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#buses

CLondoner92 (New Account)
3 hours ago

A Short Ride On The Double-Deck #Hydrogen Bus - #London Buses Route 7 Wrightbus Streetdeck Hydroliner FCEV
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8q4qeu
#transport #TfL #Buses #travel

Tony Meredith
2 days ago

There's a clever new map showing changes in bus services in England and Wales, published by Friends of the Earth from research by University of Leeds. TLDR? It's got worse almost everywhere.
(And my area isn't the worst.)
h/t @ExeterObserver who also make connections with housing developments in their area.
#buses #SustainableTransport
https://policy.friendsoftheearth.uk/insight/how-britains-bus-services-have-drastically-declined

Malaysia Public Transport
2 days ago

Foreigners using the #GoKL #buses by Kuala Lumpur City Hall (#DBKL) will be charged a fee.

The #bus charges will be implemented in stages for its four lines namely the Green, Purple, Red and Blue Line.

Payment can be made via Touch n’ Go (#TNG) card, #QRcode, #creditcard or #debitcard.

Malaysians can still use the #busservice for #free provided they #register their #MyKad fitted with TNG system.

Read more: https://www.thestar.com.my/metro/metro-news/2023/11/29/fee-to-be-imposed-on-foreigners-using-gokl-buses

#transit #publictransport #publictransportation #publicbus

GoKL bus full of passengers on the road. / Photo from the linked article.
Ben Keith 🚲
3 days ago

@stevenbodzin Columbus Ohio has a bus terminal, but it's built for the local transit buses, not for intercity buses with layovers: no indoor lounge, no bathrooms, no vending.

Greyhound relocated to a former gas station well outside of downtown, and that's been going excceptionally well: https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/columbus/columbus-seeks-to-declare-greyhound-bus-station-on-west-side-a-public-nuisance/

#Columbus #Greyhound #Transit #buses

Delphi
3 days ago

If we had #PublicTransport we could reduce #driving. But rural areas have no #Buses. Others who are using #trains or a #bus find #commuting a problem because of poor services. These issues are not being addressed as they don't make more money for the #wealthy & #elite.

Revealed: #SaudiArabia’s grand plan to ‘hook’ poor countries on #oil
#Climate scientists say #fossilfuel use needs to fall rapidly – but oil-rich kingdom is working to drive up demand. The oil demand sustainability programme (#ODSP) but investigation obtained detailed information on plans to drive up the use of fossil fuel-powered #cars, #buses and #planes in #Africa and elsewhere, as rich countries increasingly switch to #cleanenergy. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/27/revealed-saudi-arabia-plan-poor-countries-oil #climatecrisis

St. Louis Urbanists
4 days ago

Small-scale, impactful improvements to our built environment 🧱
Many thanks to BJC Healthcare for installing permanent benches at one of the highest-ridership stops in the city! We hope that future benches won't use hostile architecture.

#urbanism #urbanists #stl #stlouis #tacticalurbanism #buses #transit #cities

A photo of a red and yellow bench made of cinderblocks next to the Euclid @ BJC bus stop in St. Louis, Missouri. The bench is on the sidewalk next to the stop and there is a building alcove and a black iron fence in the background.
A photo of the Euclid @ BJC bus stop in St. Louis, Missouri, where two permanent benches have been installed in the building alcove in the background of the photo. The benches use hostile architecture and have armrests in the center to discourage their use for sleeping.
CLondoner92 (New Account)
4 days ago

#TfL Have Your Say:
#London Bus Route 394 - proposed extension to King’s Cross Central
https://haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/route-394-extension/
Consultation closes: 21 January 2024
#KingsCross #Transport #Buses #Islington #Homerton #Hackney

Route 394 map
Route 394 linear map
The Japan Times
4 days ago

While the local economy in Okinawa is on a recovery track after the COVID-19 downturn, finding a taxi is becoming increasingly difficult because of a shortage of drivers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/11/27/japan/society/okinawa-taxi-labor-shortage/?utm_content=buffer5befa&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #society #okinawa #cars #buses #aging #taxis

Christian Roselund
5 days ago

Today our local daily carried #Providence Urbanist Networks' response to the #RhodeIsland Department of Transportation's revised Carbon Reduction Strategy.

tl;dr: While there are improvements, it's still nowhere near where it needs to be. Response by @shadow and I.

