tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post3438125843113465686..comments2024-01-12T00:32:20.149-08:00Comments on The Overhead Wire: Overheard in OaklandPantograph Trolleypolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833159138533550544noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-56608882540667030782008-04-21T05:12:00.000-07:002008-04-21T05:12:00.000-07:00Buses don't have to be the last resort. Make them...Buses don't have to be the last resort. Make them better.<BR/><BR/>E.g., I think we should convert bus systems into doubledeckers where appropriate, just to sex up the system and make it more fun and "higher end" like in London. <BR/><BR/>In NorthAm, Victoria BC and Las Vegas use doubledeckers, Community Transit in WA has a couple, and places like SF have tested it.Richard Laymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02765521217875752850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-58366791647806371832008-04-21T05:11:00.000-07:002008-04-21T05:11:00.000-07:00Well, your point proves something that I say, that...Well, your point proves something that I say, that land use (and transportation) issues are those most likely to get the average citizen involved in local civic affairs.<BR/><BR/>If I ever get a PhD in planning, my hoped for dissertation topic would be on reconceptualizing the profession around enabling civic engagement.<BR/><BR/>Then again, last year's job was such a bad experience wrt civic engagement that I question that...<BR/><BR/>Re the other comments, I use whatever is the fastest mode constrained by cost. If a bus is faster, I'll use it, and many of the places in DC have great bus service.<BR/><BR/>But like the one person said, I too can't read on a bus, while I can on a train.<BR/><BR/>OTOH, I'll ride the Chinese buses up and down the East Coast--I can read on inter-city bus coaches--because they are cheap, even though I like trains.Richard Laymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02765521217875752850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-45983299570114996172008-04-14T09:15:00.000-07:002008-04-14T09:15:00.000-07:00Love that conversation. So true that a bus is alw...Love that conversation. So true that a bus is always the last resort.CityKinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09068481950069401281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-17205830864108733232008-04-12T11:03:00.000-07:002008-04-12T11:03:00.000-07:00That's good to hear. Actually I'm sure that engin...That's good to hear. Actually I'm sure that engineers on the coasts are enlightened. There is just no more room. Heck you're reading transit blogs! However try going to Texas and Nebraska and its another story.Pantograph Trolleypolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17833159138533550544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-22898446921821010422008-04-12T01:47:00.000-07:002008-04-12T01:47:00.000-07:00I work for WSDOT and as far as I'm concerned there...I work for WSDOT and as far as I'm concerned there is a new generation of engineers coming in. Almost none of us think that we can build our way out of traffic. That is just the baseline assumption.Adam Parasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05335619474740054043noreply@blogger.com