Getting People Out of Their Cars

January 29th, 2007
Page 2 of a transit plan for Charlotte, NC, says: Mobility: Mobility has several components. One is ridership, both in terms of how many people will ride new services and how many new transit trips are attracted away from autos. Reducing auto use lowers congestion, air pollution and energy consumption.” Too many planners assume without [...]

San Jose’s Continuing Transit Disaster

January 26th, 2007
Consider the following: The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) has lost 35 percent of its transit riders in the past few years (see spreadsheet), mainly because financial problems forced it to severely cut back transit service. The Bay Area Metropolitan Transportation Commission estimates that the cost of getting one person out of their car for one [...]