Martin Pagel
martinpagel.bsky.social
Martin Pagel
@martinpagel.bsky.social
transit advocate, cyclist, grew up with many transit options in Germany, have lived in the PacificNW for 30 years 🚡🚄🚌🚎🚈🚲
Frustrated with taking the 8 up to CapHill? seattletransitblog.com/2025/03/17/s... would fix reliability and frequency.
SLU to Capitol Hill Gondola
With Link running mostly north to south, what’s the best way to serve neighborhoods to the west and east of the line? The highways (I-5, SR-99…) run north/south, too, and Seattle’…
seattletransitblog.com
March 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
If you need to use international recognizable names, wego.here.com still uses Denali and Gulf of Mexico
HERE WeGo
HERE WeGo
wego.here.com
February 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Mexico City is getting longer buses and more gondola lines - either could improve West Seattle transit service sooner than spending $7b on a SODO to Junction stub.
Chinese bus manufacturer Yutong, the world's largest bus manufacturer. On Jan 28 unveiled a fully electric 26m long bi articulated high floor bus built for Mexico City's BRT system. I am so ready for Longboi 2: Electric Bus Boogaloo.
February 3, 2025 at 4:36 AM
This metro station looks like the Seattle library!
Zhengzhou Metro social media as of late: "Good Morning! Look at the pictures of the Zhengzhou Metro our employees took." (1/4)
January 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Gondolas are frequent, fast, and reliable. And they can handle Seattle's hills.
www.fastcompany.com/91236860/gon...
This unsung form of public transportation is finally getting its due
Gondolas are frequent, fast, and reliable. And now they're popping up in cities across the world.
www.fastcompany.com
November 30, 2024 at 7:53 PM
One way to make Rainier Valley Link grade-separated would be to add a few underpasses and close the rest of the intersections to cars. This is how they do it in Europe.
Time-lapse of a box-jacking pedestrian underpass pushed into position overnight last weekend as part of Bologna's new tramway. It connects the main O&M facility and the P&R with the western terminus of the line.

youtu.be/qQ3B-p6ESro?...
Time lapse della realizzazione del sottopasso pedonale del deposito di Borgo Panigale
YouTube video by Comune di Bologna
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November 17, 2024 at 7:31 PM