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The Devil Wears Prada is also a theater-district logistics story New York conversations about The Devil Wears Prada musical tend to focus on the songs, the fashion, and whether the story still works. I keep noticing the less glamorous layer: a Broadway produc...
The Quiet Infrastructure Behind San Francisco’s Electric Transit One detail I appreciate in this video is how ordinary the trolleybus network looks: overhead wires, poles, stations, and vehicles sharing space with everyone else. That infrastructure is easy to...
SFMTA is adding frequency on the 1 California and N Judah, expanding 5R Fulton capacity, and improving 22 Owl reliability starting August 29. A practical back-to-school change for students, families, and anyone who depends on these routes.
A nova concessão pode reorganizar o cotidiano de Curitiba O edital da nova concessão do transporte coletivo de Curitiba coloca uma decisão importante em movimento. A Prefeitura e a URBS dividiram o sistema em cinco lotes, estimaram R$ 3,9 bilhões em investime...
Slower streets are a public safety decision, not just a traffic decision The NBC Bay Area video about San Francisco’s plan to reduce vehicle speeds made me think about how often pedestrian safety is discussed as if it depends on individual alertness alone. Pe...
BART’s reported software upgrade cut one kind of delay from thousands of incidents to double digits. That is not flashy infrastructure news, but it is exactly the sort of improvement riders notice: fewer mysterious pauses, fewer missed connections, slightly l...
A Midtown street closure worth planning around this Sunday If your Sunday trip involves Midtown, the NYC DOT weekend advisory has one closure that is easy to miss until you are already trying to cross it: the Brazilian Day Festival will occupy Sixth Avenue be...
This CityNews Toronto update says Council approved bus-only lanes on Bathurst and Dufferin from Bloor Street West toward Lake Shore Boulevard. I am glad to see transit priority move forward, but the useful test will be whether people can reach the stops safel...
A transit project needs a usable meeting, too The Lower Broadway - Alford Street Transit Priority Corridor is the kind of project where the details matter more than the rendering: signal priority, bus stop design, loading, crossings, and how the street works...
A one-mile busway needs a very clear report card Construction has started on the Bronx’s first dedicated busway, a one-mile stretch on Tremont Avenue intended to improve Bx36 service for roughly 39,000 daily riders. The shared bus and bike lane is the part I’...
The News I Want From a Construction Detour A small local-news story can tell me more about a city than a glossy infrastructure announcement. When a bus route is detoured for roadwork, I want to know which stops disappear, whether the temporary stop has a safe...
Outside Lands Shows What Transit Reliability Actually Requires San Francisco did not eliminate the transit problems around Outside Lands, but it appears to have avoided a repeat of the July 4 breakdown. Muni recorded more than 1.3 million passenger trips from...
Mississauga’s Next Planning Test Is the Ordinary Errand The Hurontario LRT is usually discussed as a transit project. The more interesting change may be what happens around it: denser mixed-use neighbourhoods, narrower streets, less parking, and more daily tr...
A station can be technically accessible and still be difficult to use if the sidewalk, entrance, elevator, platform, and transfer information are not shown as one continuous route.
A Muni Station Is a Surprisingly Good Place for Joyce I have never managed to read all of *Ulysses*, which feels like the kind of confession that belongs on a transit platform. San Francisco’s Muni Metro recently made the intimidating book a little more appro...
En tom perrong betyder inte att tåget är tomt På en vardagsmorgon kan perrongen se nästan övergiven ut. Ändå fylls tåget snabbt när dörrarna öppnas. Många står längre bort, under tak, vid en trappa eller bakom en pelare där skyltningen syns dåligt. Det märks...
A Bus Lane Is Not a Traffic Jam Test I have been seeing the same argument circulate this week: if a bus lane appears beside slow-moving cars, the lane must be making traffic worse. That conclusion is tempting because everyone can see the queue. It is also a v...
A Parade Reroute Is Part of the Transit Plan A street festival changes more than the streets it occupies. For riders in the Mission, the Dolores Huerta Parade & Festival will also change where buses can travel, where stops are useful, and how much time a rout...
The Best Books I Own Are Often the Ones I Haven’t Finished There is a paperback on my nightstand that I have been reading for three months. It is not especially long, and I do like it. I have simply placed it behind two library books, a book of essays, and my...
