Blogosphere: Bikeshare Leader, HSR In Canada, NY Suburbs & NYC Transit, Paving Over History, London SkyCycle
September 7, 2012
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Blogosphere: Which Bikeshare Has Most Members?
Greater Greater Washington
The Federal Highway Administration has released a report with a lot of interesting information on the country's bike sharing networks, including previously-unavailable statistics on the numbers of annual members. ..
Read On Blogosphere: Maloney's HSR Proposal to Canada Pedestrian Observations
Carolyn Maloney, the Congresswoman representing Manhattan's East…
The Federal Highway Administration has released a report with a lot of interesting information on the country's bike sharing networks, including previously-unavailable statistics on the numbers of annual members. ..
Read On Blogosphere: Maloney's HSR Proposal to Canada Pedestrian Observations
Carolyn Maloney, the Congresswoman representing Manhattan's East…
Blogosphere: Investing In Vegas HSR, Demo Transpo Platform, 'War On Motorists' Myth, HSR Vs Self-Driven Cars, Hamburgers & Induced Demand
September 5, 2012
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Blogosphere: Private Investors Line Up for Desert HSR
CAHSR Blog
The California high speed rail project closest to completion isn't the San Francisco to Los Angeles route being built by the California High Speed Rail Authority. It's XpressWest, formerly known as DesertXpress, which would connect Las Vegas to Los Angeles via Victorville and Palmdale...
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The California high speed rail project closest to completion isn't the San Francisco to Los Angeles route being built by the California High Speed Rail Authority. It's XpressWest, formerly known as DesertXpress, which would connect Las Vegas to Los Angeles via Victorville and Palmdale...
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Blogosphere: Peak Factors & Intercity Trains, Labor Rules & Commuter Trains, Complete Street Policies, Stroller Share, World's Longest Bus
August 28, 2012
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Blogosphere: Peak Factors and Intercity Trains
Pedestrian Observations
In contrast with Reason's fraud, CARRD's Elizabeth Alexis makes a more serious criticism of the XpressWest plan: there is a prominent peak in travel from Southern California to Las Vegas on Friday afternoon and Sunday afternoon...
Read On Blogosphere: Labor Rules Snarl US Commuter Trains Bloomberg
Railroading has, like almost all industries, made great strides…
In contrast with Reason's fraud, CARRD's Elizabeth Alexis makes a more serious criticism of the XpressWest plan: there is a prominent peak in travel from Southern California to Las Vegas on Friday afternoon and Sunday afternoon...
Read On Blogosphere: Labor Rules Snarl US Commuter Trains Bloomberg
Railroading has, like almost all industries, made great strides…
News: LA Expo Train Riders, Atlanta Transpo Tax Debate, CAHSR Jobs Questioned, Reinventing Auto Cities, Urban Parks
July 16, 2012
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Los Angeles: Valley Commuters Using New Expo Line
Contra Costa Times
The dozen riders aboard the Expo Line train car early Wednesday morning used the quiet morning commute in different ways: fiddling with phones, playing video games, or reading a book...
Read On Atlanta: Forum Shows Divisions Over Transport Tax Atlanta Journal Constitution
With just more than two weeks until metro Atlantans decide the outcome of a controversial transportation sales…
The dozen riders aboard the Expo Line train car early Wednesday morning used the quiet morning commute in different ways: fiddling with phones, playing video games, or reading a book...
Read On Atlanta: Forum Shows Divisions Over Transport Tax Atlanta Journal Constitution
With just more than two weeks until metro Atlantans decide the outcome of a controversial transportation sales…
Research Explores Train Vs. Bus Preferences
June 18, 2012
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An April 2012 article from the Journal of Public Transportation entitled "Bus or Rail: An Approach to Explain the Psychological Rail Factor" has been added to the Research Center best practices database. The article by Milena Scherer of ETH Zurich and Katrin Dziekan of the Berlin Institute of Technology explores whether there is an inherent preference for fixed rail transit among transit riders and why. The research found a preference for using rail, assuming equal service conditions, of 63 percent for regional train and 75 percent for trams compared to bus services. The rail factor is highly loaded with emotional and social attributions, the researchers note, and account for 20–50 percent of the share in the different schemata for bus, rail, and tram.
