Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Buses

Talking Headways Podcast: Get Off My Lawn

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 12, 2013 | 3 Comments

Jeff Wood and I talk about the news of the week that most tickled us or burned us — the BBC’s exposé of anti-social urban design features intended to repel people, San Francisco’s social tensions over the Google bus, and the decision by Cincinnati’s new mayor and City Council to “pause” construction of the streetcar. […]

Talking Headways Podcast, Episode 4: Car Brain

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 5, 2013 | 3 Comments

In this week’s podcast, Jeff and I discuss the impressive turnout — and possible pitfalls — of London’s “die-in” demonstration for bike safety. We try to contain our envy (but not our amazement) at Paul Salopek’s seven-year walk tracing the path of Homo sapiens from the Rift Valley to Tierra del Fuego. And we discuss […]

Now No Republican Will Ever Ride a Bus Again

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 29, 2012 | 3 Comments

You’ve got to hand it to the Republicans. Even the party of transit haters had to admit that the only logical way to move delegates around in the congested streets around the GOP convention was by bus. And they would have been right, except they had a little snafu that will undoubtedly convince everyone involved that transit […]

Explaining the Psychological Appeal of Rail Over Buses

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 21, 2012 | 30 Comments

An often-remarked-upon phenomenon in the transit world is the preference, perceived or otherwise, for rail over buses. But this tendency has not been well understood. A pair of recent European case studies delved into this issue, and their findings help illuminate the psychology behind what many have observed. In the first study, set in Germany, […]

Mapped: Dramatic Changes on London Streets in the Congestion Pricing Era

By Tanya Snyder | May 2, 2012 | 7 Comments

For the last nine years, private motorists entering central London between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. have paid a fee (currently £10 or US$16.22) to drive on the city’s scarce street space. The revenue from the congestion charge is plowed into the city’s transit system, and as Transport for London has amply documented, many Londoners […]

Why the House Transportation Bill Hits Bus Riders Especially Hard

By Ben Goldman | Feb 10, 2012 | No Comments

When the House Ways and Means Committee voted to divert all gas tax revenue away from transit projects, severing transit’s only dedicated source of federal funds, they were essentially throwing transit riders under the bus. While the House’s official stance is that their proposal still somehow guarantees funding for transit, it really does anything but. “It’s […]

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