* Latvia - Buses from Riga
Riga,Latvia -PhotoRiga, by Ikars -1 Nov 2010: -- But I have so many supposedly interesting public transport pictures of Riga, that I decided to make this whole week in this theme. So, you will see various pics of Riga public transport ...
Riga doesn't have metro (it was planned to built in 80ies but wasn't possible due to both people's protests and too difficult soil conditions - it should be digged in very deeply), but it has very developed tram, trolleybus and bus network. The most renewed fleet is buses - there are no old buses in use. Riga has several bus depots, here you see one in Maskavas district. In summer, I rarely use public transport. How I get around the city? Well, if you look closely in the second picture you can find an answer there...
Only serious competitor to official Riga public transport enterprise (which runs buses, trolleybuses and trams) in Riga are minibuses. They also runs in many different routes, they are fast and they are also cheaper than municipal-owned public transport. There have been stories about too dangerous driving about those minibuses - they usually didn't respected traffic rules but it seems lately the situation has became better...
* Canada - Montreal's Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
Montreal,QBC,CAN -Images of Centre Town, by Charles Akben-Marchand -November 1, 2010: ... The buses allow you to use the Opus smart card for your fare. We found that it took 1-2 seconds for each passenger's card to register with the system. This slowed loading considerably--for the ten or so people getting on the bus at this top, I had enough time while waiting in line to get my camera out, move to the front, and take a photo of the people getting on board... As we travelled the route, we passed few notable things (I'd compare it to taking the 85 down Carling Avenue from the Queensway to Lincoln Fields). The standard bus stops were not unlike those in Ottawa...
The only other thing to say about our short look at the bus system in Montreal--and only because I like to end my posts with something a bit more interesting than the above photo--was this long bus. We don't have articulated Novabuses in Ottawa-Gatineau, just the 40-foot model. Montreal does...
* Malysia - More buses useless without better info delivery
Putrajaya,Malaysia -The Malaysia Kini, by Moaz Yusuf Ahmad -Nov 4, 2010: -- The members of the Association for the Improvement of Mass Transit (Transit) note the recent announcement of 25 additional buses for the Nadi Putra service, to increase the size of the fleet from the current 150 buses... According to the article, the buses are smaller, and they will be used for a "feeder bus" role, going deeper into the housing estates to pick up passengers... The Nadi Putra service and the Putrajaya Corporation which owns the service, is also going to invest in an awareness campaign to encourage more people to take the bus... They are also promising that drivers will stick to the schedule in order to ensure that the service is reliable... Transit is pleased to note that the Putrajaya Corporation and Nadi Putra are going to continue with their efforts to improve the supply of public transport in Putrajaya... The only question is, will this increase in supply along with the awareness campaign help to increase the demand for public transportation?... The short answer is, there will be little change in the short term. And this is obviously disappointing for all those well-meaning people who want to see demand for the public transport service increase... Information about Nadi Putra bus services is currently poor and the awareness campaign (which will probably be little more than banners on light poles for car drivers to read) are simply not going to be enough to get more people to use the service... (Photo from t3.gstatic: The local government has plans to add more buses in Nadi Putra's fleet)Labels: public transport systems
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