Links across the nation: Transit in your location
Bicycle hero
It’s a video of a bicycle version of Guitar Hero. (Geekologie, Michael P) (Tip: Michael P)
February track work
February’s Metro track maintenance includes closures of Rossyln and Arlington Cemetery, and the lines through them, Presidents’ Day weekend, as well as other closures around Grosvenor and Cheverly. (DCist)
The garden car
Chicago will add a garden on a flatcar to the end of some L trains, to add some green to peoples’ commutes. (Treehugger, Matt’) (Tip: Matt')
Your connecting flight is a train
Autopia argues that airlines should embrace high-speed rail to handle those short commuter hops to large hubs that create a lot of congestion at airports. (Wired) (Tip: scott)
Crown Farm back on
The proposed walkable Crown Farm development around the proposed Corridor Cities Transitway is moving forward after being stalled from the recession. (BeyondDC)
LA to privatize garages?
As we briefly discussed before, LA may privatize some parking garages to raise $100 million in a one-time payment. It could lead to more market-rate garage pricing, but the city won’t get much of the benefit in the future. It also just gets them out of their budget hole for having built $60 million worth of garages recently. (LA Times, Stanton Park) (Tip: Stanton Park)
Are we getting used to doomsday?
As transit agencies keep suggesting the same “doomsday” service cuts they suggested in years past, are people less upset upon hearing them or unaware that the level of service they’re experiencing doesn’t encompass the cuts? (The Transport Politic, Michael P) (Tip: Michael P)