State Tech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

After starting his career with New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Nathaniel Ford has held key positions at transit systems across the United States, including the Bay Area Rapid Transit District in Northern California, the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.

Public Transportation 130

Public Transportation Transportation Housing Management 130

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 18, 2024

Transportation Demand Management programming The reality is, especially in a place like Salt Lake, most people drive. The idea is that intra-district transportation, especially by SFH residents, could be shifted to shuttles rather than by car. Go to the grocery store, bring back your purchases, without driving.

Transportation 96

Transportation Management Parks And Recreation Housing 96

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MAY 13, 2024

WRT bus service improvement see: -- " Making bus service sexy and more equitable ," 2012 -- " Will buses ever be cool? San Francisco Bay overnight transit map. And with that I had to laugh.

Transportation 52

Transportation Public Transportation Communications Implementation 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 11, 2022

One of my points about master planning is that for functional areas: transportation; parks and recreation; culture; etc., But they aren't organized into an overarching association, in a manner comparable to how Germany organizes regional transport associations to coordinate the planning and delivery of transit services.

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Operations Transportation Sanitation 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 20, 2023

The first proposes a "transport association" based on the German VV model, where all the local transit providers commit to integrated service, and a common schedule and fare system. They started planning in 2012, construction in 2014, and opened the first stations in South Florida in 2018. Lots of deaths.

Transportation 52

Transportation Public Transportation Management Sustainability 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Caption: see below There is an article a few months ago in the Baltimore Sun , " Maryland transportation officials ask for public comment on potential transit routes from Towson to Baltimore ," that planners are suggesting that Towson be served directly by light rail. That could have been accomplished already.

Transportation 52

Transportation Public Transportation Sustainability Development 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

In March 2012, the NYU Furman Center’s Vicki Been and Simon McDonnell published a policy brief, Searching for the Right Spot: Minimum Parking Requirements and Housing Affordability in New York City.

Housing 59

Housing Development Regulations Public Transportation 59