As part of an excellent series of takedowns of BRT , the San Francisco Bike Blog has written an excellent rebuttal to the frequent claims that BRT or Rapid Bus plans can function as stepping stones towards light rail .
One relevant excerpt relating to a transitway in Ottawa that was designed to be convertible to LRT::
The study concludes that with limited financial resources, it is better to invest in new rapid transit corridors than...
Props to Council
City Council continues to show that it is serious about opening the core transit corridors to Vertical Mixed Use development by standing up to neighborhoods trying to wriggle out of the VMU...
Condo conversions
One argument frequently trotted out against zoning for greater density is that it encourages the redevelopment of low-income rental. But it is silly to believe that zoning can maintain the...
VMU: Time for City Council to enforce the bargain
The City Council has not been tested on the VMU ordinance until now. The first few neighborhood opt-out applications respected the VMU "bargain": allow density on the transit...
VMU: Hyde Park goes reactionary
This is a letter I just sent to most of the City Council. I'll try to link a few things from here, but no extra analysis - I'm really too busy at the office to be spending time on this, even....
Vertical Mixed Use: Not everyone is a grown up
The first public Vertical Mixed Use hearing last Thursday turned into something of a love fest. And why not? The two central Austin neighborhoods whose applications were up for vote --...
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