The Transportation and Mass Transit Megathread

[Rockatansky]

8 hours ago, markhollin said:

Williamson County residents want impactful traffic improvements.

More at Nashville Post here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/infrastructure/article/21089792/williamson-residents-dont-like-transit-studies-but-want-cheap-impactful-traffic-improvements

Cheap

Impactful

Traffic Improvements

Pick 2.

[Tennessine]

Residents complain about a problem, are presented with a plan to alleviate said problem yet balk at cost and tax increase, ultimately shooting it down?

Sounds awfully familiar. 

[SoundScan]

[grilled_cheese]

that meme will never get old

[Dale]

It’s true though. The funny part is the old guy’s inconsistency.

[henburg]

16 hours ago, SoundScan said:

 

Reminds me of this lol

 

Edited October 2, 2019 by henburg

[PaulChinetti]

https://www.citylab.com/perspective/2019/09/parking-lot-urban-planning-transit-street-traffic-congestion/598504/

"A recent study found that the parking spaces required for shopping centers in Los Angeles increase the cost of building a shopping center by 67 percent if the parking is in an aboveground structure and by 93 percent if the parking is underground."

[PruneTracy]

I'm pretty sure Paul and Paul Jr. are supposed to be arguing about the same thing and just saying it different ways. This is a better fit for the Patrick's ID meme.

Source: I have a self-awarded PhD in advanced theoretical memetics

[markhollin]

Mayor Cooper has picked Faye DiMassimo, a consultant with Deloitte, to serve as his senior adviser of transportation and infrastructure. DiMassimo has worked in the transportation industry for nearly 40 years, including six years as Cobb County (Georgia) director of transportation.

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2019/10/08/heres-who-mayor-cooper-picked-to-tackle-nashvilles.html?iana=hpmvp_nsh_news_headline

[grilled_cheese]

21 hours ago, markhollin said:

Mayor Cooper has picked Faye DiMassimo, a consultant with Deloitte, to serve as his senior adviser of transportation and infrastructure. DiMassimo has worked in the transportation industry for nearly 40 years, including six years as Cobb County (Georgia) director of transportation.

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2019/10/08/heres-who-mayor-cooper-picked-to-tackle-nashvilles.html?iana=hpmvp_nsh_news_headline

Yes, Cobb County, GA.  The mecca of transit solutions.

Good to see Cooper solving problems so quickly!

[SoundScan]

Nashville 2020 Transit Vision: Terminate all interstates into cul de sacs to prevent any additional traffic from entering (or leaving) the city. 

[smeagolsfree]

2 hours ago, grilled_cheese said:

Yes, Cobb County, GA.  The mecca of transit solutions.

Good to see Cooper solving problems so quickly!

You said and I thought it. More of the same poor decision making process coming out of the mayors office. Different face, same brain.

[Nashvillain]

Article from the NYTimes this morning: The Most Detailed Map of Auto Emissions in America

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/10/climate/driving-emissions-map.html?action=click&module=Top Stories&pgtype=Homepage

[e-dub]

Has anyone here read "Traffic" by Tom Vanderbilt? It was recommended by the host of a show I watch on YouTube and wondered if anyone here has thoughts on it.

[Dale]

On 10/9/2019 at 3:10 PM, smeagolsfree said:

You said and I thought it. More of the same poor decision making process coming out of the mayors office. Different face, same brain.

Gun shy Democrat Briley routed by Democrat in name only Cooper ?

[MidTenn1]

19 hours ago, e-dub said:

Has anyone here read "Traffic" by Tom Vanderbilt? It was recommended by the host of a show I watch on YouTube and wondered if anyone here has thoughts on it.

I read it and I don't remember anything about it so I guess that says something. It may be of interest to someone else, but I suppose as a Traffic Engineer I didn't learn anything new.

[PaulChinetti]

https://sf.curbed.com/2019/10/15/20916092/market-street-sf-ban-cars-vehicles-san-francisco-vote

Imagine if Broadway did this, just from 5th to 1st.

[CenterHill]

7 hours ago, PaulChinetti said:

https://sf.curbed.com/2019/10/15/20916092/market-street-sf-ban-cars-vehicles-san-francisco-vote

Imagine if Broadway did this, just from 5th to 1st.

It would be a vast improvement IMO.     Notwithstanding what the honky tonk owners say. 

[Sean blackdog]

Today this morning from Facebook SKY5.

Edited October 16, 2019 by Sean blackdog

[PaulChinetti]

1 hour ago, CenterHill said:

It would be a vast improvement IMO.     Notwithstanding what the honky tonk owners say. 

They also didn’t want the wider sidewalks and that’s worked out pretty well.  Maybe they would be less against it now!?

[12Mouth]

2 hours ago, PaulChinetti said:

They also didn’t want the wider sidewalks and that’s worked out pretty well.  Maybe they would be less against it now!?

On the one hand, I get where they are coming from. Anyone who leaves the building is potentially a lost customer. On the other hand, it drastically increases their sq footage and you would think that more people would come downtown, so I don’t fully get the opposition.

[rookzie]

11 hours ago, PaulChinetti said:

https://sf.curbed.com/2019/10/15/20916092/market-street-sf-ban-cars-vehicles-san-francisco-vote

Imagine if Broadway did this, just from 5th to 1st.

I'm somewhat taken aback that SF enacted such a ban.  But then NY actually did something similar nearly two weeks ago on its Manhattan 14th Street crosstown route ─ the "M14".   Perhaps since SF is known to give deference  to grass-roots lobbyist groups, then it should be of no surprise to me, if NY set a recent precedent.  Toronto has been in a tug of war with this since it started a pilot close project on King Street in 2017.

The SF Market St. ban will be an interesting test to see just what can result with it being car-free, except on cross streets, of course, between the most congested portion between the Embarcadero and Octavia Blvd.  My experience with it during my most recent visit in June 2015 was nothing short of a "Squeeze Play".  Unlike Manhattan's 14th St. of cars and buses, Market hosts concurrent routes of electric trolley buses (ETBs) and streetcars, pretty much fixed-guideway vehicles, except for the fact that ETBs have some latitude to steer into and out of traffic at curbside, as well as around "mild" (narrow) obstructions.

 

[Dale]

All those overhead wires are U-G-L-Y.

[bigeasy]

True, but the city is filthy so it is a good complement.

Edited October 17, 2019 by bigeasy

[Dale]

1 hour ago, bigeasy said:

True, but the city is filthy so it is a good complement.

Having just visited, I can vouch for this.