• more about #masstransit
    OldDog1: Casual carpooling as it's called has been going on in the East Bay for years. Just swing by certain corners in the morning, pick up two (no more, no l... more »
    will: the real way they get people to give rides in oakland is not, i think, splitting gas cost, but because you don't have to pay bridge toll if there's mo... more »
    acrobatic rabbit: ...because in the future everyone will wear neon blue Neo-inspired clothing and strike kung fu poses upon entering and exiting their uber awesome new ... more »
    Josh Wimmer: No kidding about the injustice of urban transit regulations. Within the past year, if I remember right, New York's taxi commission was lobbying to sto... more »
    Jo Schmo: I personally am waiting for teleportation to catch on in this country more »
    Rasselas: For example, in Oakland, CA, you can wait near a supermarket parking lot, at a smart carpooling stop, and drivers will come looking for people who nee... more »
    crashedpc - Haifisch: I will NOT accept rides from strangers in Oakland. Freakin kidding me? One person vehicles require neon blue trench coats or else entry will be DENIED. more »
    scroggzilla raids again: Personal Rapid Transit, you say? Meet the prototype[web.presby.edu] more »
    Belabras: The reggae bus may not be as fast as the other buses, but they have a better time on the way there ;) more »
  • #futurism

    Forget The Shiny Toys — Urban Transit Will Go Low-Rent

    Whenever public planning types talk about urban transportation's future, they always discuss light rail or tiny electric yuppie-mobiles. But future urbanites will really get around in the cheapest, most low-overhead manner possible. More »
  • #worldwithoutcars

    The Public Transit Projects that Should Have Been

    Urban history is littered with the dead bodies of scrapped public transit projects. When eager commuters and car companies turned the automobile into the most popular form of transit in the world in the twentieth century, many cities set aside plans for expanding their public transit systems, such as the electric tram system planned for regions feeding into Melbourne, Australia. In some cases, city planners actually ripped out existing transit systems like Los Angeles' once-enormous cable car network. What would these cities and others look like if their public transit systems had continued to thrive and we lived in a world without cars? We've got five alternate urban histories of public transport for you below. More »