If your nation (the U.S.A.) is so smart, why do we put freight and people in the same set of train tracks?
If your nation (the U.S.A.) is so smart, why do we put freight and people in the same set of train tracks?
Mass transportation is doomed to failure in North America because a person's car is the only place where he can be alone and think.
-- Marshall McLuhan
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Mass transportation is doomed to failure in North America because a person's car is the only place where he can be alone and think.
-- Marshall McLuhan
⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #MarshallMcLuhan #MassTransportation #Thinking
Mass transportation is doomed to failure in North America because a person's car is the only place where he can be alone and think.
-- Marshall McLuhan
⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #MarshallMcLuhan #MassTransportation #Thinking
Sheri Byrne-Haber’s Blog: Accessibility Triumph Thursday: BrokenLifts.org. “BrokenLifts is a grassroots initiative providing real-time information about out-of-service elevators in Berlin’s public transportation system. For wheelchair users and others who depend on elevators, this resource saves people from wasted trips and gives them back some control over their commutes. It’s a shining […]
Stevens Institute of Technology: Weaponized Disinformation Poses Serious Threat to Urban Transit Systems. “In a study published this month in Reliability Engineering and System Safety, researchers from Stevens Institute of Technology and the University of Oklahoma warn that the complexity and fragility of urban transit networks could be exploited by terrorists or other bad actors. Using AI […]
Automobile dependency is killing the livability of our cities. There is no long term solution to traffic besides creating viable alternatives to driving.
Stop expanding highways. Start installing public transit and bikeways.
#motonormativity #carculture #urbanism #HealthyCities #urbandesign #smallbusiness #carbrain #MassTransportation #publictransportation #BikeCommuting #publictransit
On a recent Friday, Joshua Webb and several of his landscaping co-workers were doing their best to escape the late afternoon sun and humidity as they waited for the bus on Midlothian Turnpike in Chesterfield County to take them home. That bus – the 1A – has been a lifeline for Webb, who started riding […]
The #gays result in a surge of riders on #WashingtonDC #Metro for the #Capital #PrideParade.
More than 650,000 people used #MetroRail and #buses on Saturday, marking the highest weekend #ridership since the beginning of the #COVID19 #pandemic.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #WashingtonDC #MassTransportation #Pride #PrideMonth #Representation #Culture
https://www.advocate.com/news/dc-pride-metro-ridership-surge
EVs: Just one step on the way to a more sustainable society. Hint: we need more walkable places to live.
https://electrek.co/2023/01/03/norway-electric-car-utopia-sustainable-transportation/
#transportation #EVs #UrbanDesign #sustainability #MassTransportation