I'm sure many other states are going through the same thing right now.

#climatecrisis #transportation #bikes #buses #trains #YIMBY

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/opinion/columns/2023/11/26/many-of-the-other-projects-that-the-dot-is-proposing-for-the-carbon-reduction-program-are-unlikely-t/71622361007/

MCDOT
1 week ago

⭐ ICYMI⭐
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich and County Council President Evan Glass will join other elected officials, community leaders and MCDOT for a “groundpainting” ceremony of dedicated bus lanes to kick off Phase 1 of the Great Seneca Transit Network at 10:15am on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023.

Details▶️ https://www2.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgportalapps/Press_Detail.aspx?Item_ID=44362&Dept=50
#transit #maryland #buses #MontgomeryCoMD #metro #transportation #transitTooter

#Volvo is buying bankrupt #Proterra’s #EV #battery business for $210M
Proterra‘s current remit is to transform medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles into EVs. Volvo makes #trucks, #buses, and construction equipment. This is going to accelerate Volvo Group’s battery-electric road map. Plus, it should work to #VolvoGroup’s benefit in some form when it comes to the “American-made” battery requirement in the Inflation Reduction Act for tax credits.
https://electrek.co/2023/11/10/volvo-group-proterra/

Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK
1 week ago

Hundreds of workers in #Bradford , Northern #England have uncertain futures as their employer has gone into administration (companies making #buses and vehicles for the #emergency services, which were expanding and hiring earlier this year...)

https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/23936600.vcs-treka-plunged-administration/

MCDOT
1 week ago

🦃 NEW🦃
The Montgomery County Department of Transportation’s and partners’ transportation-related schedule changes for the Thanksgiving holiday, Thursday-Friday, Nov. 23-24, has been released.

Details▶️ https://www2.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgportalapps/Press_Detail.aspx?Item_ID=44346&Dept=50
#transit #transportation #maryland #wmata #buses #trains #railcars #holiday #Thanksgiving #Thanks
#montgomerycountymd

Hypx
2 weeks ago

Just in case we forgot, battery vehicles are massive. Battery bus fires are even more so. It was only a matter of time before something like this happens, and it has:

https://jalopnik.com/21-people-die-after-electric-bus-falls-off-venice-overp-1850902488

#EV #BEV #bus #buses

Heliomass
2 weeks ago

Good to have a reminder why I decided to cycle more. #buses #WinterCycling

Hypx
2 weeks ago

Reminder that battery powered buses are basically unusable in the real world. It is not an exaggeration to say that this concept has already been debunked. If you must have electric buses, it should be powered by overhead powerlines. If not, then you will have to buy something like hydrogen buses instead.

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/09/26/jackson-buys-8-electric-buses-for-transit-system-but-none-are-working/

#hydrogen #bus #buses

SandSpice
2 weeks ago

Philippines Buses & Jeepneys - Definitely more fun than a taxi...

If you're going to be using the Philippines buses & jeepneys to get around, check out these tips we picked up on the road.

#Philippines #Buses #Jeepneys #Taxi

https://www.sandspice.com/philippines-buses-jeepneys/?feed_id=3823&_unique_id=655b6690e5a0a

Autistrain
2 weeks ago

@transponderings

The guy in the video is Tonton Pierrick, Pierrick Destraz of its real name. His father, Henri Destraz, is the famous – at least in the French speaking world – singer and songwriter Henri Dès.

Ideas like this video are a real swiss thing. We had years ago condoms all over the streets on ads boards. Some of them had explicit metaphors, other with part of the Kamasutra. They called the AIDS campaign "love life".

