Frequent Network Maps
Information is the best tool a public transportation agency can provide to attract prospective and keep existing patrons. Public transportation agencies in cities around the world realize this as they […]
Tag Archives: Transit
Designing Transit for Robson Square
The future of Robson Square should include a design solution that integrates a vibrant public space with transit. As Gordon Price’s guest writer Peter Marriott has written, “closing Robson Square […]
Get OnBoard BC – We need transit now
The Get OnBoard campaign officially launches tomorrow, Tuesday, September 25 There will be a press conference at McInnes Field at UBC from 11:00 – 11:30 am, and you are encouraged […]
Turning the Frequent Transit Network into a useful planning tool
The City of New Westminster recently developed a Frequent Transit Network Walkshed map through its Master Transportation planning process. The map highlights all properties in the city that are within […]
Do you talk to strangers on the bus?
As part of an assignment for a current class, I spent several hours this past week sitting on the bus observing passengers and their interactions with other riders. Nothing too […]
Burrard Station: construction update
The following photos show some of the renovations going on at Burrard Station at the moment. A new elevator entrance is being built to accommodate faregates, and before/after photos show […]
A gondola for Seattle?
With so much talk of a gondola to connect SFU Burnaby with the SkyTrain system, Seattle is now considering one as well. The promise of an aerial gondola would connect […]
SFU Burnaby Gondola and Student Housing
I finally set aside some time to take a look at the Burnaby Mountain Gondola Business Case Report (found here). For those of you who are not familiar, a gondola […]
Downtown Streetcar: symbolic transit?
Jarrett Walker’s lecture the other night got me thinking about the concept of “symbolic transit” as opposed to transit that serves a functional role in the network. He gave examples […]