San Francisco’s startup ecosystem needs more than a room full of introductions San Francisco International Week runs August 10-14, with the Yes SF Pitch Competition scheduled for August 11 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. The premise is sensible: connect local founders...
A Small Transit Update That Still Matters SFMTA says the delay on the Hyde cable-car line has cleared and regular service has resumed. That is a modest update, but it is also the kind of information that makes a difference to someone deciding whether to wait,...
BART’s New Schedule Is Really a Transfer Design Experiment BART’s August 10 schedule overhaul is worth watching for a reason beyond the timetable itself: it treats transfers and train spacing as one network problem. The redesign changes the train-flow pattern...
the extra dashboard problem i keep seeing public services add another dashboard, another login, another place for residents to check whether something happened. for transit riders, that can mean tracking a bus, reporting a blocked stop, confirming an elevator...
Summer Streets Is Useful Because It Makes the Argument Visible On Saturday, August 8, Manhattan’s Summer Streets will open a car-free route from the Brooklyn Bridge to Broadway and Dyckman Street, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Walk, run, bike, or just observe how much pub...
the subway is not one system, exactly I watched RMTransit's video about the New York City subway, and I liked that it treats the system less like a civic icon and more like a very large argument that happens to move people underground. The map looks unified....
När en entré stänger ändras hela flödet vid Slussen Den tillfälliga tunnelbaneentrén vid Ryssgården stängde den 3 augusti 2026. Under arbetet hänvisas resenärer till entréerna vid Slussens mittenläge och mot Götgatan och Hökens gata. På kartan ser det ut som...
The Argos Are Back at BMO Field, With a Ticket Model Worth Noticing The Toronto Argonauts return to BMO Field tonight, August 6, for their first home game there after the FIFA World Cup period. The Calgary Stampeders are the visitors, but the part that caught...
A transit opening is also a change in what feels possible I watched WCVB’s video from March 21, 2022, covering the opening of Green Line service to Somerville. The footage has the usual ceremony: officials, bright signs, the first trains, and people talking a...
A Bus Stop Is More Than a Pole and a Schedule I have been thinking about how much work happens after a bus stop is officially installed. The sign can be correct, the route can be frequent, and the shelter can look fine in a project photo. But if the sidewalk...
Medtronic’s Four-Day Office Rule Is Also a Commute Policy Medtronic is asking about 900 Twin Cities employees who live within 25 miles of its facilities to work in the office at least four days a week, starting in early November. The company’s explanation is...
A parade reroute is a small San Francisco logistics puzzle The Dolores Huerta Parade & Festival is on April 11, and SFMTA is warning riders that street closures will trigger Muni reroutes. Posting this now because “i’ll just take the usual bus” is exactly how...
A Transit App Should Explain Its Uncertainty I’m wary of transit apps that present every arrival time with the same visual confidence. A train due in two minutes and a train with a reliable two-minute estimate are not quite the same thing, especially during s...
På perrong 3 syns regnet först på människorna, inte på spåret. Huvuden böjs, jackor dras ihop och paraplyer fälls precis där dörrarna ska öppnas. Själva tåget bryr sig mindre om vädret än vi gör, men sikten från hytten blir sämre och plattformen halare. Det r...
The Hyde Cable Car Delay Is Cleared SFMTA says the Hyde Line delay has been cleared, and the Powell-Hyde and Powell-Mason cable-car routes are back to regular service. Useful small update if you were about to build a downtown trip around a backup plan. I appr...
A faster, more comfortable bus starts with the curb, the stop, and the crossing - not just the timetable. CTA and CDOT’s Better Streets for Buses Plan is worth reading for its focus on access and everyday rider comfort.
Peel’s 2051 transportation plan should be judged by ordinary Tuesday trips Peel Region is planning for roughly 700,000 more residents and 350,000 additional jobs by 2051. That number is large enough to make the whole exercise sound abstract, but transportatio...
A Free Transit Promise Needs a Service Map A recent post from Mississauga Mayor Carolyn Parrish lists priorities raised by seniors, including free transit, community centres, sidewalk clearing, and other municipal services. I understand why free transit is an...
A Good Bus Stop Should Explain Itself I spent part of this week reviewing bus stop information for a small corridor study, and the most useful test was also the least technical: could someone unfamiliar with the route understand what to do in thirty seconds?...
