Wonky Wednesdays: SEPTA’s Capital Budget (aka the Real Talk Edition)
This week’s Wonky Wednesday is a true test of wonkitude. You’ve got to be really committed to the collection of nitty gritty to dig this one, but we’re going for it cause there’s some important themes...
View ArticleGet Involved, intermodally…
Go to http://biketotransit.shareabouts.org/ and tell us about bike parking (as in, where we need more of it, or where you’d use it if it were there). One of the obstacles to public transportation as...
View ArticleSpotlight on the Central District: West Callowhill Focus Area!
The Granary development rises on the 1900 block of Callowhill. We’re doing a weekly feature spotlighting the Central District Plan and its recommendations as a sort of sneak peek of the draft. The...
View ArticleSpotlight on the Central District: Transportation Recommedations
The Central District has a LOT of transit options and services. But how many of these options do you know and use? How often is your trip a discouraging one because you can’t find the appropriate...
View ArticleSpotlight on the Central District: Cultural Corridor Line Bus Rapid Transit
The Cultural Corridor Line Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is envisioned as a speedier (than typical bus) service operating between the Delaware River waterfront and the Mann Music Center. It will connect the...
View Articlesomething fun for a short week
this snap of part of Paris’ metro system is certainly easy to read, but hardly geographically accurate Ever tried to wrap your mind around the size of different cities, and how they compare to one...
View ArticleSpecial Bluesday Tuesday Edition: Harrisburg says NO to adequate...
Did you catch this morning’s biggest regional news? You might have missed it, seeing as it didn’t make the carousel on philly.com (mobile edition, anyway). Even the ever-buzzing twitterverse seemed...
View ArticleMobility Monday: Getting There Later
Better Night Owl service may be coming? Isn’t it about time we had better information on where, when, and how to take advantage of it? NOCTAMBUS map shows Paris’ overnight bus service, courtesy of...
View ArticleSEPTA Information Follow Up: Is it time for new maps?
This past Monday, we offered some thoughts on the momentum behind restoring late-night subway/el service (spoiler alert: we were in favor). In addition to support, we offered some little-known facts...
View ArticleThe Broad Street Subway: Philly’s Unsung Workhorse
The interwebs buzzed this week with APTA’s transit ridership data release, an encouraging reveal that showed more Americans flocking to transit now than they have since 1956, and did away with the...
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