All the Ways Germany Is Less Car-Reliant Than the U.S., in 1 Chart:
Author: Robin Budish
More Women Ride Mass Transit Than Men
Marketers of many, many consumer products focus on women – imagine if more transit systems in the U.S. started doing the same:
Why Can’t Public Transit Be Free?
Coax commuters out of their cars and onto mass transit:
www.m.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/01/why-cant-public-transit-be-free/384929/
January 8, 2015
Time: 8:00 – 9:30 AM
Location: Enoch Pratt Free Library (400 Cathedral Street)
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better bike lanes for baltimore
City officials will help to pay for the Downtown Bicycle Network:
www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-bike-plan-20150114-story.html#page=1
electric bus test drive
Country’s first electric articulated bus goes for a test ride:
www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-electric-bus-20141227-story.html
Battery-Powered Trains
The Train of the future might be Battery-Powered:
www.citylab.com/commute/2015/01/the-train-of-the-future-might-be-battery-powered/384522/
Living ‘Close’ to Transit
What does it really mean?
www.citylab.com/cityfixer/2015/01/what-does-living-close-to-transit-really-mean/384421/
Robotic underground bike parking in Japan
Fully automated underground bike parking in Japan:
http://citiscope.org/citisignals/2015/robotic-underground-bike-parking-japan?utm_source=Citiscope&utm_campaign=1d9cc9cbef-Mailchimp_2014_12_24&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ce992dbfef-1d9cc9cbef-71032437
will the red and purple lines move forward
Maryland Governor-elect Larry Hogan has the power to halt two major urban transit projects that have the planning and funding all lined up and and are all but ready to go: