Podcast 06 - Dealing with Overcrowding | Guest: Amateur Planner

We are joined by the Amateur Planner to talk about transit challenges such as crowded trains and buses, planning and managing bus routes, taxis, parking, fares, and some ways we can do to improve our transit system.

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Over Capacity:  This train sat in the Downtown Crossing station for 2.5 minutes due to overcrowding.

Links to news and other items mentioned in this show:

• Boston City Council moves to regulate Uber & Lyft

• Boston Hubway stations open through December

• New parking garage opens in Salem

• Boston offers free parking on Saturdays during the holiday season

• MBTA reports record ridership (again)

• The High Cost of Free Parking by Donald Shoup (UCLA)
• The Walkable City by Jeff Speck
• EZ-Ride shuttle from North Station to Lechmere, Kendall, Cambridgeport
• Cities in Motion 2 game
• Watertown seeks more, better bus service (letter)
• MBTA Route Performance Indicators (pdf)
• Traffic Hackers data on driving times (project of Amateur Planner)
• EVENT: Livable Streets 10 in 1 Street Talk, Tuesday 12/16 at 6pm

Visit the Amateur Planner site for even more informative transit analysis, including a fantastic look at Route 70 and 70A in Cambridge, Watertown and Waltham.

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