Yay FTA Models. You totally rule at figuring out ridership in new light rail cities. You did a bang up job in Minneapolis ( 24K in 2020 ,...

I'm wondering if Austin ever did a real alternatives analysis for the center city line . I imagine its a no, and if so, they would do w...

In Phoenix, Light Rail has pushed more businesses to core areas and pushed parking rates up. While they remain among the lowest in the natio...

It was nice to see everyone at the NJudah shindig last night. I'm in Sacramento for a family reunion this weekend so posting might be l...

It's really not known when the initial novelty of the line wears off but I would say around 6 months you really know what you're gon...

I rode BART to Lafayette tonight to eat dinner with my family and noticed how easy it was to get off at the station and just walk across the...

It's a little early to claim victory here because of all the special events that have been going on since this line opened as well as th...

It's really too early to tell what the daily ridership will be, since the line is only a few weeks old, but here are some initial number...

On the blue line in Charlotte . Development in the Charlotte region has slowed for sure, but real estate analysts say persistent developers ...

I took a some heat a few days ago for saying that Atlanta is falling behind. Even though they have more transit and have a big plan, other...

Big day for the Phoenix opening.

If you're going to Phoenix, stay away from the end light rail stations. People love to swarm the rails on the first few days. Apparent...

I limited my internet access over the past few days in Bakersfield (would have been nice to take HSR down there) and am now catching up com...

It's interesting what happens when you have a specific stop on a light rail line and name it. Partly, it seems to give a sense of place...

Atrios writes : I don't know Phoenix at all so don't have any opinion whether the light rail system there makes any sense (I mean, o...

Another day, another China HSR expansion post somewhere in the blogosphere. When are we going to learn? Why are we sitting around doing n...

While China seeks to sprawl and pursue what they think is the American Dream, the other world population giant India is looking to Japan fo...

Whew, it was nice to get away from the computer for a bit. I'll have a post about it soon. But for now, I went through the good ole Go...

In the last two days the media narrative in two cities on light rail expansion hit me as odd. Immediately the framing from the title hit a...

Every once in a while we have to review where the TSR is going. Today let's take a short look at the leader board. Previous TSR updat...