Frequent buses can't wait for infrequent trains. On a frequent line, the overwhelming consideration is to keep the vehicles evenly spaced. Another bus will be along soon.

It's always funny that some people think the New York City subway is some kind of hellscape, whereas in reality yesterday the older man next to me politely asked for help in correcting the time settings of his Apple Watch.

I hadn't known this about Brightline. Absolutely will not use it in this case.

Portland's downtown public transit information center is inside of a fountain.

The London Times sent a reporter to ride the NYC subway for nearly 24 hours to see how dangerous it is. Her takeaway? “There’s a 100% correlation with people who don’t think the subway is safe and people who don’t take it often”

Richmond, Virginia:

Portland: I am having difficulty explaining this ruin at 10th and Johnson to my European guest. Please help.

Promised autonomous vehicle safety gains remain elusive

Nashville Mayor reveals transportation investment plan funded by a 1/2-cent sales tax to be put on the ballot this Nov, after council approval.

Plan includes 54 miles of 'high-frequency' 'All-Access' bus corridors 'with strategically located dedicated transit-only lanes'

Every post complaining about the cost of rail infrastructure (especially high speed rail) should be accompanied by this photo.

Newton and Leibniz fighting over who invented calculus would have been great on Twitter.

Ursula K. Le Guin’s “The Dispossessed” is the 1970s novel that I most wish today’s young advocates would read. In the 90s it seemed dated, but now it reads like it was written yesterday. Ursula K. Le Guin

Vancouver is one of the best at bus priority in Canada and its going to get even better 🥰

' 'I am a voyager upon the planet,' I often intone to myself, as if I were a character in a science fiction epic and not just a guy walking to the bus stop. This is because I am not just a guy walking to a bus stop. I am a voyager upon the planet.'

latimes.com/lifestyle/stor…

Transit ridership across the nation continues to rebound, according to APTA. Ridership grew 16% last year. In 2019, riders took 9.9B trips on public transpo. Last year, 7.1B people decided to #TakeTransit , representing 80% of pre-pandemic levels. tinyurl.com/5t2jhtw8

This Financial Times piece is the best examination of US crash deaths that I've seen in ages.

The US is so bad at this: 'Even after adjusting for distance driven, US fatality rates remain 2x the rich-world average.'

Here's a quick 🧵 to share insights (paywall).

ft.com/content/9c936d…

Imagine if Robert Redford was sitting quietly in the audience of your meeting, but then slipped out quietly before the break. Had that experience with Donald Shoup at UCLA today.

We redesigned both Barcelona's metro maps (TMB and Autoritat del Transport Metropolità ) simultaneously to have them match in structure and in graphic language.

We redrew every single component but preserved the look and feel of each map.

Here the before/after images:

Barcelona takes metro maps seriously!

Our redesign of both Barcelona's maps is making the headlines in Catalonian newspapers.

La Vanguardia
'El mapa ferroviario de Barcelona se rediseña para hacerlo más comprensible'

lavanguardia.com/local/barcelon…