From subways to Bus Overhaul
Overhaul of existing bus transit networks appears to be the latest straw cities grasp for to match their dwindling resources with a growing insight that better transit is a must-have for future prosperity.
Type “bus overhaul” into the Google search box and a whole bunch of cities and transit agencies pop up who have considered one. The most recent addition to the bandwagon: Austin, Texas. Vancouver in Canada decided to do it and our neighbor DC is no exception. Houston's neighbor Dallas wants to do it, too, but piecemeal and over ten years. In New York City activists were the ones calling for a complete overhaul.
Corresponding with the ever smaller pool of money available, transit improvements in most larger cities have become more modest over the last few decades:
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Community Architect: Can Route-Overhaul Make the Bus Attractive?
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Nikolaus Philipsen FAIA
Archplan Inc. Philipsen Architects
Baltimore MD
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