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The Cost of Being American

written 27 Apr 2009 in the earliest morning

What is the value of the American Dream? Making money consumes more than half of our waking adult days, so how are we spending this money? A recent article on Forbes.com (along with some other data) sheds some light…

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Ideas on Less Parking and Buses

Having spent some significant time in cities where transit really seems to work, meaning it’s easy to use, people actually do use it, and it’s affordable, I thought I’d jot down some notes about what I believe Pittsburgh needs to do to improve it’s own public transportation system, as well as a few other ideas to curb driving and bump ridership. (…)

25 Apr 2009 | Filed Under: issues confronting us all | 1 Comment

The Port Authority Finally Knows Who’s Riding What, When and Where

Brent over at Peak Direction has awesomely pointed out that the study the Port Authority commissioned to analyze it’s routes has finally come out to the public, and it’s got a ton of great information inside. (…)

9 Dec 2008 | Filed Under: pittsburgh | No Comments

Port Authority Strikes

I lived in Portland, Oregon for most of last summer. I’ve been living in Austin, Texas for the past month and a half. (…)

23 Nov 2008 | Filed Under: issues confronting us all | No Comments

Public Transit: Comparing Austin to Pittsburgh

Maybe I’ll make a little series out of this, comparing the City of Bridges to the City of Live Music. Or this may be the last post in this vein, we’ll see. (…)

19 Oct 2008 | Filed Under: pittsburgh | 2 Comments

The Port Authority Wants to Hear from You

As part of the major renovation that’s happening with our fair city’s transit system, the Port Authority is holding open house meetings specifically aimed at hearing where the public wants to go when it comes to riding buses. (…)

28 May 2008 | Filed Under: pittsburgh | No Comments

Bring Back the UltraViolet Loop

There are a lot of great bars and coffee shops and other late night hang outs in this city that are pretty easily accessible via bus routes from where I live, places like the Brillobox or Quiet Storm, or neighborhoods I’d like to explore more thoroughly like Regent Square. (…)

2 Apr 2008 | Filed Under: pittsburgh | 2 Comments

Find Port Authority Hand Schedules Instantly

After I created this mobile-optimized version of the Port Authority’s trip finder, Jake from 42harold.org sent me some code and permission to style up his own creation, an extremely simple and easy to use little form that allows you to type in the name of a bus you’re looking to find and it’ll bring up the PDF version of the hand schedule from the Port Authority’s website. (…)

17 Mar 2008 | Filed Under: how-tos & web design (ing), pittsburgh | No Comments

A Better Port Authority Trip Finder

The Port Authority of Allegheny County offers an online trip planner that is decent from a functionality standpoint, but the Port Authority’s website in general, to be as definitively accurate as possible, sucks. (…)

13 Mar 2008 | Filed Under: how-tos & web design (ing), pittsburgh | 11 Comments

Investigating the Port Authority, Drink Tax and the Onorato Administration

This report will attempt to demonstrate how, given the available data, the Port Authority could actually profit considerably more than $32M per year, if it gets its act together. (…)

25 Jan 2008 | Filed Under: issues confronting us all | 5 Comments

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