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.'
Check out this thematic app to help make it much easier for most folks: https://openstop.app
The app looks very friendly, and mapping these features will probably
be interesting and relevant for many @pinoy|s even if they aren't @osm contributors yet.
I guess we have a potential theme for the next #MapaTime thing. 😆
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...
Probe links COVID spread to schoolbus riders from sick driver.
"The proportion of Children infected with COVID-19 while riding a bus to a school in Germany was about 4 times higher than in peers who didn't ride the bus, illustrating efficient transmission during multiple short rides on public transport, finds a study"