Posts tagged with 'Social Impact'
Public transit users wait at a bus stop on Bogotá's Carrera Séptima.  As part of the reorganization of the city's transit under the Integrated Public Transport System (SITP), more than 1,500 new bus stops will be installed, including both permanent shelters and movable flag stations like the one above. Photo by Gwen Kash.
Community Voices: Integrated Public Transport in Bogota
Bogota’s Integrated Public Transport System (SITP) is poised to transform transit in the city when it is launched this December. The project is projected to improve order and efficiency, mitigate pollution, and reduce traffic injuries and fatalities. Such a transformation ...
Jessica Meaney advocates for safe walkable streets.
Q&A with Jessica Meaney: Safe Routes to School National Partnership
This interview is part of a series of interviews featuring sustainable transportation advocates, planners, engineers, journalists, sociologists, and other experts working to shed light on best practices and solutions from across the globe. We welcome your suggestions for future Q&As. ...
Metrobus riders are more likely to be poor, minority, unemployed and transit-dependent.  So shouldn't WMATA pay special attention to their needs when planning service and fare changes?  Photo: greychr.
Metro Fare Hikes: Who's Hit the Hardest?
Metrobus riders are poorer and have fewer transportation alternatives than Metrorail riders, says Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) data – and they face the biggest fare hikes under current proposals. Rail passengers, who face a 15% increase in fares ...
Median side location of BRT station. Photo by Prajna Rao.
A Photographic Tour of Ahmedabad’s Janmarg BRT System
Prajna Rao is a transport planner at the Centre for Sustainable Transport in India (CST-India), a member of the EMBARQ Network, which produces this blog. She provides a photographic overview of Ahmedabad’s new BRT system, known as Janmarg, which has ...
Washington, DC's transit system is one of many across the country facing budget and ridership woes due to the recession.  Photo: MJM, flickr.
Moving through the Recession, Part 3: Metro Confronts Estimated $189 Million Budget Shortfall
As the latest installment of its series Moving through the Recession, TheCityFix DC conducted an email interview with Thomas Harrington, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s Director of Long-Range Planning.  Parts 1 and 2 of the series, featured on TheCityFix ...
Food trucks like the Fojol Brothers' can enliven urban spaces, but regulators haven't figured out how to treat them yet.  Photo: jsmjr, Flickr.
Food Trucks: Tasty, But Tricky
Yesterday morning, Prince of Petworth pointed out the opening of DC’s newest food truck, Sauca.  You can track its location here. Sauca is the latest addition to our local food cart explosion, joining the likes of the Fojol Brothers, SweetFlow ...
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