Posts Tagged ‘transit’

This came in from the COA Bike and Pedestrian Program. Cyclists should stay involved in Capital Metro’s future planning so we can make sure that bike access gets the priority it needs at their facilities.
City of Austin Bicycle Stakeholders,
Please see the attached information (see the document below) regarding CapMetro’s Service Plan 2020.  This plan offers [...]

These graphics should be familiar to anyone who has been to presentations on global warming in the past year or two, but it’s worth showing this updated version.
CNT (the Center for Neighborhood Technology) has a new site highlighting CO2 emissions for many regions of the country both per acre and per household. For example, here’s [...]

The top story on the Streetsblog Network today is something strangely relevant considering I was just talking to some City of Austin employees about this last night. Baltimore Spokes‘ article “Wheeling in Employees: How to Keep Cyclists Happy at the Office” has a very good overview of things that employers can do to help people [...]

Just got back from the Urban Transportation Commission where officials from Cap Metro spoke about the bus lines and service times they want to cut starting in June. According to them, most of the changes are from specific route times that had very low ridership. The biggest cut is that weekend Dillo service will be [...]

- and stop a $50 billion giveaway to the road lobby
This is not directly related to cycling, but transit is a key component in making biking for transportation work.
I just received an action alert from Transportation for America stating that two Republican senators, Kit Bond of Missouri and Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, have put forward [...]

You can read our previous coverage of President-Elect Barack Obama’s possible choices for Secretary of Transportation here and here.
According to a recent article at Traffic World Online, even more potential Secretary of Transportation candidates have been added to the rumor pool. This is one cabinet pick that seems to be fueling a ton of speculation [...]

We were sent a link yesterday to the Transportation for America blog via the Streetsblog network, and were very excited to read a letter from President-Elect Obama sent shortly before the election regarding transportation, cycling, and walking infrastructure. Read it yourself here, but below is my favorite part:
Everyone benefits if we can leave our cars, [...]

Speculation abounds: who will be Barack Obama’s Transportation Secretary Choice? It’s far too early to really know, but we’re hoping here at Austin Bike Blog that the next Secretary of Transportation has a much better view of transit, pedestrian, and bicycle infrastructure than our current one.
The current Secretary of Transportation in the Bush Administration, Mary [...]

Some news of interest to urban and commuter cyclists:
City’s bike plan has more than commuters in mind, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Getting with the (bike) program, Vancouver Sun
Oberstar Forum Features Germany Bike City Mayor, Minnesota Trails
The Cycle Pad: Fort Collins landlord creates cycle pad to encourage biking over driving, Fort Collins Now
Despite Cool Weather, Bike Sales Still [...]