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The State Department of Transportation, which probably should be called the Utah Department of Cars and Trucks, has a proposal to widen I-15 through Salt Lake City to Farmington in Davis County to 6 lanes in each direction--it's four lanes now. Transportation demand management as a priority. I was talking with Suzanne about this and 1.
Now a goodly amount of that is encapsulated in " Branding's (NOT) all you need for transit " (2018), but old pieces like " Making Transit Sexy " (2005), make the point too, less sophisticatedly. Red Line trains will operate every six minutes, while Blue, Orange and Silver line trains will arrive every 12 minutes. to accommodate crowds.
Another example is the taxi collectif program of the STM transit system in Montreal , which operates at end of line stations. The transit network concept I worked out is based on how Arlington County, Virginia, in their 2005 Trasnportation Plan, defined a Primary and a Secondary Transit Network. Tertiary Network concept.
It's an old rail corridor that was acquired by the Utah Transit Authority (" From rails to trails ," Deseret News , 2005) and is a joint project with the communities it passes through. It's not in operation because of covid but there is a miniature railroad park, S&S Shoreline Railroad, abutting the trail in Farmington.
But the failures in planning extend beyond DC (" Silver Line Metro expansion a classic example of the need to have true regional transportation planning ," 2011). Create the DMV Transport Association (" The answer is: Create a single multi-state/regional multi-modal transit planning, management, and operations authority association ") 2.
Operating safely isn’t a choice. I guess WMATA still has this opportunity with upcoming 50th anniversary of the start of service--2026--to get their "stuff" together, rebuild the consensus, actually figure out how to operate the system, grow it, if possible, etc. We are keeping customers at the center of everything we do. Andy Byford.
The Walking City urban form is the "urban technology" that supports active cities (" Transportation and Urban Form: Stages in the Spatial Evolution of the American Metropolis" ," " Department stores are an "urban technology" built for walking not driving ," 2024). Cities cost money to operate. Philadelphia has advantages.
In 2005, I served on the advisory committee for the International Public Markets Conference which covered both DC and Baltimore that year, led a tour, etc. I suggested many things over the years including: -- creating a transportation management district for the Capitol Hill area, serving Eastern Market. They still haven't.
This entry became very long, so I broke it up. the Diffusion of Innovations Curve of Everett Rogers ," (2018) -- " Yes the neighborhood will change, but it will take 10-25 years ," (2018) -- " House flipping as reproduction of space ," (2018) -- " Q: Could a community land trust help solve D.C.s gentrification crisis?
Inadequacies in school transportation planning ," 2022 -- School Walk and Bike Routes: A Guide for Planning and Improving Walk and Bike to School Options for Students -- Safe Routes to School program , Washington State -- City of Tacoma SRTS program , including SRTS Action Plan -- Starkville in Motion A failed job interview with DDOT.
Transit/transportation as a set of networks operating at different scales : this extends the argument laid out in the 2006 Arlington County Master Transportation Plan, where they defined their primary and secondary transit networks. ( This entry became very long, so I broke it up. I have more than 1,000 entries on this topic.
2005, there was an urban renewal plan for the Union Market district, then called Florida Market, which I and others opposed for something more ground up. When a couple of large parcels were sold to a regional shopping center operator I thought the area was toast. Union Market in more humble days. Flickr photo by Tyler Nelson.
The latter, along with the opening of the Silver Line, seem to be the key events in marking the decline of the WMATA system in terms of service, operations, and ridership declines. In short, I argue that for transportation demand and system management goals, transit in the DC area should be free on Inauguration Day.
This let the system get sloppy in terms of finance, budgeting, and understanding why "WMATA is so successful at funding operations from farebox revenue." My solution: Step 1: creating a regional transport association. But there are over 20 operators of the various services, including private operators of bus lines.
There were a couple of other reports too: DC at the Crossroads: Transportation Choices Today Could Bring Pleasant Living, Less Traffic Tomorrow by the local chapter of Friends of the Earth, and reports for the Financial Control Board by Alice Rivlin.) By contrast active transportation is non-motorized, walking and biking only.
The transportation profession tends to be dominated by men still, as it is heavily engineering based, but that is changing too. Increasingly, women are being chosen as transportation directors leading city agencies, for example in Pittsburgh, DC's former associate director of transportation planning, Karina Ricks, leads that agency.
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