transportation

Revenue per something ㄟ(≧◇≦)ㄏ

So, it is finally time for Streets are for People to hit the big leagues and achieve the goal we set for ourselves over three years ago. When we first started this ragtag group of data nerds and engineers, we had a goal to democratize useful urban data in the northeast Avalon and share ourContinueContinue reading “Revenue per something ㄟ(≧◇≦)ㄏ”

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”

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?”

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”