Hollywood Blvd. is getting an overhaul, including one mile of bus lanes and over two miles of protected bike lanes. I can't wait. Buses from every direction start and finish their routes on Hollywood Blvd.
L.A. City Announces Hollywood Boulevard Bus/Walk/Bike Upgrades
i have an aunt in NYC. Most of the time whenever I’ve visited I’ve stayed with her in Brooklyn, which is easy. She moved to staten island and while the ferry is easy, I found it hard to ‘wake up a family member at 2am to pick me from the ferry’ so I would like, get into random people’s cars from the ferry terminal.
She never understood my appetite for that ‘risk’ and I never understood ‘having to wake up someone to pick me up’. Anyway, I get a hotel / stay in Brooklyn on my own now
Can cities be made more livable ?
Exhibit A: Utrecht
It is being viewed as the correction of a historic mistake.More than 40 years after parts of the canal that encircled Utrecht’s old town were concreted over to accommodate a 12-lane motorway, the Dutch city celebrates restoration of its 900-year-old moat. #urban#transit#cities#cityplanning
I would say that interchange is smoother with the Wynyard Walk providing a covered connection most of the way, although Barangaroo Central is still very much under construction so maybe that's an unfair comparison.
Ferry aside, Wynyard Station Bus stand V on Kent Street is a 400m walk from the Wynyard light rail stop, although that is entirely underground should you so desire through Wynyard Walk and the station.
The equivalent Parramatta Station map also shows the Ferry Wharf, although at 800m I don't think anyone is suggesting that interchange.
The station list drop down found here (https://transportnsw.info/stops#/) might be the best indicator. Next to each station name are the circles indicating available modes.
Wynyard is T, B, L. Barangaroo Wharf is listed separately as an F.
Circular Quay on the other hand is T, B, F, L.
Parramatta Station is T, B only.
Even Milsons Point, just 500m from its wharf, is listed as T, B only.
It seems like there isn't a precedent for including a ferry interchange so far from the station, I guess they just wanted to bulk out the list of connections.
I pity any tourist that decides to attempt this one, particularly on a rainy day...
Got a legit chortle out of this gem: "Cmmr Osborne asked how many tickets the TTC actually issues today, and management answered about 100 per week. That number provoked debate considering that there are about 100 Fare Inspectors."
Brooks' autonomous vehicles scorecard is mandatory reading for #transit and #urbanplanning nerds:
”We were told by the companies that their vehicles were safer than human driven vehicles, but in fact they routinely needed humans to monitor and to control them. At one level I’m shocked, shocked, I tell you. At another level I am embarrassed that they fooled me. I had thought they were driving with no person monitoring them."
Can’t help but think if they’re dressing up their construction sites this late in the day, it doesn’t bode well for an opening at the end of this year.
When I tell people that >20% of the population everywhere cannot drive, they always quibble about including children in that calculation. I think it says a lot about our car brained society that it's normal to think minors shouldn't have independent mobility.
It's not Rocket Science!
We know how to fix #CarDependency in USA cities. It's mostly a #Planning problem.
If we converted Shopping Malls into High Density, Mixed Use areas, not only would they become 10x more valuable and way more productive they would raise more taxes for local Governments. #Urbanism#TheWarOnCars#Cycling#Transit https://culdesac.com/