tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post4382484975774862679..comments2024-01-12T00:32:20.149-08:00Comments on The Overhead Wire: Sunday News DumpPantograph Trolleypolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833159138533550544noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-64631712596440260042009-07-13T16:25:14.166-07:002009-07-13T16:25:14.166-07:00Yes. TransMilenio has become their new favourite. ...Yes. TransMilenio has become their new favourite. Don't tell BRT boosters that Bogotá is planning <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogot%C3%A1_Metro" rel="nofollow">a metro</a> (but still expanding and keeping TransMilenio as the major spine).<br /><br />Don't tell BRT boosters that Jakarta, Indonesia, home of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TransJakarta" rel="nofollow">TransJakarta</a> busway (designs based on TransMilenio), is planning <a href="http://www.urbanrail.net/as/jaka/jakarta.htm" rel="nofollow">a metro</a>.<br /><br />What I suspect is that the BRT boosters will likely suffer from apoplexy. I feel bad about BRT here in Ottawa already.<br /><br />And wish my mother best of luck on her weight loss surgery this Wednesday. She's getting it done in Utica, New York.Matt Fishernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-63207585653327777982009-07-13T12:15:54.175-07:002009-07-13T12:15:54.175-07:00So Curitiba is getting ready to construct an urban...So Curitiba is getting ready to construct an urban-rail system. Bus Rapid Transit advocates may consider that to be apostasy, which may be why some of them are now championing Bogotá, Colombia.<br /><br />In any case, the BRT stations of Bogotá have a suspicious resemblance to urban-rail ones, and the buses have their own right-of-way in much of their routes.Lorenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13984896453534621864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-369397348956296782009-07-13T10:31:22.543-07:002009-07-13T10:31:22.543-07:00Jeff, it's not because they don't know wha...Jeff, it's not because they don't know what TOD is, it's because they know nobody will pay top dollar for TOD that doesn't have good T. There's no point in waiting, because crappy commuter rail running 100 times a day is only slightly better - you still have that shuttle-bus to contend with.M1EKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03650370583235985527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-59752285696337228302009-07-13T08:02:48.504-07:002009-07-13T08:02:48.504-07:00re: Silver Line - EVERYTHING Boston builds is a pi...re: Silver Line - EVERYTHING Boston builds is a piece of crap. The Big Dig was dropping tiles onto people's heads. And it's certainly not a case of cheaping out - overpaying for corrupt contracts, more likely.Noah Kazishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16603274662080554386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-16927481672898703452009-07-13T07:58:24.892-07:002009-07-13T07:58:24.892-07:00I really think there's something in the water ...I really think there's something in the water in Austin that doesn't let ANYTHING good transit-related happen, at least on a relatively large scale. It's extremely idiotic that they're building yet more McMansions, yeah just what Cedar Park needs, more of those.<br /><br />It seems like most of the TOD planned for the MetroRail, at least in the suburbs, has fallen through; I've yet to see activity on that giant ~150 acre development planned up in Leander. At least some of the stuff in Austin is still happening though.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645045124804305825noreply@blogger.com