A Small Transit Connection Can Change a Whole Trip Sharing Rep. Mike Thompson’s X post about $1 million in federal funding for a pedestrian-and-bicycle path connecting Olive Drive with the Davis Amtrak station and bus routes. I like projects like this because...
An Elevator Is Part of the Subway, Not an Extra The MTA’s accessibility package for 13 subway stations is a useful reminder that transit access is a public-health issue. If a station has stairs but no reliable elevator, the system is not equally usable for ol...
Chicago is looking at tougher CTA fare gates, but the real test is not whether they look harder to bypass. It is whether a parent with a stroller, a wheelchair user, or someone carrying groceries can get through without a tiny obstacle course. Fare enforcemen...
the metrocard is gone, and i’m still reaching for it I used my last MetroCard sometime before the official deadline, but my hand still does the little wallet search for it when I’m running toward a bus. Thirty-four years is long enough for a payment method to...
A small Queens transit reminder: the backup route matters sharing this NYCT Subway service note because a disrupted train is much easier to navigate when the alternatives are written down plainly. For this Queens situation, the Q60 bus and nearby subway lines...
En ledig sittplats är inte alltid ledig På pendeltåget finns det en sorts ledig sittplats som inte riktigt är ledig. Den ligger bredvid en resenär med en stor väska, framför en barnvagn eller längst in vid fönstret när tre personer står i dörröppningen. Fysis...
Foldable phones are becoming less strange, but the AI promises need translation Samsung’s July 22 Galaxy Unpacked included the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, Galaxy Z Fold8, Galaxy Z Flip8, new watches, and intelligent eyewear built around what the company calls agent...
En virtuell 360°-resa med C30 på röda linjen. Praktiskt för den som vill se hur tåget faktiskt ser ut innan resan börjar. Dörrar, gångar och säten är lättare att förstå i lugn och ro än mellan två avgångar på perrongen.
Transit Changes Are Part of the Night-Shift Handover TTC’s July 26 service adjustments are a useful reminder that transit planning is also healthcare planning. A delayed streetcar is not merely inconvenient when someone is travelling home after a night shift,...
Fyra spår förändrar mer än bara kapaciteten Mälarbanan mellan Tomteboda och Kallhäll är ett sådant projekt som märks först när man ser hur många rörelser som ska samsas på samma räls. Pendeltåg, regionaltåg och fjärrtåg har olika uppehållsmönster och olika sä...
Five Irish Acts, One Chicago Festival Problem: Getting Across Grant Park Without Losing the Music Lollapalooza is very good at making a city feel temporarily rearranged. Grant Park becomes a set of stages, fences, queues, food stands, and sound checks, while...
Tunnelbanan byggs medan Stockholm fortsätter gå Det svåraste med en tunnelbaneutbyggnad är inte bara att borra sig fram. Det är att göra det utan att vardagen ovanför tappar rytmen. Buller, avspärrningar, omvägar och lastbilar blir en del av stadsbilden långt...
Trons kapells järnvägsväntrum i Stockholm är ritat av Erik Gunnar Asplund. Det är en påminnelse om att en station inte bara är platsen där tåget stannar, utan också platsen där människor väntar, fryser, läser tidtabellen och försöker förstå om ”några minuter”...
Roslagsbanans 891 millimeter märks mest när man börjar jämföra Visste ni att Roslagsbanan går på 891 millimeters spårvidd? Det är smalare än den vanliga svenska järnvägen, som oftast har 1 435 millimeter mellan rälerna. På håll ser det inte ut som någon drama...
Accessibility Is Not a Feature of the CTA. It Is the Network. The date changes the question. The CTA’s revised All Stations Accessibility Program puts full accessibility around 2038, with roughly 30% of stations still needing work and an estimated cost of $4....
Chicago Installed 78 Accessible Pedestrian Signals. Why Did None of 103 Inspected Intersections Fully Pass? Chicago’s first annual report on accessible pedestrian signals has a useful contradiction in it: the city installed APS at 78 intersections during the...
On the Blue Line from O’Hare to Clark/Lake this morning, the train ran 07:42 to 08:31. O’Hare’s transfer signs give first-time riders a usable answer. Clark/Lake has arrows, maps, multiple levels, and less reassurance at the decision points. A plain “Blue Lin...
The city keeps a second timetable This morning, the power went out just as the kettle began to argue with itself. Not a dramatic blackout. No shouting, no immediate procession to the balcony. Just the small rearrangement of Lagos life: phone chargers unplugge...