Neat advertising using PT
I quite like it when smart advertising is combined with Public Transport. This one is from Stockholm and is to promote hair products and is done by using ultrasonic sensors to detect the arrival of trains. h/t: The Atlantic Cities…
2 Comments Road pricing and rail
The issue of road pricing comes up quite frequently in the comments on this blog and it’s certainly not something we’ve shied away from in the past – though I find myself a bit frustrated by how polarised arguments over road pricing become: Its advocates think it’ll solve all transport issues, tend to ignore its potential negative side effects and think we should do it tomorrow if only the politicians had some guts.…
Making congestion charging politically feasible
Transport economists and planners have long argued that the only way to really solve traffic congestion is through some form of road pricing, or as it is commonly known – congestion charging. The theory behind it is simple: congestion is the result of there being excess demand for road space in comparison to the level of ‘supply’ that exists.…
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