The Hub 2/23/18: Clean Air Council’s Weekly Round-up of Transportation News
“The Hub” is a weekly round-up of transportation related news in the Philadelphia area and beyond. Check back weekly to keep up to date on the issues Clean Air Council’s transportation staff finds important.
Philly.com: New Uber Express Pool offers cheaper ride, less convenience – Uber has launched a new service in Center City Philadelphia that is billed as cheaper than public transit. Much like traditional transit, ride-hailers would need to walk to their pick up, wait for their ride, share their ride with others, and walk from the drop off point to their destination. Public transit moves more people, making it more efficient by design.
Next City: St. Louis Looks to On-Demand Transit for Downtown Mobility – Private companies have been experimenting with on-demand mass transit in cities around the world. One of the most recent iterations of this is the first and last mile service being offered in downtown St. Louis, aimed at making trips from light rail stations to employment centers more convenient for commuters.
City Lab: The Attainable Wonders of Wakandan Transit – The futuristic world of Wakanda in Black Panther is a land free of budget shortfalls. Transit in Wakanda seems central to everyday life, as there is a conspicuous lack of single occupancy vehicles in the film. The technology for such utopian transit exists in the real world, but so do countless obstacles.
Mobility Lab: Two barriers that keep pop culture from embracing public transportation – Automobile product placement is big money in the entertainment industry, making transit a less appealing way for our favorite characters to get from point A to point B. In addition, the logistics of filming on busy transit systems can be complicated and expensive.
Streets Blog: Montclair, California Declares War on Pedestrians – Cars striking pedestrians has become such an issue in Montclair that city council decided something needed to be done. Their misguided intervention has criminalized walking with headphones on instead of increasing enforcement of distracted driving laws.
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