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As if on cue, David Hembrow posted this today:
"Bus stops which don't cause problems for cyclists"
http://hembrow.blogspot.com/2011/10/bus-stops-which-dont-cause-problems-for.html
A similar design was just put in place on part of Dexter Ave North, one of Seattle's most used bike routes:
http://seattlebikeblog.com/2010/08/26/buffered-bike-lanes-a-much-better-fit-for-dexter/
lamentation: bicycles vs transit?
From a correspondent in Portland: Among my peer group [educated people in their 20s-30s] I see a "mono-modal" fixation on cycling, very similar to the attitude many drivers have that their primary mode should be everyone's primary mode. It really is remarkable how many young, affluent, educated...
For what it's worth, the Seattle Streetcar also did fine in the snow, but right now there's only the short, flat South Lake Union line:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joshuadf/5209589490/
It will be interesting to see how snow and ice effect the First Hill Line which will be constructed in the next few years with SoundTransit funding.
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/First_Hill_Streetcar
seattle: notes on the "snowpocalypse"
As Seattle moves into the recriminations phase on last week's snowstorm, locally known as the "snowpocalypse," let's put some things in perspective: Seattle has a particular vulnerability to snow and ice that is unique in North America. The uniqueness is in the intersection of four factors: R...
Just a guess, but maybe office parks came from the same deprecation tax rules that brought us the shopping mall? Malcolm Gladwell’s feature “The Terrazzo Jungle” is an absolutely fascinating account (very long but section 4 is about the financing):
http://www.gladwell.com/2004/2004_03_15_a_malls.html
“Victor Gruen’s grand plan for Southdale was never realized. There were no parks or schools or apartment buildings—just that big box in a sea of parking.”
further cause for canadian triumphalism
Yesterday I posted some data we were playing with, suggesting that Canadian cities have consistently higher transit ridership than similar US ones. Commenter Matt pointed me to his own charts on the subject, which are based on Paul Mees's database. One of Matt's charts makes use of citywide av...
Paul Johnson, you seem to be confusing population growth with population replacement. The Pacific Northwest, like most developed counties, actually has negative natural population growth (below replacement rate). However, that does not mean zero children. There are millions of children in famously shrinking "childless" countries like Japan. It's pretty much an evolutionary certainty that a certain percentage of any given society will have children.
(Of course, US metropolitan areas are growing fairly rapidly, due to net migration from smaller towns, rural areas, and other countries.)
guest post: families and children on transit
This guest post is by EngineerScotty, a software engineer and part-time transportation geek from the Portland, Oregon area. He is a frequent commenter here on Human Transit. I'm a father of several small children, including twin boys (now four years old). [Not those in the picture -- JW] ...
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