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I am personally happy about this. I like real docked bike share like New York or Chicago has but bird scooters are just ugly.


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StlToday - State threatens to take back St. Louis-area road money if local governments don’t spend faster

is earmarked for specific local government projects, but local governments need to complete certain steps before the feds sign off on its use, such as engineering work, construction plans and right-of-way acquisition.
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There’s never enough money for all the needs St. Louis County has — “If you gave me a billion dollars, I could spend it,” Kulessa said — and all sorts of issues have slowed pre-construction work on county road projects.

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/gov ... bf185.html

Metrolink question: I want to take my longtail cargo bike downtown via the Metro (on the weekend...not worried about having space for it on the train). Which metro stops downtown have a long ramp (like the one at the Forsyth stop) or are already at ground level so I don't have to navigate stairs (or an elevator...the bike is a real pain in the butt to wedge into most elevators)?  Thanks!

jwisch wrote: ↑

Mar 28, 2024

Metrolink question: I want to take my longtail cargo bike downtown via the Metro (on the weekend...not worried about having space for it on the train). Which metro stops downtown have a long ramp (like the one at the Forsyth stop) or are already at ground level so I don't have to navigate stairs (or an elevator...the bike is a real pain in the butt to wedge into most elevators)?  Thanks!

Civic Center is your best  options and maybe Stadium 

jwisch wrote: ↑

Mar 28, 2024

Metrolink question: I want to take my longtail cargo bike downtown via the Metro (on the weekend...not worried about having space for it on the train). Which metro stops downtown have a long ramp (like the one at the Forsyth stop) or are already at ground level so I don't have to navigate stairs (or an elevator...the bike is a real pain in the butt to wedge into most elevators)?  Thanks!

Agree. Civic and stadium.

Neat map showing destinations within walking, biking, and transit nationwide.

https://close.city

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Apr 06, 2024

Neat map showing destinations within walking, biking, and transit nationwide.

https://close.city

great resource! look at SD and DP neighborhoods. They have the most student population yet everything is in red and orange.

I already reported the missing United Provisions.

"Public Input Sought on Design for Transit Stop at 13th & Gravois:


Citizens for Modern Transit and AARP in St. Louis are seeking public input on the design concepts recently released to transform the MetroBus Stop #9045, located at 13th Street and Gravois Avenue near Soulard in the City of St. Louis. The project is part of the partnering organizations’ next “Transit Stop Transformation” Project. "

https://www.constructforstl.org/public- ... h-gravois/

What is this? I’m thinking worst of both worlds.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6dMBZ5P ... k2MGV6NA==


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^Looks like a standard airport people mover, more or less, but faster. Apparently the first O-Bahn was in Essen Germany and it was designed to allow busses to use tram tunnels to get around traffic. They have special guide wheels to automatically steer them along the concrete track, but I guess once you get to the end of it you can just drive off along the surface street like a regular bus. I wouldn't want to make that the backbone of my transit system, but I can see where, properly equipped and signaled, it might be worth putting busses on the train's RoW for a short distance: across a river, for instance, or through a shared tunnel.

“The Japanese government is planning to connect major cities with automated zero-emissions logistics links that can quietly and efficiently shift millions of tons of cargo, while getting tens of thousands of trucks off the road.”
https://newatlas.com/transport/cargo-conveyor-auto-logistics/

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Jul 01, 2024

“The Japanese government is planning to connect major cities with automated zero-emissions logistics links that can quietly and efficiently shift millions of tons of cargo, while getting tens of thousands of trucks off the road.”
https://newatlas.com/transport/cargo-conveyor-auto-logistics/

They not know about trains??

^They very much know about trains, given that they have the busiest passenger stations in the world, some of the world's fastest trains, and probably the world's best developed rail passenger network end to end. But they might be missing something on the freight side, and LCL is hard to do. They honestly might need a new, dedicated freight network. Not sure about that. Trains seem like a much better solution than an automated conveyor. A lot of what makes their passenger system so great means you can't put freight on it at all. The trains are mostly multi car fixed sets, so no added express cars. They still have an extensive meter gage system, which isn't a big problem for passengers, since we can move ourselves autonomously from one train to another, but it is a problem for less autonomous boxes of stuff. That said, my thinking is that a conveyor belt or freight pods are unlikely to be the right answer, but . . . we'll see.

^ I wonder if demographics play into this as well.   Japan aging and decreasing populations probably means a legit truck driver shortage so why not find creative ways to cover the gap.   

US and for that matter NAFTA (US/Canada/and Mexico) has a huge investment, maybe sunk cost is the appropriate word, into steel rails and paved roads & runways so no real incentive from a financial and or policy perspective to massively invest in another transport mode.     

^Yeah, that makes sense. That said, I still bet they're better off going the route of rails and robot run LCL freight depots. (Think rail served FedEx: Railway Express Agency let's call it. REA for short. Wait . . . )

Hackers could create traffic jams thanks to flaw in traffic light controller, researcher says
https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/18/hackers-could-create-traffic-jams-thanks-to-flaw-in-traffic-light-controller-researcher-says/

Traffic engineer-


Can I hack the DeBaliviere-Lindell lights please?

"Hackers exploit flaw in traffic light controller in St. Louis, makes things better"

-RBB

Crowd source the light timing. Power to the people!

LA will be hosting next summer olympics. i am really interested in how they focus on public transportation. wish all the states focused on public transportation first than autonomous all-electric self-driving androids.

Been downtown/downtown west lately and its looks like lime scooter company has invested in new scooters for STL
Saw  10+  shiny new ones adjacent to  Union Station. And other locations are populated with new ones.

Dissent - Highway Robbery
Government highway agencies have enabled the blatant falsification of traffic model results. As a result, the United States wastes billions on road expansions that fail to cure congestion and make it harder to get around without a car.

https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_ ... y-robbery/

Dissent - Highway Robbery

Government highway agencies have enabled the blatant falsification of traffic model results. As a result, the United States wastes billions on road expansions that fail to cure congestion and make it harder to get around without a car.
Seems to be working as planned