#railways #buses #safety #Switzerland #broadcasting #humour #HappyEnd

Anna Nicholson
2 weeks ago

For some light relief, enjoy these five Swiss railway (and bus) safety ads from a few years ago – featuring a strange man and his even stranger horse 🐴😂

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLymPTYCztJqgwHq5JiBulXm9nYZyoBIxJ

#railways #buses #safety #Switzerland #broadcasting #humour #HappyEnd

Close-up of the mysterious, roughly-hewn hero, with his weather-beaten cowboy hat and cocktail stick between his teeth. (He is played by Tonton Pierrick.)
CLondoner92 (New Account)
2 weeks ago

Wrightbus secures further orders with #transport operator Abellio London

The orders consist of 24 single-deck GB Kite Electroliners and 56 StreetDeck Electroliners - the world’s most efficient battery electric double-deck bus.
https://tinyurl.com/r42tcs9m
#London #TfL #buses

Facelifted Single-deck GB Kite Electroliner
Photo by Wrightbus
CLondoner92 (New Account)
3 weeks ago

Hong Kong’s #MTR Corporation orders 35 electric Alexander Dennis Enviro500EV

MTR Corporation’s new fleet of zero-emission #buses will be delivered throughout 2025 and 2026.
https://www.alexander-dennis.com/hong-kongs-mtr-corporation-orders-35-electric-alexander-dennis-enviro500ev/

#urbanism #hongkong #transport

Alexander Dennis Enviro500EV
CLondoner92 (New Account)
3 weeks ago

#London Regional #Transport (LRT) News (No. 291 - May 17 1985) clipping:
"London's Bus Of The Future Takes A Bow"
London #Buses once worked with Ogle #Design to unveil a mock-up to evaluate the improvements to #accessibility for their upcoming bus fleet.

Clipping from London Regional Transport News, No. 291, May 17 1985.
"London's Bus Of The Future Takes A Bow"
Artwork of the new London Bus by Ogle Design
Model of the new London Bus by Ogle Design
Clipping from Commercial Motor - 18th May 1985
"New Style Bus Hits Town"
https://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/18th-may-1985/23/news-e-bus-hits-town
Hypx
3 weeks ago

Battery buses (BEBs) proving to be basically unusable in the real world. Many transit agencies have fully abandoned them. This is likely the fate of all battery powered buses. Bring on the #hydrogen buses, either as FCEVs or hydrogen combustion vehicles.

https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2023/11/07/transportation-is-it-the-end-of-battery-electric-buses-for-milwaukee/

#EV #BEV #bus #buses #hydrogen #FCEV

brad m
3 weeks ago

“A new organization is working to make #bikebuses a fixture of the global #transportation landscape by giving communities the tools to start their own —and fighting for policies to support even the littlest group-riders”
#School #buses run on gas; #bike buses run on joy” https://usa.streetsblog.org/2023/11/09/advocates-united-to-start-a-worldwide-bike-bus-revolution #bicibus #bicycle #cycling #mobility #activetravel #children #advocacy

Christian Roselund
3 weeks ago

We at Providence Urbanist Network are not the only ones who have noted that the #RhodeIsland Department of Transportation's alleged Carbon Reduction Strategy is wholly inadequate to meet the demands of state law to reduce emissions.

It turns out that our attorney general holds the same view.

