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Links and Tidbits – October 24, 2014

Links and Tidbits – October 24, 2014

Links and tidbits is our semi-regular roundup of interesting fodder about transportation from the last few weeks or so. If you have links to contribute, put them in the comments, or email us.

» Transit buses in North America are built to last about 17 years and after that they hit the scrapper. Check out this photo from the Amix Group of our old buses:

» BREAKING NEWS – TransLink is unveiling a tiny bus program! “Where will these buses go at night? How will we keep them safe?”

» Transit Police’s surveillance footage of a thief losing his pants after breaking into a SkyTrain station has made it onto CBC’s This Hour Has 22 Minutes (starts at approximately 17:40).

» What are you doing on Halloween night? Why not get together with other ghosts and goblins and ride the Canada Line?! The Vancouver Public Space Network is organizing the ninth instalment of their Halloween SkyTrain Party.

» This video will warm your heart as dozens of train riders came together to help a man that was trapped between the platform and train.

» Can’t miss this bus stop! This “obvious bus stop” in Baltimore, designed by an art collective Mmmm, is a typography sculpture that spells out the word ‘bus.’

» Instagram recently introduced Hyperlapse – an app that allows users to create their own time lapse videos right from their phone. Check out these Hyperlapse videos on Miss 604 of SkyTrain, SeaBus, and much more!

» The economic benefits of being linked to rapid transit means developers are stepping up to pay for stations, reports Business in Vancouver.

» The Globe and Mail’s Ian Bailey tweets, “Montreal’s #STM lays down law on fiddling with #Metro doors.”

» Illustrated Vancouver and TransLinked’s Jason Vanderhill has a new book. Titled, Vancouver Confidential, this book is a fresh look at the rare urban culture of a port city in the mid-twentieth century.

» Who can resist a discussion of how to improve online trip planning?  Transport for London’s Digital Blog has had some interesting posts lately about how they’re upgrading their online trip planner.  Things like crowdsourcing points of interest (identifying POIs must be a major task in a megacity) and planning appropriate transit journeys to large sporting venues with multiple access points.

» We love some cool SkyTrain photos! Check these out from Céline Ramoni on Flickr.

» What were you doing in eighth grade? Ivan Specht is designing subway maps for cities that don’t have subways!

» This will  surely brighten up your Monday morning commute. A dance partay onboard this train in Perth, Western Australia.

»  The Associated Press takes a look back at how Japan’s bullet train has revolutionized rail travel in the world as it turns 50 years old.

» Honolulu is building the United States’ first “wide-scale” driverless transit system! It is scheduled to be in operation in 2017  and will operate for 20 hours a day. (Thanks Sheba and Stefan)

» Check it out – London Underground’s new planned subway trains designed by PriestmanGoode! They will replace trains on the Piccadilly, Central, Bakerloo, and Waterloo & City lines.

Author: Allen Tung

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