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Monthly Archives: April 2009
Convergence of Mobility and Mobility (ConMaM)
I am a bit obsessed with the idea that travel information plays a crucial (and often overlooked) role in sustainable mobility options. Ian Sacs on the Planetizen blog has an idea for how one facet of this issue — mobility … Continue reading
How Google Transit is more than just another trip planner – More Riders Magazine
Last year, More Riders Magazine Publisher Dan Johnson-Weinberger interviewed Tom Sly, Google New Business Development Manager for Google Transit. “Googling the Future” was published in More Riders Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 2, Spring 2008. The interview/article does a great job … Continue reading
A blog to watch: “Human Transit”
Yesterday, I discovered a new favorite blog, “Human Transit.” The blog is by Jarrett Walker, a consultant at McCormick Rankin Cagney. On the welcome post, he says: Since 1991 I’ve been a consulting transit planner, helping to design transit networks … Continue reading
Establishing strategic direction for the federal “Intelligent Transportation Systems Program”
From TheTransitWire.com comes an alert that the USDOT Resarch and Innovative Technology Administration is seeking comments on the “Intelligent Transportation Systems Program”. Here are the details from the page at Regulations.gov: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Research and Innovative Technology Administration [Docket … Continue reading
Google Transit: Some numbers from Missoula, Montana
In June of 2008, Mountain Line transit in Missoula became the first (and still only) agency in Montana to participate in Google Transit. Recently, I reached out to find what kind of ridership increase, if any, they can attribute to … Continue reading
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A bicycle trip planner
I’ve appreciated being able to use the byCycle trip planner in Portland, Oregon to plan my bike trips through the city on the easiest, safest and most enjoyable routes. If your area already has an online transit trip planner (fairly … Continue reading
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William Lachance on “Creating a google transit feed for fun and profit”
Just wanted to send a shout out for William Lachance, who created a Google Transit feed and trip planner, hbcus.ca, for Halifax Metro Transit as a volunteer. He described the process he used to gather location information and include it … Continue reading
Transit agencies: Have you looked at your website’s statistics lately?
There’s a lot to be learned from looking closely at your website’s visitor statistics. I recommend to my clients that they use Google Analytics to track visitors on their websites because it’s free, easy-to-implement and use, and provides a lot … Continue reading
A great testimonial for Google Transit
I follow a lot of blogs related to transportation and technology and sometimes I come across some powerful testimonials for Google Transit. Here is one from the comments section of a blog post on the Greater Greater Washington blog some … Continue reading
Plan a trip with conventional transit schedules and maps in just SEVEN (count ‘em) easy steps!
I work with transit schedules and maps on a daily basis, and, of course, my clients are transit agencies, and my colleagues are other transit consultants or vendors. As “transit people,” it’s easy to forget to forget that conventional schedules … Continue reading