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Episode 45: TRB recap: light rail, design, walking, technology ...
January 23, 2014

This is the first of several episodes featuring content from TRB Annual Meeting sessions in Washington, DC, starting with the common themes of transport data, automation and the idea that technology will solve more than a few of our problems.  From t

Episode 44: Transit Data, Marketing & Communication with Aaron Antrim
January 09, 2014

Our guest today is transit data and communications consultant Aaron Antrim of Trillium Solutions. We learn how to manage, present and use transit information to improve mobility and expand freedom by making transit networks easier to use. Find links all o

Episode 44: Transit Data, Marketing & Communication with Aaron Antrim
January 09, 2014

Our guest today is transit data and communications consultant Aaron Antrim of Trillium Solutions. We learn how to manage, present and use transit information to improve mobility and expand freedom by making transit networks easier to use. Find Aaron's wor

Transit Tips: a new feature
January 06, 2014

Transit Tips is a new feature on Critical Transit, offering quick suggestions to improve transportation services and bike and pedestrian safety. Some are cheap and easy; others take time to implement, but all are simple strategies intended to help us make

Episode 43: Traffic signals with Matt Steele
January 02, 2014

A new year, a new challenge to the deity of traffic engineering: the traffic light. Streets.mn contributor and recent Minneapolis City Council candidate Matt Steele says we have too many traffic signals and explains why that's a big problem for everyone.

Episode 43: Traffic signals with Matt Steele
January 02, 2014

Are traffic signals helping or hurting us?

Episode 42: Bike Winter
December 23, 2013

An informative panel discussion with four winter bicycling veterans in Minneapolis. We cover bike handling, what to wear and how to prepare your two-wheeled vehicle for our favorite season. Sneak away from the holiday dinner for this special episode and

Episode 42: Bike Winter
December 23, 2013

An informative panel discussion with four winter bicycling veterans in Minneapolis. We cover bike handling, what to wear and how to prepare your two-wheeled vehicle for our favorite season. Sneak away from the holiday dinner for this special episode and g

Episode 41: Rail Transit Safety with Marc Ebuna
December 15, 2013

In light of the latest Metro-North Railroad derailment, fellow New Yorker Marc Ebuna, now a Boston-based transit advocate and editor of Transit Matters, joins me to explain what we can learn from the recent series of incidents this year on the nation's bu

Episode 41: Rail Transit Safety with Marc Ebuna
December 15, 2013

In light of the latest Metro-North Railroad derailment, fellow New Yorker Marc Ebuna, now a Boston-based transit advocate and editor of Transit Matters, joins me to explain what we can learn from the recent series of incidents this year on the nation's bu