#climatecrisis #bicycles #buses #transportation

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/11/09/metro/ri-attorney-general-blasts-dot-carbon-emission-reduction-plan/

CLondoner92 (New Account)
3 weeks ago

#London Bus Tender Awards: Route C1 Retained by RATP Dev London United With Single-Deck Electric #Buses
https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2023/11/london-bus-tender-awards-route-c1.html

Yorkshire Bylines
3 weeks ago

Dear editor | It doesn't need to be a question of market forces versus total renationalisation. Burnham’s model for public control of buses re-establishes the priority of a service in the interests of the public and not purely the market | Justin Enthoven

#Buses #Burnham #BetterBuses #WeOwnIt
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/letters/letters-to-the-editor-6/

Eugene McParland 🇺🇦
4 weeks ago

Olena Zelenska takes part in School Buses for Ukraine event

During the visit of President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen to Kyiv, a ceremony of handing over school buses took place. As part of the "School Buses for Ukraine" solidarity campaign initiated in the autumn of 2022 by Ursula #vonderLeyen and First Lady of Ukraine Olena #Zelenska, Ukrainian communities received over 370 school #buses.

Read more here🔗 https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/olena-zelenska-vzyala-uchast-u-zahodi-shkilni-avtobusi-dlya-86801

#Ukraine 🇺🇦 #SlavaUkraine
#StandWithUkraine

A line of School Buses for Ukraine event
Ursula von de rLeyen and First Lady of Ukraine Olena #Zelenska,  taking part in School Buses for Ukraine event Ukrainian communities received over 370 school #buses.
CLondoner92 (New Account)
4 weeks ago

My suggestion on how to improve public #transport in #London and elsewhere
#TfL #Buses #Underground #Trains #Trams #LightRail #RapidTransit #Urbanism

My suggestion on how to improve public transport in London and elsewhere:

¹	https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2023/08/my-suggestions-to-help-create-most.html
²	Requires change to the legislation in Parliament,
https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2023/07/suggestion-i-believe-its-time-for-new.html
³	https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2022/12/i-believe-tfl-should-reform-travelcard.html
Christian Roselund
1 month ago

Yesterday we at Providence Urbanist Network submitted our comments on the Rhode Island Department of Transportation's "Carbon Reduction Strategy."

In its current form, it's not a strategy to reduce #carbon. It's a strategy to avoid contributing to meeting the state's Act on Climate targets. It represents predatory delay.

Thanks to RMI for making the Shift Calculator publicly available.

#RhodeIsland #bikes #climatecrisis #induceddemand #urbanism #activetransport #buses

https://providenceurbanist.net/2023/11/02/pun-comments-on-ridot-carbon-reduction-strategy.html

Daniel Bowen
1 month ago

A shame this bus route doesn’t run every 10 minutes all the time. In reality the wait is 10 to 30 minutes. #Melbourne #buses #PublicTransport

Screen showing bus 703 departing in 11 and 21 minutes

@Free_Press So #Russia doesn't even have like #fuel for #buses or a simple UAZ #truck?

MH Transport
1 month ago

So Reece (@RM_Transit) in his latest video said Sydney's buses weren't as important as a Canadian city. So I felt compelled to do some Analytics -- I have a problem!

Sydney's buses are essential and competitive and move over 800,000 passengers per day. Although, the Average Daily Patronage per Month is still down on long term peak -- which is partly behaviour change and partly economic.

https://nebula.tv/videos/rmtransit-what-if-canada-australias-transit-had-a-baby

https://youtu.be/9p6SxAC5924

#buses #bus #sydney #patronage #canada #australia

CLondoner92 (New Account)
2 months ago

#London #Transport (#LT) Magazine (July 1965, Vol. 19, No. 4) clipping:
The first of the front-entrance double-deck buses for Central #Buses, which eventually became the modern standard for London's buses.
The bus is the Leyland Atlantean, and the fleet code is XA.

