Category Archives: Transit
The Cheap Way to Improve Reliability of the New York Subway
First, apologies for the crayon, but I hope to make a point. Several recent power outages have each led to a nearly complete loss of service to the B-division of the New York City Subway. Even on a day-to-day basis, … Continue reading
Bus Tracker Data – Automated
Bus tracker data and plots for approximately half of the CTA’s routes are now available. For about half of these, plots and data are being automatically posted around 3 am every operating day. I will be working over the next … Continue reading
South Lakefront Corridor Transit Study — Shame!
In 2012 the Chicago Department of Transportation commissioned the South Lakefront Corridor Transit Study (“the report”) from 31st to 95th streets in response to very strong community interest in improving transit access, especially along the Metra Electric corridor. The report … Continue reading
55th Street Streetscape Master Plan
In my previous post, I explored how complete streets priorities are reversed in 55th Street’s existing streetscape. At a meeting Thursday February 5, 2015, CDOT presented a fiscally unconstrained wish list of proposed streetscape improvements for community feedback. Download The … Continue reading
South Lakeshore Drive Express Buses
Bus tracker data for four of six Chicago’s south Lake Shore Drive express bus routes, the 2, 6, J14, and 28, were collected in November and early December 2014. The J14 Jeffery Jump is branded as a premium bus route … Continue reading
55th Street Streetscape – Existing Conditions
On Thursday, I attended CDOT’s second public meeting for a new 55th Street Streetscape Master Plan in Hyde Park. In this first of two posts, I’ll examine existing streetscape conditions on 55th street. Three years ago, 55th Street received a … Continue reading
Chicago’s Battery Electric Buses
Since October, the CTA has been operating two newly purchased battery electric buses. Since early December, I’ve gathered bus tracker data on the six routes that these buses are initially operating on: 7 – Harrison, 120 – Ogilvie/Streeterville Express, 121 … Continue reading
Ashland BRT II – Travel Times
Updated 12 Jan 2015 at 9:00 AM: I’ve used the week of 23 November 2014 to calculate delays on the Ashland bus, Thanksgiving week. I’ll update this post with data from the week of November 10th later this week. Updated … Continue reading
Sudbury Transit Maps
I’m traveling to Sudbury, Ontario this week. As the ‘Capital of Northern Ontario’, Sudbury is a center for mining, engineering, and education. By North American standards, they invest in a very large number of service hours, which is required in … Continue reading
Bus Tracker Data – First Look
Over this last week, I have been posting plots of bus positions vs. time in this folder. I’ve just updated the plots for the 5 most bunched bus routes run by the CTA: 9 – Ashland, 22 – Clark, 49 … Continue reading