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A lot has happened to PATH in the past 25 years -- 9/11, major construction work, COVID, etc. But consistent across all of these events have been ensuing reductions in off-pk service levels: since 2005, the number of PATH trips crossing the Hudson on Saturdays has fallen by *50%*

yep, flushing has one. and gerritsen and manhattan beaches have them, so does throgs neck—it’s the favorite system of nyc’s tiny maritime neighborhoods

greenpoint!

Free bus proponents have this default resignation over any possible efficiencies from buses in subway deserts, stemming from a general distrust of the transit agency. A mentality driven from austerity and not abundance. As someone who works in transit to make it better, this is hugely depressing!

the republican party is a modern day Slave Power and the only way forward for this country is to sweep it into the ash heap of history

from prisonculture:He's running on making buses free. If he wins, he's going to try to make buses free and a lot of people are going to fight for that not to happen. If free buses are important to you, then you need to organizing towards that. I don't know what else there is to say. Nothing 'just happens' on our side."

Sigh. Transit advocates have been asking for *years* for more resources to make buses better: Countdown clocks, car cameras, more service, accessibility training, sheltered bus stops, TPS, and so on. Free fares was never it and we're no closer to getting what we've BEEN asking for w/ this attitude.

“A mayor who sucks shit” was a four-year sociological experiment conducted by CUNY. The study has now concluded. Thank you for your participation.

We at the Daily News have been working without a contract for three years. Haven't had raises in more than five. We have no newsroom. No parental leave. We were issued laptops that can't hold a charge. All this while our owners at Alden Global Capital continue to turn a profit.

wdym by operating cost model?

It's interesting to contrast South Wales Metro Project's priorities (electrification and basic stations accessibility) with Ottawa's Trillium line modernization (faregates and architectural features).

How France Saved its Public Transit from Catastrophe One simple trick to revive a system in death spiral

new S(ubstack)-Bahn post: in the 1960s, Paris saw major ridership drops in its Metro and buses and rising deficits. so did every major French city. the head urban planner of Paris warned of a transit "catastrophe."

how did France rescue its public transit?

www.substack-bahn.net/p/how-france...

Did the Federal DOT just accidentally file a letter containing legal advice from the DOJ, instead of a letter addressed to the Judge, in the MTA v Duffy case?

Down with the BRT, long live the Bus Why Bus Rapid Transit is a failed planning concept

"Down with the BRT, long live the bus."

I've just published an unusually polemical, argumentative post on my Substack explaining why I think Bus Rapid Transit is a failed planning concept.

open.substack.com/pub/marcochi...

in summary, please just let this system cook, for it has the juice

Text from article reading: “Since 2001, PRT has reduced service some 36% through several cuts, and lost half its ridership, according to the agency. Funding shortfalls were a primary factor through 2011, while pandemic-related issues and operator shortages drove reductions in recent years.”

Should be emphasized that Pittsburgh transit retains its impressive strength *in spite of* facts like this, which should be telling policymakers how much stronger the system could likely be with just a little investment! People, shockingly, do not actually enjoy sitting in Pittsburgh tunnel traffic.

Pittsburgh’s transit system is stronger than you might expect—it powers a >10% transit mode share that outperforms many bigger cities with lots more infrastructure. Cuts like this are a huge, totally needless step backward. And transit systems often struggle to recover from these kinds of events.

Why Pedestrian Deaths Are Skyrocketing in America Transportation expert Yonah Freemark on all the reasons the U.S. is such a deadly road-safety outlier.

My new interview in NY Mag about rising pedestrian deaths in the US—and potential ways to try to reduce the death toll: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/06/why-pedestrian-deaths-are-skyrocketing-in-america.html

The most photogenic side of the Pirelli Tire Building / 1968 / Architect – Marcel Breuer and Robert F. Gatje /r/brutalism

ok let’s start things off here with nyc’s premier urban canyon

they’re timed to align with the ferry arrivals and departures