Posts tagged Travel Reports
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Metro has a twin in San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico has a subway system called Tren Urbano that offers quick, comfortable rides from the city’s outskirts to near its center. A lot of visitors don’t even know it exists, let alone that it was the last system like Washington DC’s Metro built in the US. Keep reading…
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America’s most bonkers bikeway is in Clearwater, Florida
What do you do if you have active freight rail tracks running down the middle of a downtown street? Add bike lanes, of course! Keep reading…
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I spent five days in Havana. This is what transportation is like there.
Cuba has some special twists on transportation. These are my impressions after a five-day People to People cultural exchange tour I took of Havana, the Cuban capital. Articulated buses and bus stops were full: Keep reading…
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When life gives you buses, make bus-trains
It’s very easy to use both buses and trains in Lucerne, Switzerland thanks to a well-planned system that cleverly gets the most out of every line. They’ve even got “bus-trains,” which combine great parts of both modes to make transit available to more people. Keep reading…
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Johannesburg’s Gautrain aims to get people out of cars and into the city
South Africa’s Gautrain whisks passengers around the country’s traffic-clogged Gauteng capital region quickly and safely. Completed in 2012, the system is an attempt to both get people out of their cars and revitalise the centers of Johannesburg and Pretoria. Keep reading…
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Here’s a look at how Cape Town, South Africa is doing bus rapid transit
A new bus rapid transit system opened in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2010. Here’s a look at the system and some of the ideas our region (looking at you, Montgomery County) might put to use. Keep reading…
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Connecticut opens its first BRT spine in Hartford
Looking to New England for interesting transit developments, Hartford opened its first Bus Rapid Transit line this weekend. The 9.4-mile CTFastrak busway does double duty as both BRT and a regional transit spine for express buses. Keep reading…
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San Diego’s Trolley is just the beginning of an extensive countywide rail network
Continuing our look at transit systems outside the Washington region, San Diego county has a light and commuter rail network that stretches 117 miles across Southern California. Keep reading…
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Would you have guessed? Dallas has the country’s biggest light rail system
Whether it’s to gain a little perspective or just for fun, it’s interesting to check out transit in other cities. The Dallas Area Rapid Transit light rail system is the country’s longest, stretching 90 miles across North Texas. Keep reading…
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Offbeat pedestrian and bike signs in Panama
Panama’s capital, Panama City, lacks pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, but the country has some pretty amusing signage. For example, there’s this “pedestrian” sign. Perhaps we should all be aware of bootylicious robots. Keep reading…