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NoMA Development. CC image from bankbryan. Jarrett Walker’s weekend links post directed me to this article in The Atlantic by Chris Leinberger, asking if we might return to the days when private interests invested in transit as a means to facilitate real estate development. Our own urban history is one of linked transportation and Continue reading Value capture & private transit financing Metro’s definitely seen better days. The Washington Post had a lengthy piece in Sunday’s edition documenting the massive problems facing the system: aging infrastructure, missing leadership, a broken safety culture, amongst others. Metro’s been trimming the fat to balance budgets for a while, and it now looks like they’ve been cutting into the bone and Continue reading A day in the life of Metro The 2010 Winter Olympics kick off today in Vancouver, British Columbia. Design Observer has an excellent interview with Vancouver’s planning director Brent Toderian. These kinds of major sporting events can be a huge opportunity to re-shape areas and integrate larger planning projects into the public support for the games. Salt Lake City’s first light rail Continue reading Olympic transformations Spirit of Detroit, from Maia C …and I’m not just talking about salt, even though the Eastern Seaboard could use a lot of extra road salt right about now. There are a couple of very interesting bits up on the net recently about Detroit and the lessons it has for the rest of America, for our Continue reading Things we can take from Detroit CC image from AMagill on Flickr Given Metro’s current and future budgetary issues (and the plethora of ideas to fix them amongst various comment threads at GGW and other places), discussions of profits and priorities are certainly topical. With that in mind, Jarrett Walker has an excellent post up on the fundamental goals of transit Continue reading On profitability and privatization Given the heavy (and ongoing) snowfall, Metro is only operating rail service in select underground locations, in order to prevent trains from getting stranded as accumulating snow makes it difficult to maintain contact with the third rail, and also to use existing tunnels to keep rail cars dry and operable, rather than buried in snow Continue reading Metro snow operations Several sources have linked to a great photo compilation from design boom on avant garde subway station architecture from around the world. The images come from: stockholm tunnelbana Some of the stations are quite striking – Continue reading Subway architecture – world tour Following up on recent discussion of Metro’s lighting, it’s important to understand how much the surface that’s to be illuminated matters in Metro’s indirect lighting scheme. Earlier, I noted that Metro is currently going though a process of deep-cleaning several stations in the system – replacing light bulbs, cleaning the walls, etc. The Washington Post Continue reading Let there be light 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  |
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