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Almost all of those cities operate all-night bus services. Barcelona, BTW, is a bit of an odd one: they run 24-hour Metro service on Saturday only (for Saturday night), but Friday is a regular schedule.

I'd rather not use bollards either -- they tend to be hazards for people walking and cycling -- but it seems to be the simplest way to keep the scofflaw motorist from parking or driving over places they shouldn't. Here they are looking to use more CCTV and automatic plate recognition. The...

The Spanish don't rely on lines either -- it's with bollards typically.

No, but I was riding my bike on that path the day before. The buses are normal buses but they have little guide-wheels sticking out from the side that interface with the concrete 'tracks'. The buses have to leave the tracks and use normal streets for the central part of their journey. One of...

That picture looks like what happens when you take a great square and then allow cars to run rampant all over it. It is not uncommon for Spanish plazas also to have station entrances plopped in the middle like that. But in Spain, they don't let cars scurry all over the place; their paths are...

Bus+bike lanes are miserable and unfortunately very common in the UK. They are starting to install bus stop bypasses for bikes in some places. For some reason, people complain about them. But people complain about everything.

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Investigation-launched-cause-Trumpington-busway/story-28785726-detail/story.html

Typically the term "rotary" is used for the nasty, swerving, dangerous mess of a road layout that is traditionally found in the Boston area. "Roundabouts" are usually smaller and more carefully engineered to avoid the problems of rotaries. However, I haven't taken a close look at the latest...

It's okay. Governor Baker will 'strangle someone' next time that shit hits the fan. That will solve the problem.

Re: Tremont Crossing in Roxbury I'm sure the residents of Roxbury will be honoured to play host to all the suburban cars and exhaust fumes attracted by the large expanse of tarmac.

Re: Tremont Crossing in Roxbury Bizarre street scenes. What's that Tremont Street supposed to be? Guy walking dog in the middle of large asphalt stretch? Random SUV in the middle of pedestrian area?

Fare enough (sic). I hope that when they do switch away from this vendor, they pick something open and interoperable.

Next generation fare media? What's next? Charlie Cards are already contactless. Side note: I rode the London DLR today, which is proof-of-payment but fully integrated with the fare-gated traditional Underground. We even got inspected. My friend used his Oyster card for paying fares, but I...

https://twitter.com/ndungca/status/691299923539709952 bleh.

Yeah, I saw that article as well. If I was in Boston I'd go over to D street and watch this supposed signal priority in action! Gotta see it to believe it. Anyone experience it first hand?

I'm curious about the shape that Galvin's 'roadblock' took if a simple letter from an unrelated Congressman could dislodge it. Also: fuck Galvin. "Mayor" of Allston/Brighton? I never voted for his ass. Not even as Secretary (I undervote). He needs to retire, pronto.

Commonwealth Ave is where the battleground has been for the most part. Comm Ave has a major problem: there aren't enough ADA-compliant pedestrian crossings. The section from the BU Bridge to Packard's Corner has blocks that are over 700 feet long, which is twice the recommended distance between...

No, the unemployment problem has everything to do with the Euro currency and Germany's control and mismanagement of it. The Euro was a huge, huge mistake. When the bubble burst, a lot of private money -- in Euros -- simply was picked up and taken out of Spain. Being stuck on the Euro, there is...

Arlington is correct. Houston is another good example because it's one of the busiest light rail lines in the United States outside of Boston. Prior to the recent expansions it was seeing 36,250 boardings per weekday. Now that should be much higher. The original MetroRail Red Line runs straight...

What do you mean, rage sprinkler? I have described, with visual illustration, the many ways that a certain statement is incorrect. Do you have a rebuttal, or are you going to continue to personally attack me and my choice of words? I'm no longer a blogger, by the way. Haven't decided if I'll...