Wandering around the web, I discovered today a good news from Rome: A brand new BRT opening in the south-east of the city. The new infrastructure will start from ANAGNINA subway station and extend further east, passing through Cinecittà Est and Tor Vergata. All details of this infrastructure are here (PDF). (image: Roma Metropolitane) Almost [...]
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New bus network in Lausanne
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.3 - public transports, A - News, tagged buses, lausanne, metro on December 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(image: wikimedia commons) From Sunday december 14, the new bus network will be operational in Lausanne. The main changes will be: Lines 5,6 and 45 will be suppressed or re-routed in oder to avoid superopsitions with the metro, Lines 4,6 and 15 will be merged into the new lines 4 and 6, New line 21 [...]
Unofficial map of Lausanne and Vaud nightbus: Somnambule
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.3 - public transports, A - News, tagged buses, lausanne, news, night, trains, vaud on October 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In Vaud, public transport is organized around several companies, each one with its own website, its own design, its own line numbering criteria. During the day, a centralized bus and train schedule and fare system allow users to organize their trips without many inconvenients, but during the night (between midnight and 4AM), things become more [...]
Transit Art: Transformers
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.3 - public transports, 3 - events, A - News, tagged art, buses, lausanne, news on September 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mobility week is almost over: for ten days, walking, cycling and public transport have been the main topic of a long list of events in Lausanne. One of the event of this week was the shooting of Transformers 02, by NOTsoNOISY and Retrobus:
Transit needs some creativity
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.3 - public transports, 3 - events, B - Trends, tagged buses, switzerland, trains, trends on August 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today, on All About Cities, I found an interesting post on improvements in public transports. What if people with longer commutes could sit in a luxury coach, fully stocked with amenities, including: Wireless internet (like the google bus in San Francisco) A personal TV with a variety of programs (as on many airlines, especially in [...]
Fast-recharging electric buses
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.3 - public transports, B - Trends, C - Tips, E - Reportages, tagged buses, electric, science, technology, tips, trends on July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(video: a supercapacitor bus recharges in Shanghai) As gas prices are getting higher and higher, the need to find other alternatives to gas-powered buses becomes more and more urgent. High frequency bus lines have no problem in this conversion, as they can be turned into trolleybus lines without excessive cost, but this reconversion can be [...]
sheer transit pleasure: historical trains
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.3 - public transports, 3 - events, B - Trends, C - Tips, tagged buses, fun, lausanne, metro, paris, party, trains, tram, travel, trends on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(photo via flickr) One of the nice surprises you can find while riding public transports, is finding yourself into a special, historical train. Ancient rolling stock, old fashioned staff, special festive ambiance… in a while, the trip loses its tmosphere of boring daily commute and turns itself into an improvised party: everybody starts to talk, [...]
Nightbuses network opens in Turin
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.3 - public transports, A - News, tagged buses, downtown, italy, news, night, turin on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(image: wikimedia commons) From june 27, 10 new nightbus lines link Turin city center (piazza Vittorio Veneto) with its surrounding suburbs. The new lines will run every Friday and Saturday night, from 1.00 AM to 5.00 AM. Buses will run every 20 minutes on the Star Notte Line, and every hour on the other lines. [...]
Sheer transit pleasure
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.3 - public transports, 2.4 - cars, C - Tips, D - reflections, tagged buses, cars, events, fun, reflections, tips, trains on June 26, 2008 | Comments Off
(video: BMW commercial – note the “sheer driving pleasure” logo at the end) (photo:”Is it not time for a change?” by green idea factory) Public transport has always been seen as the poor alternative to cars. While cars are always pictured as a way to get pleasure and new sensations, public transports are always seen [...]
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