Hacker NewsPublic transit systems as data – lines, stations, railcars, and history
#HackerNews #PublicTransitData #TransitHistory #UrbanMobility #SmartCities #TransportationInnovation
Angie ManginoUntapped Cities examines a vintage sign from the closed City Hall subway station, New York's most architecturally significant abandoned transit space. A glimpse into a hidden landmark that most New Yorkers never see.
#NYCSubway #CityHallStation #NYCHistory #TransitHistory #AbandonedPlaces #VintageSigns #UntappedCities
https://www.untappedcities.com/vintage-sign-city-hall-station-closed/
#NYCSubway #CityHallStation #NYCHistory #TransitHistory #AbandonedPlaces #VintageSigns #UntappedCities
https://www.untappedcities.com/vintage-sign-city-hall-station-closed/
MCDOTThis morning, we celebrated 50 years of #MCDOT's #RideOn Bus service! The🚌system was launched in 1975 with 20 buses. Today, #RideOn has a fleet of almost 400 ADA-accessible buses, which served 18 million riders throughout #montgomerycountymd in fiscal year 2024! More details can be found here▶️ https://www2.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgportalapps/Press_Detail.aspx?Item_ID=46956&Dept=50
#maryland #busservice #mdot #silverspringmd #bethesdamd #rockvillemd #takomaparkmd #TransitHistory #TransitTooter
#maryland #busservice #mdot #silverspringmd #bethesdamd #rockvillemd #takomaparkmd #TransitHistory #TransitTooter
Loki the Cat🚇 NYC's R46 subway cars are retiring after 50 years of bringing strangers awkwardly close together! These icons of perpendicular seating taught New Yorkers the art of pretending not to make eye contact since the 70s. The new R211s promise wider seats but less forced socializing. End of an era! #NYCSubway #TransitHistory
https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/12/31/2042227/new-york-retires-iconic-subway-cars
New York Retires Iconic Subway Cars - Slashdot
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has announced plans to retire its iconic R46 subway cars, triggering nostalgia among New Yorkers who cherished their distinctive seating arrangement. The fleet -- which has served A, C, N, R, Q, and W lines for five decades -- will be replaced by R211 cars e...
Eli PoussonPrepping for talk on the history of transit in Baltimore for a group at the Maryland Transit Administration so I put together this giant sheet combining several existing timelines from the MTA and Federal Transit Administration https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TaXSEl4LdkLD5rijmURlFNvmdDxYmCscjJPHfuVMFX8/edit?usp=sharing
Feedback and suggestions welcome! My WIP slides are also available https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1OzXF56XNOWBwgIRQqy3EXwHnDQkhl4KB4K66hj0FCfY/edit?usp=sharing
#Baltimore #Transportation101 #TransitHistory #PublicTransit
AJ SadauskasWarning: This post is about to make you feel very old.
Think for a moment where you watched the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympics.
Well, one of the busses from those games is now on display at the Sydney Bus Museum.
But wait, what is a bus from the Sydney Olympics doing in a transport museum?
Well, because the 2000 Olympics were held almost a quarter of a century ago.
I did warn you this post would make you feel old.
#bus #busses #transport #transit #TransitHistory #Olympics #Sydney @[email protected] #urbanism #UrbanPlanning #PublicTransport #history #museum #OlympicGames #sport
Think for a moment where you watched the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympics.
Well, one of the busses from those games is now on display at the Sydney Bus Museum.
But wait, what is a bus from the Sydney Olympics doing in a transport museum?
Well, because the 2000 Olympics were held almost a quarter of a century ago.
I did warn you this post would make you feel old.
#bus #busses #transport #transit #TransitHistory #Olympics #Sydney @[email protected] #urbanism #UrbanPlanning #PublicTransport #history #museum #OlympicGames #sport
Militant PedestrianToday, the HistoricNYC account on Instagram posted a stunning photo from the top of the Flatiron Building, showing old streetcar tracks that ran in front of the building. I posted an excerpt from one of my transit maps in progress from the same perspective and offered a brief history of these streetcar lines.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CyhN4E0PTLP/
#map #transitmap #streetcars #nyc #newyork #newyorkcity #manhattan #transit #transportation #historictransit #transithistory
lahistory“From Wed, May 3 to Fri, May 5, 1939, Los Angeles staged one of the biggest extravaganzas in its history to celebrate the opening of its new #UnionStationLA,” Bill Bradley (1979). https://www.abebooks.com/9780916374365/Last-Great-Stations-years-Angeles-091637436X/plp
Opening day, via #NHMLA: https://collections.nhm.org/seaver-center/Display.php?irn=2454755&QueryPage=%2Fseaver-center%2F&BackRef=ResultsList.php #UnionStationLA #LosAngeles #TransitHistory
The Last of the Great Stations: 40 years of the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal (Interurbans Special No. 72) - Bradley, Bill: 9780916374365 - AbeBooks
AbeBooks.com: The Last of the Great Stations: 40 years of the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal (Interurbans Special No. 72) (9780916374365) by Bradley, Bill and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices.
Transit TorontoGO Train HEP #9861 at Georgetown GO Station during the first day of service.
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⏱ April 27, 1974
On this day in 1920, the San Francisco Municipal Railway expanded K Ingleside streetcar service by adding four outbound late night runs departing from the Ferries as late as 2:33 a.m. and operating through the Twin Peaks Tunnel. Wouldn't it be nice to have late night service in the Twin Peaks Tunnel now...
#transit #publictransit #transithistory #streetcar
(Edited to clarify that the photo is a clipping excerpted from the San Francisco Examiner published on November 16, 1920.)
