Transportation
Fareless Transit Ideas
Here’s an interesting read that I’d like to highlight. Aaron Renn’s blog, The Urbanophile, suggests an interesting concept for smaller cities that are trying to grow transit. Make them free. Well not exactly free but without fares. Renn states:
Why have a fare in the first place? It is odd that we pay per use on [...]
Pic of the Week
The green parking signs are being replaced with blue signs indicating that this area is paid parking. I wonder if this was intentional to match the blue wayfinding signs.
Tracking Buses Online and On Your Phone
Recently, the city has created some online and mobile tracking services for the buses in Capital Area Transit. The best part is that they all have maps associated with them. I love me some maps.
For downtown, this includes the R-Line, which is technically part of CAT and is shown on the CAT tracking page. The [...]
$545 Million For Rail Upgrade From Slow To Mediocre-Speed
The point of this post is not to sound pessimistic but I need to get one thing off my chest first. High speed rail does not consist of trains moving at 110 mph. That is not at all pushing the limits of what modern day trains can do. I’m sure it sounds fast but when [...]
How Free Is That Parking Outside of Downtown?
I thought this video was very interesting and brings up some great points. Although cities in New Zealand are used as examples the exact same principles apply right here. Soon, downtown Raleigh will install pay stations for on-street parking that has, mostly, been free for decades. What is not being talked about are the plans [...]
City of Raleigh | More Than 150,000 Passengers Ride Downtown Raleigh’s R-Line
A total of 152,634 passengers rode the R-Line from Feb. 13, its first day of service, to Dec. 5, according to a report on the latest ridership totals. The report also found that during this time:
An average of 519 passengers rode the R-Line daily, including weekends;
The bus carried an average total of 535 riders each [...]
City of Raleigh | On-Street Pay Stations To Change The Way Downtown Visitors Pay to Park
Beginning in January, visitors to downtown will have a new way to pay for on-street parking as new pay stations are installed.
via City of Raleigh | On-Street Pay Stations To Change The Way Downtown Visitors Pay to Park.
Try Transit, Win Prizes
This week is Try Transit Week. Jump into the event website or read the cliffnotes below:
Try Transit Week is an annual campaign sponsored by Durham Area Transit Authority (DATA), Cary Transit (C-Tran), Capital Area Transit (CAT), NCSU Wolfline and Triangle Transit. The goal of the campaign is to encourage Triangle Commuters to try an alternative [...]
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