Entries tagged with Public Transit
City-Go-Round
December 15, 2009
City-Go-Round is the new website designed to help visitors find public transit applications (apps) available in their city.
Launched by Frontseat, the civic software company that also operates Walk Score, City-Go-Round’s mission is “To help make public transit more convenient. For example, an app that lets…
Lessons from Denver: Doubling Transit Ridership
October 20, 2009
Denver has nearly doubled its public transit ridership, despite the fact that planned light rail track additions have yet to be built. How?
Warren Karlenzig’s article notes these factors:
As I travel U.S. cities, it is unusual for public transit not to come up as a priority. But buses are rarely mentioned. Cities want the sexy stuff -- light rail, trolleys and trams. I was reminded of this as I was reading again about Bogota's Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)… Let's Rename the Buses
July 18, 2009