Conversations Surrounding Our Urban Environments
Inverness is a city in Scotland that has less than a quarter of the population of my home city and more than 5 times the train departures. The incredible disparity between U.S. and European passenger rail systems is astounding
Young people love to stay connected to their digital worlds. Transit has a chance to capitalize on this fact and make our cities better in the process
Syracuse had a commuter rail line from 1994-2008. What can we learn from its success and its eventual failure?
Think an electric scooter, e-bike or e-skateboard will replace your car? Unless you live in a major metro with copious access to transit, the limited range of these devices WILL be your biggest issue
Why it’s so hard to get suburban transit projects done
Every e-scooter share problem could be resolved if cars weren’t exclusively prioritized
We not only have to fight for transit funding, we have to fight for it when it appears to the casual observer that it’s not working
What drivers don’t understand about bikes on our American roads
The key elements of urbanistic thinking can help us making better decisions about where we live, even if that’s not “downtown.”
Two years ago I wrote a post that became a rallying cry. But I was wrong. Sort of.
When jobs move away from our city centers, it makes efficient transit nearly impossible
Transit ridership is down sharply. Here’s why, and what it means going forward.
I used to get frustrated by bikes and walkers. Biking to work made me realize how childish that was
Buffalo’s Metro Rail has a “blue collar” approach to moving people about a city that is just starting to turn the corner
I went without a car for nearly 2 years. That time taught me something very important