Clipping from London Transport Magazine - July 1965, Vol. 19, No. 4
Here is the Atlantean.
More of the Atlantean

Good morning fellow Mastodon users, today I'm attempting something highly risky and may not pay off, to go to London from the home counties using nothing but buses and a national express coach to patch things up. This morning has already involved a tight connection due to delays and now I'm on a bus that theoretically should get me to my destination according to the driver but it's a risk that currently may not pay off. #travel #uk #buses

Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK
2 months ago

I thought there were fewer buses around there days: #Ipswich #Buses has been cancelling services due to a driver shortage (but is actively recruiting new drivers, and they only need a car driving licence and will be trained for the PCV licence)

https://archive.ph/Vw3vH

CLondoner92 (New Account)
2 months ago

#Transport for #London Freedom of Information release:
When will the 64 route go electric?
"Our current expectations are that route 64 will convert to electric #buses early next year."
https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom-of-information/foi-request-detail?referenceId=FOI-2105-2324
#TfL #zeroemission #cleanair #urbanism

Chee Aun 🤔
2 months ago

Seems odd that "Public buses of Singapore" page on Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_buses_of_Singapore) has a link to busarrivaltimes(dot)com in the "External links" section. It looks like a SEO-optimized page with an iframe to another site https://bus.dabase.com/ (by Kai Hendry).

Link was added by "JohnGrasp" on 12 Feb 2023 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Public_buses_of_Singapore&diff=prev&oldid=1138905523

#Singapore #Buses #Wikipedia

Jonathan Wright
2 months ago

Locally controlled buses return to Manchester after 37 years

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-66901355

#Manchester #PublicTransport #Buses

MCDOT
2 months ago

📣 ICYMI📣
MCDOT announced earlier this week that it delivered more than five million rides on its Ride On bus transit system from March 2023 through June 2023, the last quarter of the 2023 Fiscal Year.

Details▶️ https://www2.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgportalapps/Press_Detail.aspx?Item_ID=44040&Dept=50
#transit #transitTooter #maryland #buses #rideon #ridetheflash #montgomerycountymd #transportation

CLondoner92
2 months ago

#Scotland: 50 new all-electric #buses to be introduced in spring - #Lothian Buses

New double deck vehicles to hit streets of #Edinburgh in spring 2024
https://www.lothianbuses.com/news/2023/09/electric-double-deck-buses/
#transport #travel #zeroemission #Volvo #UK #urbanism

From L-R: Domenico Bondi, Managing Director of Volvo Bus UK & Ireland; Sarah Boyd, Managing Director of Lothian Buses; Colin Barnes, Engineering Director of Lothian Buses; and Marie Carlsson, Vice President of Electromobility Business Development at VOLVO.

And #Musk even admitted that his #Hyperloop investments were just meant to sabotage #CHSR aka. #CaliforniaHighSpeedRail because like all #Car #industry members, he hates #PublicTransport because otherwise he'd invested in the building #Buses, #Trams and #Trains instead of #Tesla|s...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tryzj05cpX0&t=472s

@CelloMomOnCars EXACTLY!

What is known to work is to make #PublicTransport work...

Because even the most space-and resource-efficient low-occupancy vehicle will get sqashed by #EconomyOfScale a working #MassTransit system with #Buses, #Trams and #Metros can do without even changing much of it's core workings...
https://github.com/KBtechnologies/PLV

CLondoner92
3 months ago

#Transport for #London Freedom of Information release:
Improving future zero-emission bus designs in response to comments made by customers
"#TfL’s newly ordered #buses now include a range of enhanced customer features, including USB sockets and high back seats."
https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom-of-information/foi-request-detail?referenceId=FOI-1609-2324

@taoeffect mind you this only applies to #cars and maybe #buses and #trucks, not tractors, motorcycles, and "light vehicles" at all...

CLondoner92
3 months ago

Posted by the Greater #Manchester Combined Authority on #Twitter/X:

The first 50 of our new zero emission electric #BeeNetwork buses are now in Greater Manchester ready to be rolled out for customers from 24 September!

https://twitter.com/greatermcr/status/1697512362964664752
#Buses #Transport #Urbanism #England #UK #TransportSky

A yellow double deck bus. Graphic text reads, ‘Say yellow to your new electric buses! Every journey. Every day.’
Posted by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority on Twitter/X
CLondoner92
3 months ago

#London #Transport #advertisement from 1980:
"If it takes one man one gallon of petrol to get to work. How many gallons will it take 68 men?" - London Transport - the fuelsavers
#Urbanism #Buses #Travel #fuel #oil

