As I write this, over this past week, transit systems across North America have been gearing up for the big show: the Tuesday after Labour Day when schools and colleges again crank into full swing and travel patterns hit reset after the summer. Trains and buses will get crowded, new and revised services will roll, and many, many transit operators… Read more »
An interesting question from Gabriola Island’s community bus group the other day seemed like a great leading off point to go over some transit planning basics.* Let’s then go hand in hand with GERTIE and step our way through some elemental aspects in transit decision making. But first, some background: Who is this “GERTIE” anyway? GERTIE (Gabriola’s Environmentally Responsible Trans-Island… Read more »
I am no fan of lollipops. I’m not talking about the sweet kind, they’re great. Instead, I mean the route structure that looks like a lollipop: the cases where a bus route leaves an otherwise lovely linear path to take riders on a journey twice. Up a stick, around a loop, and right back down the stick (or road) they… Read more »