Public Transit

Wayfinding maps

We’ve wrote a lot about housing affordability, road safety, infrastructure, history, and much more here in St. John’s metro. One of the ‘more’ items is Metrobus. We try to be impartial but ultimately, transit is a public service, which means it is political. We have heard from many residents regarding their issues and it hasContinueContinue reading “Wayfinding maps”

Raised crosswalks

There are many things engineers and designers can do to make our roads safer. They can narrow the roads down like at the Kellys Brook trail crossing on Newtown Road. They can add in curb extensions like at Cavendish Square and all over Water Street. They can make roads one way like all throughout downtownContinueContinue reading “Raised crosswalks”

When The Experiment Is Designed To Fail

Have you taken the new Metrobus route 33 express yet? I have. I wasn’t planning to. I was going to a movie and I showed up at The Village too early. Route 33 was right there and, I decided, waiting is waiting. Have you given any thought to why you haven’t used route 33 yet?ContinueContinue reading “When The Experiment Is Designed To Fail”

Commuter data – who doesn’t drive a car?

St. John’s: One of the most car friendly city in Canada. That might not be true according to many articles you’ll find on the internet, but the statistics are there. People here LOVE their cars and just can’t get enough of them. Below are some of the statistics for St. John’s and its peer metroContinueContinue reading “Commuter data – who doesn’t drive a car?”

Traffic calming – Modal filters?

What is a modal filter? It is a structure that filters out different types of transport methods. There are many examples. Diagonal traffic diverts on 4 way intersections prevent vehicle through traffic. A bollard in the middle of a bike trail prevents large SUV’s from getting in the trail. A chicane gate may prevent largeContinueContinue reading “Traffic calming – Modal filters?”

Metrobus Transit hubs

Once you start reading about transit systems all across Canada, you start to see a pattern. Big cities have transit hubs. Halifax has a half dozen, York spent tens of millions on a really shitty one, Calgary has many, Toronto has so many I can’t even count and so on. We ‘sort of’ have hubs,ContinueContinue reading “Metrobus Transit hubs”