 44 units to 38
- Zoning requires 76 parking spaces (!!); developer wants to build 41

NIMBYs:
- "It’s a safety concern"
- "I don’t know anyone that’s op­posed to workforce housing, but you have to do it reasonably"

www.newportthisweek.com/articles/new...

Screenshot of Transit app that says, “only one thing can avoid devastating public transit cuts, take five minutes to contact your legislators with Better streets Chicago”

I like seeing Transit app advising transit riders about the local fiscal cliff!

Have you seen this message? Well in case you didn’t tap it, go visit SaveTransit.org and learn about the service cuts and what you can do about them

Re-upping this because T4A's conclusion is a sea change for sustainable transportation advocates: scrapping the bankrupt Highway Trust Fund might be necessary — but the cuts to non-car projects will be enormous, and nothing is certain about how (or if) states will pick up the pieces.

Everything You Were Afraid To Ask About the Next Surface Transportation Reauthorization But Were Afraid To Ask — Streetsblog USA * But were afraid to ask.

How does America pass its most important (and biggest) federal transportation bill? We're here to walk you through this next surface transportation reauthorization season: usa.streetsblog.org/2025/07/22/e...

Platform doors recently installed at Liège station on Paris metro line 13

Platform doors now popping up on Line 13, as the line moves towards full automation in 2035, following Lines 1, 4 and 14 www.leparisien.fr/info-paris-i...