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Impressive, Rider Counts up Yet Again
Via TriMet…
Another strong ridership month
TriMet bus and MAX ridership figures continued to climb in December 2008, with 8.1 million rides taken during the month. Some of the increase was due to more weekdays this year compared to 2007, and new riders traveling on transit during the winter storm. All figures are compared to December 2007.
Bus and MAX ridership
- Weekly bus and MAX trips were up 4.5 percent over the previous December, averaging 1.86 million trips.
- Weekday bus and MAX rides were up 4.8 percent to 305,900.
- Weekend rides were up 3 percent to 328,900.
- Rush hour trips on bus & MAX were up 11.7% averaging 103,900 trips.
Bus ridership
- Weekly bus trips increased 2.4 percent to 1.2 million trips.
- Weekday bus trips increased 3.2 percent to 199,500 trips.
- Rush hour bus trips rose 11.7 percent to 71,600.
MAX Ridership
- Weekly MAX trips increased 6.4 percent to 661,500 trips.
- Weekday MAX trips increased 7.9 percent to 106,400 trips.
- Rush hour trips increased 11.8 percent to 32,300 boardings.
Wind Turbine Bridge Stirs Imaginations
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
A proposed bridge going over the Columbia River in the Portland-Vancouver area may be able to power itself with wind turbines integrated right onto the design.
Recycling Becomes an Economic Liability
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Due to consumers cutting back, the global market for recyclables has collapsed and even begun to cost some cities’ recycling programs.
Mapped History of Manhattan’s Waterways
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Interactive maps of Manhattan from 1865 and 2008 are overlayed in this piece from The New York Moon that discusses the history of the island’s waterways.
Seeking Sponsors As Infrastructure Dies
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
This piece from New Geography looks disparagingly at an idea in San Francisco to allow corporate sponsorship of the Golden Gate Bridge in order to raise money for infrastructure projects.
Getting Kids Off the Street- And Up In The Air
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Want to get kids off the street? Build playgrounds on top of skyscrapers, like in this retro-future design from 1957’s Mechanix Illustrated.
A New Community Center in Brooklyn, With New Ideas
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Architect George Ranalli’s new Saratoga Avenue Community Center attempts to redefine the form by focusing on permanence and design.
Tunnel Picked for Seattle Viaduct Replacement
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Officials in Washington have come to a consensus on plans to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct, Seattle’s damaged inner-city arterial. They’ve decided on a $4 billion tunnel, but the plans still need approval from the state legislature.
Bike-Riding On Long Island
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
This editorial looks at the hostile environment of bicycling on much of Long Island, and ties it to the precarious life of many immigrant laborers, who already suffer from apparent hate crimes. Sadly, riding a bike only increases their vulnerability
Can Brutalism Clash with Religious Exercise?
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
A Washington, D.C. church contends that its current facility, a historic Brutalist buildling, interferes with its theology and should be able to replace it with something more “welcoming” and fitting with “the scale of the community.”
