...somehow an unprecedented energy shock still hasn't been enough to really push up BEV sales in the US (and PHEVs are doing even worse!) so what is happening here for people to still be driving off lots with 60+ grand ICE vehicles.

My kingdom for whatever inter-landlord bullshit is stopping the connection through Place Bonaventure being modernized to be resolved. One of the biggest failures of the REM as a project was not guaranteeing they could build a better (or even accessible!) transfer at such a major node.

...to a three door configuration requiring an awkward half width engine bay (you can really tell the LFS was configured for three doors looking at original rear config) and low floor pit surrounded by high floor seats and most agencies here were not even considering all-door-boarding until the 2010s

The lack of third doors on NA buses doesn't come down to regs iirc. The Orion VI and first (and possibly second gen?) LFS were offered with three door specs. A resort in Colorado bought some three door O6s even. From what I understand the reason no one ordered them with three was partly...

It's so funny how we finally have the 80s/90s pipe dream of data networks being available everywhere yet these dorks leverage the capabilities of these networks less than sickos in the 80s with primitive portable terminals/microcomputers.

Shhhh, don't ruin the trader's fun. Truly incredible they just keep falling for it.

I don't think a rendering would include snow buildup on elements that protrude past the roof or an aerial electrical hookup. It definitely has an uncanny look to it but I think it's an actual photo? Could image compression be making it look "slicker" than the original photo?

Gotta post the old road wear comparison table whenever weight of (e)bicycles gets brought up. Publications just willfully ignoring the steel elephants in the room.

Surely a big corporate conglomerate wouldn't put out products they know to be unsafe just to push wider policy goals or juice their financial numbers. Would be totally unprecedented. Anyway, I have to go pick up the kids in my new Pinto.

Hadn't heard about ROGER until now and god does any transit agency actually ship a decent mobile app? Please tell me they at least have a physical fare card and don't force everyone to use an app.

To be fair, reading economic theory doesn't hit the same as showing people the SoftBank dog telepathy investor slide deck.

I'm sorry but this system seems miserable to use. You absolutely would get confused elderly people shouting at the conductor over trying to navigate something like this Stateside. God forbid the train enters a cell coverage deadzone too.

There is something both incredibly goofy but also fun about seeing a Trollino on the back of a Peterbilt.

It's a such a cliche to post images like this but it shows how dire the situation must have seemed to Dutch cycling advocates in the 70s. All the ped and cycling infra in the Netherlands did not spring into existence on its own.

This approach has led to borderline comedic bidding wars between the SNCF and RATP rather than resources across both public entities being pooled to accelerate design and construction.

Continuing on from the post yesterday, we must all take a moment to appreciate the oranj.

Some more for you. ❤️

Given the aesthetic bots don't appear to have crossed over yet might as well inject some modernist design goodness into feeds. Starting with some great stuff produced for the SNCF over the years.