John Hennessy III,
P.E.
As long as humans are alive, they will always need to be able to get from one place to another. That’s why transportation is so critical. Without it, how can people go to work, run errands, travel to fun destinations, or return home? No matter what the situation is, consumers share their commutes on social media: it runs the gamut from delayed subways to what kind of car to buy to which ridesharing app to use to where they are biking to.
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The Dutch capital Amsterdam is widely known for being bike-friendly. But it wasn’t always a model cycling city. Public outrage at rising traffic casualties in the Seventies caused city planners to rethink their approach to urban design. Video by Gloria Kurnik.
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In all cases shown below, the benefit-cost ratio exceeds 1, meaning that $1 invested in transit yields more than $1 in economic benefits. Three Chicago-specific studies conducted over the past two decades all show significant benefits to the region if we were to invest in a state of good repair or expand service. Of all the studies we surveyed, the smallest expected return from investing in transit was 21%. This would be considered a hugely successful investment in the private sector.
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Annual productivity gains are part of many organizational goals. Employees may seek to increase their income by working more hours, and they have family and social obligations after work. Time for recovery rest breaks and restorative sleep seems like a luxury that fewer and fewer people and organizations provide. With all these factors, fatigue is becoming a major concern for U.S. employees and employers.
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The New York Transit Museum archives have this vintage video produced by the NY Transportation Board in 1949 about the New York City subway system. At the time, the fare was $0.10 – and the turnstiles had been modified to accommodate a dime. The first subway token wasn’t used until 1953.
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In some of the cities, the mayors have really stepped up…The action is really in the cities and in the states where you have governors and mayors with a vision, using some of their own resources, using private resources, using PPP’s and making things happen. You need to have leadership by elected officials, by people who are charged with the responsibility for infrastructure. Whether it’s transit, whether it’s airports, whether it’s highways, it’s incumbent upon the elected leaders to have the vision and the courage and the ability to really make things happen. Citizens really rely on the leaders in their cities and states to fix the infrastructure, improve the infrastructure, enhance the infrastructure, and it’s going on in many different places around the country as there’s a real void in Washington DC.
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Metros are of critical importance for mobility, as societies are becoming ever more urbanized. At the end of 2017, there were metros in 182 cities in 56 countries, carrying on average a total of 168 million passengers per day. 75 new metros have opened since the year 2000. This massive growth is to be credited largely to developments in a few countries in Asia.
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“TOD is taking off like a rocket, and how fast this is accelerating should be exciting news to the engineering world,” says Andy Kunz, president and CEO of the Transit Oriented Development Institute, which conducts conferences, provides educational resources and advocates for TOD best practices.
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Municipal and civic officials in cities across the country are grappling with how to respond to the unexpected arrival and rapid growth of new mobility services. These include ride services such as Uber and Lyft (also called Transportation Network Companies, or TNCs), “microtransit” companies such as Via and Chariot and more recently dockless bikeshare and electric scooter offerings.
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As the movement toward Vision Zero grows – with more than 30 U.S. communities committing to the goal of zero traffic deaths – public transit is increasingly recognized as a core strategy to support safe mobility for all.
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