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Riding the Bx12 Select Bus Service

by Nick Whitaker on March 30, 2009 | 2,608 Plays

The Bx12 Select Bus Service in the Bronx gives an efficient alternative to current transit options.

L.A.’s Orange Line: Bus Rapid Transit (plus bike path!)

by Clarence Eckerson, Jr. on March 22, 2009 | 12,155 Plays

In October 2005, the Los Angeles County Metro Authority (or Metro) debuted a new 14-mile BRT system in the San Fernando Valley using a former rail right-of-way.

Straphangers Tell Albany to Save Transit

by Robin Urban Smith on March 20, 2009 | 1,857 Plays

Straphangers from across New York City headed to Albany on Wednesday to meet with representatives and tell them: We can't afford the doomsday fare hikes and service cuts looming for our subways and buses, and we support bridge tolls as a fair and equitable solution to fund transit.

Making a Better Market Street

by Clarence Eckerson, Jr. on March 13, 2009 | 4,103 Plays

In this Streetfilms look at San Francisco's Market Street we talk to cyclists, advocates, users, planners, and decision makers about what is wrong with the space (and how they might fix it.)

Take a Ride on the Seattle Streetcar

by Clarence Eckerson, Jr. on March 10, 2009 | 19,568 Plays

Seattle's South Lake Union Streetcar is a 1.3-mile line that opened in December 2007, the first leg in Seattle's commitment to new transit and light rail. It passed the half million passenger milestone in its first year, surpassing ridership projections. The streetcar features many top-of-the-line tech amenities, including real time arrival message boards, solar-powered ticket [...]

Sign Now to Save Transit!

by Robin Urban Smith on March 9, 2009 | 3,632 Plays

Queens transit riders oppose MTA fare hikes and service cuts and support bridge tolls.

Seattle’s Bus Chick on the Rewards of the Riding Life

by Clarence Eckerson, Jr. on March 3, 2009 | 4,936 Plays

Carla Saulter, who lives car-free with her husband and young daughter, pens an awesome blog called "Bus Chick" on the Seattle Post Intelligencer's website. It's all about riding transit, chronicling her daily life doing it, and inspiring others to do it!

Earl Blumenauer talks transit, stimulus, bikes and Obama

by Clarence Eckerson, Jr. on February 10, 2009 | 5,559 Plays

Moments after he delivered the keynote address to the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), Oregon's Rep. Earl Blumenauer, head of the Congressional Bike Caucus, met with us for this exclusive one-on-one chat.

Rethinking Streets in Paris

by Elizabeth Press on January 14, 2009 | 19,228 Plays

This video explores several traffic calming amenities Paris has installed. For example, there are areas in Paris where curbs have been removed and bikes, pedestrians, buses and taxis coexist. On wider roads bikes share the BRT lanes with buses and taxis. Counter-flow bike lanes expand the bike network. Raise crosswalks and neckdowns slow traffic and make pedestrians more visible at intersection.

HOP, SKIP, and JUMP aboard a Boulder Bus

by Clarence Eckerson, Jr. on October 14, 2008 | 9,444 Plays

Welcome to an innovative way of thinking about transit: ask your passengers to design routes, let them name them, and decide the frequency in which they operate. That's what Boulder, Colorado does and they sure seem to have discovered the right way to make bus riding fun and enticing!