From London Transport News, No. 163 - January 4 1980
If it takes one man, one gallon of petrol to get to work.
How many gallons will it take 68 men?
Answer 4 gallons
CLondoner92
3 months ago

‘Encouraging greater interaction and kindness on London #buses’. Read our findings and impact report - Neighbourly Lab

"We are delighted to publish this report in partnership with #Transport for #London (#TfL) and #University of #Sussex."

https://www.neighbourlylab.com/post/encouraging-greater-interaction-and-kindness-on-london-buses-read-our-findings-and-impact-report

#Urbanism #ThankYouDriver

Helen Pugh
3 months ago

On 28th August 1963, it was announced that there would be no more employment discrimination on the buses in Bristol.

The decision came after Black people came together in a protest known as the Bristol Bus Boycott over the refusal of the Bristol Omnibus Company to employ non-white people.

#blackHistory #bristol #onThisDay #bristolBusBoycott #buses #history #histodon #discrimination #20thcentury

https://heritagecalling.com/2023/04/20/the-story-of-the-bristol-bus-boycott/

A plaque at Bristol bus station commemorating the boycott
Em-squared
4 months ago

On an electric bus. On a route i've never been before. This can't end well. #bus #buses #BusAnxiety #WhereTheHellAmINow

@dragonarchitect Lets not forget how "#BigCar" destroyed #PublicTransport by being allowed to buy up #Trams and #Buses for the sole purpose of closing them down.

@notjustbikes and others did go into details about that.

Adrianna Tan
4 months ago

In transit with Cookie: train, bus, train

#DogsOfMastodon #PublicTransit #Transit #Trains #Buses

Person with dog on a subway
Person with dog in a bus
Person with dog in another train
Portsmouth Green Party
4 months ago

#Buses should be at the heart of public policy. Instead the government panders to motorists while local routes vanish
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/06/bus-neglect-national-failure-public-policy-motorists?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Retro Librarian
4 months ago

1983 Greyhound Commercial
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#Greyhound #buses #vintage #retro #tvcommercial

St. Louis Urbanist
5 months ago

Welcome new mastodon friends!

St. Louis Urbanist is an organization dedicated to improving the urban infrastructure of our city by supporting public transit and fighting car over-reliance.

We have a website (https://stlurbanist.org/), discord (https://discord.gg/gUYmDFN8mF), and meetup (https://www.meetup.com/st-louis-urbanists/).

We have a monthly meeting every 2nd weekend, check the above links for info!

#urbanism #bikes #buses #transit #publictransit #stl #stlouis #introduction

Cassian [main]
5 months ago

UK petition: Nationalise all public transport and make it free for everyone at all times

Sign petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/639987

Track signatures: https://petition-track.uk/check-petition/639987

Closing date: 26 December 2023

You can sign if you live in the UK (regardless of citizenship) or if you're a UK citizen (regardless of where you live).

[ #UK #petition #PublicTransport #environment #trains #buses ]

Petition: Nationalise all public transport and make it free for everyone at all times

Much "public" transport is owned by companies running it for profit. It can be expensive and unreliable, making it an unviable alternative to cars for most people.

Nationalise public transport and make all journeys free, to discourage car use, encourage exercise and boost the economy.

More details:
For more information read this article: "The Case for Making Public Transit Free Everywhere: From Spain to Germany and Luxembourg to Estonia, more and more countries are experimenting with fare-free transportation": https://www.wired.co.uk/article/free-public-transit
Adrianna Tan
6 months ago

A bus stop in Penang, Malaysia, shaped like a street car / tram, Chowrasta Market.

Interestingly, Chowrasta is also the name of a public square in Darjeeling, West Bengal. For many years during colonial rule, Penang and Calcutta had strong ties as the most important administrative centres of the British empire in the east. So there's a lot of influence between both places.

