Galen Lawson, EMBARQ’s print designer from Communications Visual, passed along this neat film about an advertising campaign in Sweden which urged drivers to step out from behind the wheel and take the bus.
In Delhi, India, it can be difficult to enforce curbside bus lanes. Photo by EMBARQ.
One of the most controversial aspects of Bus Rapid Transit design in Delhi has been the designation of median lanes as opposed to curbside lanes. The initial bus corridor in Delhi is based on median lanes to give priority to [...]
The playwright imagines a Purple Line train platform like this one, at MARC Brunswick Line’s Barnesville station. Photo via Tracks: The Musical.
The Purple Line, a proposed 16-mile transit line in Maryland’s D.C. suburbs, has inspired a new musical, titled “Tracks,” written by Paul Stregevsky, a Department of Homeland Security employee, and Marshall White, a high [...]
The Federal Transit Administration recently released an updated edition of “Characteristics of BRT for Decision Makers” (PDF). This 400-page report is a very complete compendium of the bus rapid transit (BRT) experience in the United States, but it does not stop there — it also includes data and profiles of BRT systems in the rest [...]
ISTANBUL - Metrobus, a public transit system in Istanbul, received the honorable mention award at the "Sustainable Transportation Awards 2009." The award, given each year to a city that has provided an innovative transportation strategy, is given by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, or ITDP.
ISTANBUL - Metrobus, a public transit system in Istanbul, received the honorable mention award at the "Sustainable Transportation Awards 2009." The award, given each year to a city that has provided an innovative transportation strategy, is given by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, or ITDP.
The Delhi Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system is an evolving system, and its pilot corridor has already succeeded in meeting some of its key objectives: this is what an assessment of the BRT by Dario Hidalgo, a leading international transport expert, says.
The Delhi Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system is an evolving system, and its pilot corridor has already succeeded in meeting some of its key objectives: this is what an assessment of the BRT by Dario Hidalgo, a leading international transport expert, says.
The Shanghai Municipal People’s Government, in partnership with the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the Shell Foundation, announced the new measures in the creation of the Shanghai Sustainable Transport Partnership.
The Shanghai Municipal People’s Government, in partnership with the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the Shell Foundation, announced the new measures in the creation of the Shanghai Sustainable Transport Partnership.
