Tag Archives: transit

Google’s green transpo cred

Google’s Transportation Operations Manager, Brendon Harrington, says about 40% of Googleplex employees in Mountain View, CA get to work via modes other than driving in this video in which he brags about Google’s alternative transportation programs.

Open discussion: Bicycle access on trains

I wrote a post on my new blog, Grid Chicago, about bicycle access on transit in Chicagoland. It’s that metropolitan area with Chicago, Illinois, as a hub and reaches to a small part of southeast Wisconsin and northwest Indiana. We’ve got Metra trains (like Caltrain), and Chicago Transit Authority trains (like BART and Muni underground read more »

Hump Day

Let’s call this Public Transportation News Day. Remember, tomorrow, June 16 is the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) Dump The Pump Day.

Google Maps adds live transit updates

Google Maps adds live transit updates and service alerts for select cities.

Biggest bike share

Streetfilms showcases the amazing bike share system in Hangzhou, China.

Clarence’s case for bus bike racks

New York City buses don’t carry bicycles. Clarence Eckerson, Jr. of Streetfilms makes the case for bike racks on buses in his latest video.