15 stories tagged public-transit, newest first.
61 points by skadamat | 14 comments
Human Transit blog post by Jarrett Walker on Blaise Pascal's 1662 Paris carriage network, the first fixed-route public transport, and its network design principles.
112 points by CharlesW | 55 comments
An article on The Autopian explaining the engineering behind the joints that let articulated buses bend.
100 points by big_toast | 83 comments
Article from The Basin examining why LA Metro's escalators, specified at 90 feet per minute, are slower than nearly all others worldwide.
244 points by raybb | 312 comments
Waymo's official Waypoint blog post announcing Waymo transit rewards, a program linking its robotaxi service with public transit use.
352 points by moooo99 | 93 comments
OpenTrafficMap is a live web map of traffic in Graz showing vehicles, trams, buses, pedestrians and traffic light states from V2X broadcasts over WebSocket.
537 points by RickJWagner | 507 comments
A Works in Progress magazine essay explaining why Japan's railway system is so effective.
407 points by surprisetalk | 594 comments
A Works in Progress magazine essay arguing that US cities should consolidate and space out bus stops to make buses faster and cheaper to run.
391 points by bookofjoe | 448 comments
New York Times article on Iowa City making its buses fare-free and the resulting drop in traffic and improved air quality; the capture shows a bot-block page.
328 points by pavel_lishin | 528 comments
Bloomberg CityLab article on a paper arguing that limited competition, custom features, and Buy America rules inflate US transit bus costs.
681 points by tcumulus | 137 comments
An interactive gallery by Albert Guillaumes of isometric 3D models of European metro stations and transfers, selectable by city and station on a map.
438 points by anigbrowl | 311 comments
Sixth Tone news article about Shanghai's program letting bus riders propose and design their own customized bus routes.
855 points by dotcoma | 276 comments
Transit app blog post announcing offline motion detection that locates riders between subway stations without GPS and alerts them before their stop.
341 points by thimabi | 131 comments
Blog post describing building a Rust-powered transit arrival display (on a Kindle) to show upcoming San Francisco train and bus times at home.
847 points by Amithv | 195 comments
Sit in Shade is a web app that takes origin, destination, date and time to recommend which bus seat side avoids sun exposure.
450 points by ryry | 276 comments
Trains.fyi is a live map showing real-time GPS locations of passenger trains across the United States and Canada, updated every minute.