A new service provides transit users live, real-time displays of all transportation options within proximity to various locations in downtown Seattle, Washington.
As discussed on the Seattle Transit Blog by Frank Chiachiere, the Seattle Department of Transportation has teamed up with TransitScreen to provide readable multi-modal information to transit riders. The screens contain easy to read information on bus and rail arrival times, and bike-share and carshare location and availability, so that riders can make informed decisions as to their travel mode choice.
Following the lead of a number of other North American cities such as Washington D.C., San Francisco, Salt Lake City, and San Diego, Seattle has been working hard to implement new technologies making riding transit easier to understand and more transparent.
However, as Chiachiere points out, Seattle still does not have a standardized wayfinding method to pinpoint transit locations, like Vignelli’s 1970 standards manual for New York’s MTA, making the new implementation of TransitScreen perhaps preemptive.
FULL STORY: TransitScreen Launches Downtown
The Mall Is Dead — Long Live the Mall
The American shopping mall may be closer to its original vision than ever.
The Paradox of American Housing
How the tension between housing as an asset and as an essential good keeps the supply inadequate and costs high.
Report: Las Vegas, Houston Top List of Least Affordable Cities
The report assesses the availability of affordable rental units for low-income households.
Anchorage Leaders Debate Zoning Reform Plan
Last year, the city produced the fewest new housing units in a decade.
How to Protect Pedestrians With Disabilities
Public agencies don’t track traffic deaths and injuries involving disabled people, leaving a gap in data to guide safety interventions.
Colorado Town Fills Workforce Housing Need With ‘Dorm-Style’ Housing
Median rent in Steamboat Springs is $4,000 per month.
City of Yakima
City of Auburn
Baylands Development Inc.
HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research
Mpact Transit + Community
HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research
City of Birmingham, Alabama
City of Laramie, Wyoming
Colorado Department of Local Affairs
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.