(Ricoh GR III)

#Photography #Travel #Architecture #Transit #Buses #Penang #Malaysia

a bus stop in Penang, Malaysia, shaped like a street car or a tram
Joan Liu
6 months ago

I grew up riding public #buses in San Antonio, in an area that saw hourly bus service and now only does on-demand. My first bit of advocacy was when I was in 9th or 10th grade, asking VIA to change the bus schedule so the bus didn't come 5 minutes before the end of school.

I loved buses, I just hated waiting for buses.

Anyway, I've signed some paperwork so that it's probably official enough...I start as Senior Product Manager of the #MBTA bus dispatching app, Skate, in a month. 🥳​:mbta_bus2:​

Stephen
6 months ago

There has been a very significant increase in the number of people cycling to work in Ireland. In fact, the numbers have recovered to the levels from 1986. There has also been an 88% increase in primary school children cycling to school from 2016. And despite a lot of people working from home, bus use has also increased.

#GoodNews #Cycling #PublicTransport #Buses #Work #School #Environment #Health

https://irishcycle.com/2023/05/30/nearly-100k-people-commute-by-bicycle-daily-in-ireland-with-large-jump-in-children-cycling/

“The car is the consumer economy on wheels: atomizing, competitive, inhuman—and implicitly racist, hiving people off to segregated communities—while the subway and the train are communal zendos. Good people ride #bicycles and #buses; bad people ride in ever-bigger #cars.”

How to Quit Cars
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/05/22/carmageddon-daniel-knowles-book-review-paved-paradise-henry-grabar #urbanism #capitalism #walkableCities

Phil
7 months ago

The thirteenth of my #BooksOf2023 is another work related one. The last part, about what makes for effective change making, was probably the best bit and as applicable on this side of the pond as in the US.

#Books #Reading #Bookstodon #TransportPlanning #Buses #PublicTransport #PublicTransit

Stefan Bohacek
7 months ago

If you're in NYC on June 10, be sure to stop by the Emily Warren Roebling Plaza in Brooklyn Bridge Park to get a free ride in one of the vintage buses from the last 90 years of transit history.

https://www.nytransitmuseum.org/busfestival

#nyc #PublicTransit #PublicTransportation #mta #NYTransitMuseum #buses #history #vintage

A photo of a 1956 Bus 3100 on a busy street in New York.

Description from nytransitmuseum.org:

Manufactured by General Motor Corporation, Bus 3100 was the first air-conditioned bus in the United States. Originally built as an experiment, this model TDH-5106 was purchased by the Fifth Avenue Coach Company about a year after its manufacture. It served Fifth Avenue and M4 & M5 routes in Manhattan between 1958 and 1968. Bus 3100 includes features first introduced in the 1950s, such as a push‑type rear exit door, wrap-around seating in the rear portion, soft seating, and fluorescent lighting.
Apollo Lemmon
9 months ago

Present & Correct shared some papercraft vehicles from London that were printed in the 1960s. The bus and mail van are particularly attractive.

https://www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/cut-out-london

#PaperCraft #buses #London

A print and make double-decker bus papercraft model.
Jennifer Moore 😷
10 months ago

@BrentToderian

It's years ago now, probably the 1980s, but I remember when the bus fares in Sheffield were super cheap compared with everywhere else - like e.g. 2p when most cities had it more like 50p or 60p.

I remember visiting there and marvelling about it!

