I was in Houston for a work meeting last spring and went on a tour with our good friend Christof Spieler who has taken a hiatus from bloggin...

BART is getting a bit old.  It's not New York Subway old or heck Budapest Subway old , but the train cars in the BART system are the old...

Houston has been studying constructing a commuter line down the 249 corridor but if it plays out as usual, it's going to skip a number ...

It's been open season on long term capital improvements for fixed guideway transit.  First there's Minnesota Republicans looking to ...

There I said it, BART to Livermore is a bad idea. Even if we could make the line downtown less expensive, it would still get minimal riders...

The Twin Cities finally signed its full funding grant agreement (FFGA) with the FTA for the Central Corridor. This just 7 years after the c...

We've had lots of discussions about freeway running light rail and transit and some folks say its ok as long as the major nodes are conn...

In November an Indianapolis group called Indy Connect released their long range vision for transit in the region. It's chock full of a...

Whew, it's been a little while. Still reading lots of news and tweeting nightly. Wanted to cover these few news articles in greater th...

Well today was the day. 39 year old Texas Stadium was imploded as its functioning life was deemed over. However the death of a stadium ope...

I haven't talked about the transit space race in a while because not a lot of big news has been happening. That and I've been a bit ...

It's been a bit rough lately. With the economy in the tank and people not wanting to spend any money, I've had great hope that some...

I was really shocked by this quote in Standard Net , the newspaper for Ogden Utah: UTA spokesman Gerry Carpenter said he is impressed with t...

I don't quite understand where there is this want to vote for transit improvements that aren't related to tax increases. The most r...

When I think of Abu Dhabi I think of Nermal. You know, the cat that Garfield always wanted to get rid of and send to the middle eastern reg...

New Orleans is looking to build three new lines while Portland has approved a reference plan for a streetcar network. The catch, New Orle...

There's a dustup in Seattle over a voter approved streetcar on First Hill. Candidate Mallahan thinks it's not so smart and would op...

As a former runner I appreciate trails of all kinds. It's easier on your legs and trails are a good way to get around without having to...

I think Atrios has the right idea : I'm not saying travel time is not an issue at all, but fundamentally such projects are about reducin...

The New York Times has an article about the railyards in Sacramento changing into a new neighborhood. While the market is somewhat down fr...