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Archive for the ‘Commuter Rail’ Category
» This guest post by Alon Levy is the third in a three-part series on a potential New York Regional Rail Network. Check out the First and Second Pieces. In a two-part series on The Transport Politic, I previously argued that to improve Greater New York’s commuter rail service, the agencies controlling it should orient their capital plan to emphasize good service on existing lines instead of spending on outbound extensions,
» The city’s largest borough currently suffers from a large gap in service, but relatively inexpensive improvements could address those problems well. Though New Yorkers overall are used to some of the longest commute times in the country, residents of southeast Queens are particularly affected. The inhabitants of this large segment of the borough between JFK Airport and Jamaica, from Brooklyn to the city line, have average travel times to work of  Yonah Freemark |  February 22nd, 2010 |  Filed Under: Commuter Rail, Metro Rail, New York |  27 comments
» Referendum on April 6 could determine feasibility of the project. Planners at Metro Transit call Moving Transit Forward St. Louis’ first serious long-range plan for public transportation. For the city’s voters, who will vote in April on a sales tax referendum called Proposition A, its release is better late than never; it is essential that the electorate have a clear understanding of the projects for which their money would Yonah Freemark | February 15th, 2010 | Filed Under: Bus, Commuter Rail, Light Rail, St. Louis | 8 comments
» The advantages made possible with the opening of a downtown tunnel in the 1980s will be passed over if SEPTA officials get their way. When it opened the Center City Commuter Connection in 1984, Philadelphia had produced an interconnected regional rail system few other American cities could boast of. By digging a tunnel 1.7 miles between the former Pennsylvania Railroad’s Suburban Station and the tracks of the former Reading Railroad, regional transit authority Continue reading this post »
» Of the dozens of rapid transit projects under construction and planned for the French capital, few are aimed directly at the center city. The civil unrest that spread across many of France’s impoverished banlieues in October and November 2005 made clear the degree to which spatial separation between classes had resulted in unequal distribution of resources and consequent feelings of disenfranchisement by members of the country’s most needy. Nowhere is this inequality more evident than in the sprawling Paris region, whose 11.7 million Yonah Freemark | January 19th, 2010 | Filed Under: Bus, Commuter Rail, France, Light Rail, Metro Rail, Paris | 22 comments
» The redevelopment of Union Station has produced debate over the two-block separation between commuter and light rail operations. But that gap could evolve into a brand new neighborhood and better access to areas northwest of downtown. Denver’s got a bright future ahead for its transit system, with new light rail and commuter rail lines planned to extend in virtually every direction from downtown. Though the recession has reduced sales tax revenues and will likely mean a slower timetable for the completion of Yonah Freemark | January 7th, 2010 | Filed Under: Architecture, Commuter Rail, Denver, Light Rail | 21 comments |
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