Squeaky Wheels

  • BART Wi-Fi spotty after 3 years Wi-Fi on BART, which was dangled in front of Bay Area commuters as a perk to be available throughout the entire system by 2010, is still a spotty game of chance that seems to disappear at the most inopportune times.
  • Gas prices & ridership: At DART, the correlation is fuzzy The light rail ridership picture in Dallas is complicated. Ridership peaked in August, 2008 with more than 73,000 average weekday riders. But as gas prices fell, so did ridership, contrary to what's happened at many other large transit systems in the U.S.
  • Commuters skeptical about idea to bypass Port Authority bus terminal Thinking aloud at NJ Transit’s monthly board meeting this week, New Jersey Transportation Commissioner James Simpson floated the idea of giving some bus riders the option of taking the Port Authority Bus Terminal out of their commuting equation.

Business Update

  • CHK America in Santa Barbara, Calif., has been awarded the customer information design contract for Beach Cities Transit (BCT) in Redondo Beach, Calif. Upon completion, the customized, easy-to-use information will be placed at five of BCT’s busiest hubs. Read more...
  • The transportation arm of San Diego defense contractor Cubic Corp. will fund research at the University of California San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering on travel technologies for cities. Read more...

Turning Points

  • OC Transpo chief wants to curb bus idling
    The head of OC Transpo wants bus drivers and mechanics to help curb unnecessary engine idling, which may be a factor in higher-than-expected fuel use this year. CBC News, May 17
  • Transit safety on a shoestring
    For the past five years, I've ridden trains and buses in Los Angeles at least three times a week. But many of my female friends won't join me because of very real concerns about safety. Good, May 16
  • Making faces in the subway
    At the foot of a Union Square subway platform staircase in Manhattan, an artist focused on his delicate work, maneuvering a fold of black origami paper along half-open scissor blades. New York Times, May 15
  • Facebook used by Tucson stores slowed by streetcar project
    Businesses along Tucson's modern streetcar route are trying all kinds of things to coax customers to brave the construction zone and help them squeak through the long, hot, student-less summer. Now, they're turning to Facebook. Arizona Daily Star, May 10

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