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Metro’s signature indirect lighting scheme is getting a little brighter. Over at GGW, Matt Johnson notes upgrades to the Judiciary Sq Station mezzanine as a means of better illuminating the darker areas of one of the darker stations. Judiciary Sq Station I haven’t yet checked out the new mezzanine lighting in person, but Matt’s photo raises Continue reading Warming up Metro I’ve been meaning to say something on some more water + city issues raised by mammoth a short time ago, but I haven’t gotten around to it. Mammoth points us to another entrant in the design competition for Toronto’s Port Lands (following up on some of the discussion about McMillan Two). The project, called River+City+Life, Continue reading More ideas for the Eco-City Beautiful DCist takes note of a great photo of the Mt. Vernon Square area from 1992, looking south towards the Portrait Gallery and what’s now the Verizon Center: It’s amazing to realize how much the area has changed over the past 15-20 years. Looking back at the historical images available from Google Earth, you can piece together Continue reading Plenty of Parking Brands matter JD Hammond looks at the importance of rail liveries in the transit brand. A common theme amongst the streetcar commentariat – Hey! That thing looks like Continue reading Links – All the pieces matter Minneapolis Back in my hometown, yesterday marked the first day of revenue service for the Northstar commuter rail line between Big Lake and downtown Minneapolis. This is Minneapolis’ first heavy rail commuter line, which will look for a quick expansion to the originally planned terminus of St. Cloud, MN. Yonah Freemark offers his assessment at The Transport Continue reading Around the horn Following up on the current Republican assertion that what is urban cannot also be local, there’s been a lot more discussion today concerning cities and their political leanings. The Overhead Wire asserts that building cities “shouldn’t be a partisan issue.“ There’s certainly something to be said for that – as adding density is probably one of Continue reading Building partisan cities (?) From luca5 on Flickr Jarrett Walker highlights a rather disturbing turn of phrase from David Brooks’ recent profile of Senator John Thune (R – South Dakota). Walker notes: David Brooks gives urbanists a velvet-gloved insult: His populism is not angry. … But it’s there, a celebration of the small and local over the big and urban. This rhetorical Continue reading Local cities and regions Wednesday of this week marked the 34th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, lost with all hands in a Lake Superior storm in 1975. The iron ore freighter has always held a special place in my thoughts (and those of many Midwesterners) due to many summers spent along the shores of the Great Continue reading In a musty old hall in Detroit… From mindgutter on flickr (Post title with apologies to Pink Floyd) Matt Johnson, over at Track Twenty-Nine, noted that with MARTA’s official conversion over to a color-based naming system for their rail system, more than half of America’s rapid transit systems (including Metro) use a color-based system. Starting in 1965, Boston started referring to lines by color. Continue reading Any Colour You Like Image from Rakka Car Sharing Yonah Freemark and Ryan Avent have some discussion on the urban benefits of car sharing services. Yonah: The end result, at least theoretically: fewer cars on the road, more efficient use of each automobile, and fewer parking spaces needed. It has proven a cheaper alternative to taxis and car rentals and has been Continue reading Linkages |
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