Posts tagged Open Data
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Look at this scooter & e-bike heat map of DC
Make sense of where people are riding scooters and e-bikes in the Washington region with this interactive heat map. Keep reading…
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National links: Mexico City has its mobility priorities right
Mexico City is prioritizing frequent Metro service over fancy gadgets. The voices at public meetings tend to represent the angriest and the most affluent. Responses to the trolly problem, a classic ethics question, vary widely by culture. Keep reading…
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National links: Austin’s rationale for using a density bonus for cars
Austin's Planning office overrules the city's Design Commission allowing 13 stories of parking because it will add “dense development. There's going to be a new open data standard for mapping city streets. And Indianapolis is considering a novel idea for reinventing a dying downtown mall. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Less money, more problems
Poverty rising in the east; Service cut snapshots; DC workers left behind; Circulator buses safer; Arlington acts on Airbnb; Keeping housing affordable; SelectPass success; Teen riders speak; Derailment in Hoboken; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Better inspections, fewer derailments
Derailed by missing inspections; Next steps for the Purple Line; Tunnel to NoMa; Orange’s ethics; Metro cuts from data feed; Pedestrian killed in Old Town; England <3 traffic circles; Sea rise, homes under tide; Like data? Work for Metro!. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Full speed ahead
Ready or not, here comes SafeTrack; SafeTrack set in stone; DC on SafeTrack; The surge stays; Stadium spoils; Top 40 urban planners under 40; The region’s favorite neighborhood; Civic technology for the future. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stop-and-go
Red light, green light; Metro isn’t alone; Homeless shelter plan, refined; Metro puts late-night service to bed; When SafeTrack comes too late; That’s the tweet of the police; DC’s dining stars; The price of parking; And…. Keep reading…
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All 91 Metro stations, ranked by ridership
WMATA’s PlanItMetro blog has released a trove of data on Metro station use. Here’s one snippet: All 91 stations, ranked by the average number of riders who entered the faregates each weekday in February, 2016. Union Station\t29,371 Gallery Place\t25,537 Farragut North\t24,597 Metro Center\t24,330 Farragut West\t20,917 Foggy Bottom\t20,121 L’Enfant… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Site and sound
Location, location, location; A signal of the start; Noisy neighbors; DC’s newest union members; Might still merge; Back to basics; A national transit map; Let’s build a better bike city. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Streetcar and new starts
In case you missed it; A new start for St. Es; Spooked in Ward 6; More money, less office space; Metro connects the data dots; Reliable railcars for the Purple Line; Don’t dwell on the rules. Keep reading…