Would anyone in Richmond ride it ?
Apparently, if you’re a U of R employee, the answer is no.
I heartily applaud the new president’s efforts to green the campus and hand out free bus passes to employees. However, only 97 of 1500 employees had accepted the offer when the TD published their story on Saturday. [...]
In the city once famous for implementing the nation’s first electric streetcar, streetcars may soon return to Broad St.
According to Richmond’s “top planner,” Rachel O. Flynn, the city and GRTC are working together to return trolleys to Broad St. But before they do that, they’ll begin piecemeal implementation of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT).
They’ll start [...]
Nothing more needs to be said. Click on the picture below:
Photo header reads: Amount of space required to transport the same number of passengers by car, bus or bicycle.
Photo courtesy of Juan Jose. Thanks to Tim for emailing me this picture.
Bacon’s blog posts are always thoughtful, usually well-researched and spark endless debates in the comments section. Considering we often blog about similar subjects- transportation options, sprawl, planning and urban development- I’m jealous of the intellectual heft of his posts and of his loyal readers and hecklers.
I wish I were as smart as he is.
That [...]
Want to improve Richmond’s transit system? Read on for a specific suggestion on how you can influence GRTC.
I recently posted about the prospect of public involvement in reshaping Richmond’s public transit system. Several folks chimed in with helpful comments about desperately needed changes. Please add your voice to that conversation.
One commenter [...]
Buried in an article about the move of GRTC headquarters is this exciting statement [emphasis mine]:
The bus company expects to complete a survey of the system, including all bus routes, later this year. The study will set the stage for a public debate over what localities in the region want from the bus system and [...]
GRTC is changing - hopefully in ways that will improve public transit in the Richmond region.
The old news is that GRTC is abandoning the 100+ yr. old facility on Robinson and Cary and building a new hub in Southside. The exciting news is that the expected outcome of this move is, not just a [...]
Let’s analyze this statement:
For some business owners in areas where the GRTC buses don’t reach, finding employees willing to walk from the bus stops to the workplaces isn’t easy…
“There is a huge disconnect between where the jobs are and where potential employees are coming from,” said William H. Baxter, president and CEO of the Retail [...]
Jim Bacon at Bacon’s Rebellion e-zine has posted a lengthy and excellent discussion of the history and future of commuter rail in Chesterfield Co. Although the likelihood of any public tranist projects being actualized in the near future is almost nil, there is some promising news buried in this article and an accompanying blog [...]
Richmond.com is reporting that City Council’s Finance Committee recently killed off the proposed downtown circulator- in part because businesses wouldn’t pay for it.
I’m glad that Richmond.com is tracking this story, as I’m not an avid city council watcher and hadn’t heard what happened to this proposal. It’s odd, however, that they’re posting this story [...]
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