#Sheffield #England #buses #history

Retro Librarian
11 months ago
#DesertScene #Cactus #Poster #Bus
Petrichor
11 months ago

"Will the €600m Bus Connects Cork plan deliver us from gridlock, with its 129km of new bus and bike lanes along 12 strategic transport corridors?
"Unlikely, but it could be a big step in the right direction. As the plan has not yet reached its second round of public consultation, it is still a long way off and the city cannot afford to wait." https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41047103.html #Cork #Buses #CyclingInfrastructure

Petrichor
11 months ago

Private cars versus public transport and active travel - letter to Irish Times from @ccferrie https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2023/01/10/private-cars-and-public-transport-system/ #CycleLanes #buses #cars

= Private cars and public transport system Prioritisation of public transport and active travel over car use makes s Tue Jan 10 2023 - 00:07 OYO i Sir, - Niamh Byrne (Letters, January 7th) can rest assured that the proposed new cycle lanes in Ranelagh will have no impact on the reliability of bus transport because, quite simply, there aren't any bus lanes in Ranelagh village. The two short stretches of bus lane north of the village that will be affected by the proposals accommodate just two buses per hour and already give priority to private cars at junctions. By contrast, this route sees upwards of 600 people cycling in the morning peak period. The addition of safe cycling infrastructure will enable many more to use this route, including the thousands of children attending the several primary and secondary schools on and adjacent to the route. Ms Byrne notes that “not everyone can cycle’. I'm sure she would also agree that not everyone can drive. Some 24 per cent of the population s under 18 years of age, 60 per cent of women aged 18 to 24 do not hold a driving licence, and 56 per cent of women over 75 do not hold a licence. Likewise, in many parts of Dublin 6, two-thirds of households do not have access to a car. Believe it or not these people also do “normal life chores” without the benefit of a car. ‘The prioritisation of public transport and active travel over car use makes sense not just at an environmental level, but also at an equality and economic level.
The prioritisation of public transport and active travel over car use makes sense not just at an environmental level, but also at an equality and economic level.

Finally, the assertion that we cannot restrict cars until we have a reliable public transport system ignores the fact that the biggest barrier to a reliable public transport system is the congestion caused by the increasing number (and increasing size!) of private motor vehicles on our roads. This congestion is forecast to cost Dublin over €2 billion annually by 2033. The reality is that we can’t have a reliable public transport system until we start to restrict cars. The good news is that providing alternative transport options frees up road space for those who feel they must use a car. - Yours, etc, 
Ciarán Ferrie
Dublin 6
Universal Hub
11 months ago

#Masshole parks in bus stop, bus pulls up ahead to let off passenger in wheelchair, Masshole can't wait, drives over wheelchair ramp, police say
#SilverLine #Chinatown #buses #MBTA #WashingtonStreet #Boston https://www.universalhub.com/2023/masshole-parks-bus-stop-bus-pulls-ahead-let

Silver Line bus with newly dented wheelchair ramp due to SUV driver speeding over it, photo by Transit Police
Alex Ingram
11 months ago

Great coverage from 853 on @sianberry’s report on better ways to use the Silvertown Tunnel which I helped research. https://853.london/2022/12/20/revive-old-greenwich-tram-plan-for-silvertown-tunnel-mayor-urged/

Cycling past the worksite for a year doesn’t half give you a new appreciation of the opportunity cost of not considering some alternatives, even now! #London #publictransport #climate #cycling #urbanism #greenwich #newham #buses #tfl #infrastructure

I think this means redoing my #introduction

Have some hashtags:

#InfoSec #ProductManagement
#HealthTech #SocialCare
#Lego #Baking #UX #UI #Agile
#PsychologicalSafety
#Neurodiverse #Bipolar
#DigitalSettler
#Cheese #VintageTech #Design
#Trains #Buses #OldTelly #Floof
#CouchToBarbell #BadMusic
#GadgetEnthuasiast #PubBore

Relocated from the UK to Madeira, PT about 2 years ago. Talking to me normally means you'll want to come here too :D

Portrait of me, Ashley, a woman wearing a yellow striped top and black skirt and sunglasses, in front of a futuristic looking building in Valencia (The City of Arts and Sciences building).
Erik Jensen
1 year ago

#introductions / #introduction

Hi everyone! I’m Erik, and I am a #transit & #data professional living in DC.

Follow along to hear about #buses #trains #bikes #cities #openData and sometimes other stuff too!

If you’re looking for long form content, I also write (inconsistently) over at https://justjensen.co