I'd like to see a publictransport.nz website that included every bus, train, ferry etc operating in the country. Sortable by mode; seasons of operation; ownership (public/ NFP/ co-op/ corporate/ independent); price etc.
With patience and a little luck:
WSW nr. 3823 at Rolingswerth with Gtw72-type motorcar nr. 26 of the Schwebebahn (suspension railway) passing by on a service to Vohwinkel.
I’m in #albuquerque for a few days and really appreciate their free #bus service. Yeah, you can take the bus for free. Planned to take #publictransport anyway, but the zero cost is fantastic.
Good morning Mastodonians! Whew, I've had a crazy morning already...it's raining, getting windy, and I had to go supervise the setup of porta-johns at the Roadeo course first thing. Still waiting to hear from the tent people. Thankfully it's to be clear tomorrow, so we'll have a good day to run buses through our course.
And what's a Roadeo, you ask? It's a competition for bus drivers from around the state, testing their abilities. It includes a safety inspection, proper mobility device securement, and an obstacle course that drivers must negotiate safely. This all promotes safety and skill in the world of public transit, and the winners go on to a national competition.
And here's a video a friend shot of last year's Roadeo. If you're in the Baltimore/Annapolis/Columbia area and are interested, you're free to come by and watch. I may not get to say hi because I'll be running around like crazy helping run the thing, but I can wave, at least. Competition starts at 9:00 at the Dorsey MARC station, at Exit 7 on Rt 100.
As long as #jeepney drivers and operators cannot afford the newer minibuses being pushed by the comprador government, and cooperatives can't absorb all of the driver-operators who will lose their franchises, the transport sector will never be almost unanimous in supporting the ineffective #PUV "modernization" program. :seija_coffee:
We must resist this hostile corporate takeover of our #publictransport!
'A new report has found that a majority (56%) of people want to shift investment in road building schemes to funding options for walking, wheeling, cycling and public transport.
Sustrans’ Walking and Cycling Index... also revealed greater public demand for active travel over driving, with 50% wanting to walk more and 43% wanting to cycle more. A third of people want to make greater use of public transport.'
Thank you, Budapest #publicTransport people, for naming your app #BudapestGo instead of Trav, Dot, Zet, Go or Fokof, so I can easily find it among all the other travel apps in my phone.
YAY a bill my organization sponsored, to prevent further budget cuts to city & county transit systems, has passed the state house and is awaiting the governor's signature. A good day for public transit in Maryland!
Frank Binder's 1948 Tram Kaleidoscope. I love the way geometric shapes are used to unify the inside of the tram with the street outside. On display at the Art Gallery of NSW.
Was talking to a Canadian friend about how hard it is to get from Abbotsford to Vancouver if you don't want to take a private car.
Not only is car-centrism not just a US thing, but we (both in our 50s) were marveling at how long it's been foreseeable that we'd need better public transit & rail to stem climate change and how long politicians have been blowing it... #PublicTransport#Transportation#ClimateChange
This strange sensation when moving around Devon with public transport feels kinda like when I was doing a bus trip in Ecuador, with bus stops being more a feeling than a properly signposted designated place
'Research from the UK’s biggest active travel survey, Sustrans’ Walking and Cycling Index, underlines there’s majority support for pro-walking and cycling measures. It reveals 56% of people support shifting investment from road building schemes to fund walking, wheeling, cycling and public transport, while just 17% oppose. Similarly, 65% support a pavement parking ban, vs 16% opposed.'