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April 1st, 2009

Streetfilms: Curitiba, the Cradle of Bus Rapid Transit

by Elizabeth Press on April 1, 2009

“Curitiba, Brazil first adopted its Master Plan in 1968. Since then, it has become a city well known for inventive urban planning and affordable (to the user and the city) public transportation.

Curitiba’s Bus Rapid Transit system is the source of inspiration for many other cities including the TransMilenio in Bogotá, Colombia, Metrovia in Guayaquil, Ecuador, as well as the Orange Line of Los Angeles.”

Streetsblog » Streetfilms: Curitiba, the Cradle of Bus Rapid Transit.

An interesting short video about public transit in Curitiba, Brazil. 75% of it’s citizens travel by bus to work everyday. 1% of Phionex, AZ, a similar sized US city gets to work via public transit. For comparison 32% of San Francisco residents take transit to get to work, probably 2nd only to NYC.  Check out “Transportation in San Francisco” for other interesting SF public transit facts & demographics.

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The Map Scroll: Income and the 2008 US Election

March 7th, 2009

“You wouldn’t know this if you followed the mainstream media depiction of politics as an essentially cultural battle rather than an economic one, but it turns out that people mostly vote their economic interest:”

The Map Scroll: Income and the 2008 US Election

Pretty interesting, if not unexpected, post about voting tendencies and income. Having grown up in a economically impoverished small town in rural Kentucky I’ve always felt that too many issues are attributed to race rather than economic standing. While its true that violence and to some degree crime is less of a threat there, education, job opportunities, healthcare, housing, and many other standard of living measures are just as bad or worse than inner cities which garner more attention, though admittedly that makes little difference.

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