News: CAHSR Blessing, Elecric Freight, TOD Impact On VMT, Light Rail Benefits Research, Berlin's Cheap Rents, Portland Downtown
May 17, 2012
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California: HSR Project Given Conditional Blessing
Sacramento Bee
The latest plan for building a California bullet train system got a very conditional blessing Tuesday from a "peer review committee" of transportation experts...
Read On Los Angeles: An Electric Solution for Freeway Freight Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles may be one of the first…
The latest plan for building a California bullet train system got a very conditional blessing Tuesday from a "peer review committee" of transportation experts...
Read On Los Angeles: An Electric Solution for Freeway Freight Los Angeles Times
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Bus or Rail: An Approach to Explain the Psychological Rail Factor
April 9, 2012|Journal of Public Transportation
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Introduction
It is recognized that hard factors such as travel time, cost, availability of public transport services, and car ownership have a major impact when people consider the choice between using an automobile or public transport. Nevertheless, there is evidence from the literature that rail-based public transport often is considered superior to bus systems, even in cases where quantitative hard factors are equal. This attraction of passengers is known as a psychological rail factor, and it is used to express a higher attraction in terms of higher ridership of rail-based public transport in contrast to bus services (Axhausen et al. 2001; Megel 2001b; Ben-Akiva and Morikawa 2002; Vuchic 2005; Scherer 2010a). The existence of this rail factor is widely accepted among experts, but little evidence exists about the reasons for this phenomena.
The idea of a rail factor is consistent with statements that the image of a transport system has an impact on demand. Furthermore, research…
News: Pittsburgh Transit Cut Protest, AC Transit Buys American Finally, LA Transpo Blueprint, Urban Walking In Tehran, Slime Mold Cities, Apartment Glut
April 5, 2012
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Pittsburgh: Planned Cuts to Transit Inspire Protest
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Transit advocates in Pittsburgh and across the nation marked the 44th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination with a day of protests today against public transportation service cuts...
Read On National: Geithner Presses for Long Term Bill The Hill
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Wednesday pressed lawmakers to pass a long-term funding bill for transportation and not "limp forward" with more temporary…
Transit advocates in Pittsburgh and across the nation marked the 44th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination with a day of protests today against public transportation service cuts...
Read On National: Geithner Presses for Long Term Bill The Hill
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Wednesday pressed lawmakers to pass a long-term funding bill for transportation and not "limp forward" with more temporary…
News: Maryland Sales Tax Hike, Triangle LRT EIS, Rahm's Infrastructure Plan, The Urbanology Show, Belin's Lost City
April 4, 2012
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Maryland: Governor May Try for Sales Tax Increase
Baltimore Sun
Gov. Martin O'Malley says he still hopes to convince the legislature to raise money for highway and transit projects - possibly by adding another penny to Maryland's six-percent sales tax and dedicating the extra revenue to transportation...
Read On Norfolk: Councilmembers Want Nov Election for LRT Virginian Pilot
Two councilmen want the City Council to decide as early as next week whether to…
Gov. Martin O'Malley says he still hopes to convince the legislature to raise money for highway and transit projects - possibly by adding another penny to Maryland's six-percent sales tax and dedicating the extra revenue to transportation...
Read On Norfolk: Councilmembers Want Nov Election for LRT Virginian Pilot
Two councilmen want the City Council to decide as early as next week whether to…
News: Federal Transpo Extension, Twin Cities LRT Extension, Caltrain Electrification, Easing Calif. Enviro Rules For HSR, City Heat Stress
March 29, 2012
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National: House GOP is Back to 90 Day Extension
DC Streetsblog
Another day, another another twist in the House's efforts to pass a transportation bill. Yesterday's postponed vote on a 60-day extension had initially been rescheduled for tonight, but that too will be scrapped, making it the third time the House has punted a vote on an extension in as many days...
Read On National: LaHood - Boehner Needs to Lead …
Another day, another another twist in the House's efforts to pass a transportation bill. Yesterday's postponed vote on a 60-day extension had initially been rescheduled for tonight, but that too will be scrapped, making it the third time the House has punted a vote on an extension in as many days...
Read On National: LaHood - Boehner Needs to Lead …
