tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post8032472060978870688..comments2024-03-17T08:16:42.227+01:00Comments on World Streets: The Politics of Transport in Cities: New Mobility Hubs: Connecting the dotsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-73174220920676234872009-08-06T08:10:19.838+02:002009-08-06T08:10:19.838+02:00Here are some considerations that should be taken ...Here are some considerations that should be taken into account.<br /><br />1. Not all trains have to stop at every station. One has a choice between a skip<br />stop system whereby different trains stop at different stations but take around<br />the same time, and a system of fast and slow trains (in which some people might<br />actually prefer the slow trains if they are less crowded).<br /><br Simon Norton, Cambridge UKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-86417233224725088472009-08-03T13:04:01.510+02:002009-08-03T13:04:01.510+02:00Richard
One possibility to keep in mind is that t...Richard<br /><br />One possibility to keep in mind is that the stations may really be worth closing.<br /><br />A suburban station will delay every train that calls by one an a half or two minutes: say 30 seconds each for braking, dwell time and acceleration. That doesn't matter for the people boarding but it slows everybody else, and if one stop is extremely lightly used, others are likely Kerry Wood Wellington, New Zealandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-76512501592714454292009-07-31T09:41:35.685+02:002009-07-31T09:41:35.685+02:00separately I have developed this concept as well. ...separately I have developed this concept as well. I call it the mobilityshed (or mobility shed), and similarly, look at a transit line as the "transitshed" (transit shed). I developed the terms based on Robert Cervero's use of the word "commutershed." <br /> <br />But I was trying to figure out how to deal questions that grew out of plans by the Maryland commuter Richard Layman Washington, DCnoreply@blogger.com