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Could Off-Peak “Bargain Fares” Bring More Revenue to Muni and BART?

By Michael Rhodes | Oct 23, 2009 | 8 Comments

Could cheaper fares fill these seats? Flickr photo: 24thcentury The new head of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Jay Walder, is considering a novel approach to attracting more transit riders: lowering fares during off-peak hours. In an interview with the New York Times he outlined his ambition to get more out of a system […]

The Political Climate That Makes Transportation Reform Run

By Elana Schor | Oct 20, 2009 | No Comments

When House transportation committee chairman Jim Oberstar (D-MN) recently accused his colleagues of lacking the "political will" to pursue long-term reform of infrastructure policy, he wasn’t simply employing a D.C. rhetorical flourish. To understand what Oberstar meant, let’s travel to Berlin for a moment. A German-made high-speed rail car. (Photo: Spiegel) Colby Itkowitz, CQ’s crack […]

Streetfilms: NYC Bike Lanes 101

By Elizabeth Press | Oct 20, 2009 | 4 Comments

In some cities people are so desperate for bike lanes they’ll mark their own. Elizabeth Press of Streetfilms in New York City, on the other hand, had this to say about the work the NYC Department of Transportation has been doing in her city: "It feels like every time I get on my bike there […]

Sacto Transit Agency Tries an “Exclusion Policy” for Misbehaving Riders

By Michael Rhodes | Oct 16, 2009 | 5 Comments

Flickr photo: moppet65535 With several well-publicized violent incidents on Muni buses recently, including two brutal attacks and a videotaped fight, security has become a hot issue for the MTA. Though the agency actually reported a slight decrease in crime over the past fiscal year, it hasn’t matched the 13 percent citywide drop in the most […]

Donald Shoup Calls San Francisco Parking Meter Study “Pathbreaking”

By Matthew Roth | Oct 15, 2009 | 21 Comments

With the debate about parking meter rates and hours raging on both sides of the Bay, Streetsblog called UCLA Professor Donald Shoup, author of The High Cost of Free Parking and arguably the world’s foremost parking expert, and asked him his opinion on the new San Francisco MTA parking meter study, which was released on […]

California Cities Lead Nation in Reducing Emissions from Streetlights

By Matthew Roth | Oct 15, 2009 | 3 Comments

PG&E workers installing an LED streetlight. Photo: PG&E Streetlights are an enormous part of any city’s energy consumption and cities that wish to cut down on their emissions and their energy bills are getting in line to convert their older street lamps to LED technology. According to Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) and Department of Energy […]

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