Oh The Urbanity! makes videos about cycling, public transport and urban planning. It's based in Canada, but it often looks at examples in other countries too. You can follow at:

@ohtheurbanity

There are already over 150 videos uploaded. If these haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them all at https://video.canadiancivil.com/a/ohtheurbanity/videos

Urbanists.video is a PeerTube server for people interested in urbanism, walkable cities, public transport and related topics:

https://urbanists.video

If you want to publish videos on these topics, this server is taking sign-ups that let you upload videos.

You can find out more at https://urbanists.video/about/instance or contact the admins @alex and @mattcaff

Rail.chat is a Mastodon server for train, rail and transit enthusiasts and experts. Topics include passenger and freight rail, other non-car options, and the economic, environmental and equity benefits of seamless mobility.

https://rail.chat

You can find out more at https://rail.chat/about or contact the admin @conductor

Rushing a donor’s heart 13 km in 13 minutes by public transport in India. Hyderabad Metro’s ‘Green Corridor’ shows another way sustainable transport can save lives.

https://buff.ly/4hoWz18

#PublicTransport picks of the day:

@bimba - Free open source app to help people use public transport

@TheWarOnCars - Podcast on fight against car culture

@reece@video.canadiancivil.com (videos) & @reece@canadiancivil.com (general) & @reecemartintransit (blog) - In-depth videos about all forms of public transport around world

@RailwayGazette - News about railway industry

@notjustbikes - Videos about urban planning & transport

@seatsixtyone - Founder of Seat61.com, covering rail travel in Britain, Europe, world

1/5

@MoTGM

Do any of your buses have a kitchen?

Fascinating slice of history, even if it doesn't directly involve Manchester!

Here are some video accounts to follow about public transport, cycling and city planning:

TRANSIT, TRAINS, CYCLING & URBANISM

@shifter
@reece
@ohtheurbanity
@paige
@heartlandurbanist
@rail_casual
@ianrbuck
@making_tracks
@kaleb
@jaywink
@jleiper
@mobility_matters
@sflkirk
@harald_kliems
@nicholas_mke
@drtcombs
@atthenius

These are PeerTube accounts, but you can follow and interact with all of these from Mastodon etc.

An 18 lane freeway, 100 meters wide, moves less people than a busy subway line.

The Brooklyn bridge used to move 420,000 people per day.

In the 1950s, trolleys were removed, and since then it has never moved more than 180,000 people per day.

Cars destroy cities.

Info from @notjustbikes

Hrm does anyone have a good data source for public transit occupancy (even if just regional) that's preferably open, and open about how it estimates occupancy?

Asking for a student looking for a thesis topic... Feel free to boost

Das Business-Portal der #Bahn scheint aktuell komplett kaputt zu sein.
Man kann offenbar gar keinen Account mehr anlegen (nur Privataccounts funktionieren) und entsprechend keine BahnCard-Bestellungen absetzen.

Etwas uncool, weil die Bahncard-Aktion faktisch heute ausläuft (letzter Arbeitstag).

Was für ein Katastrophenverein!

#PublicTransport from hell

PS: Der Zug meiner Kids war natürlich wieder verspätet. Heute war das Mamataxi die Rettung.

#ÖPNV from hell

I think there's room for a movie where a sleep deprived QHSE Manager on their way to an early start at work ends up fighting off the zombie apocalypse.

Only hours later we find out they were just really tired and confused groups of punkarse school going teenagers with bands of marauding zombies.

It's a movie oriented at adults. And very relatable to all who have ever taking a Tuesday morning bus.

I'm gonne have a coffee.

Your daily reminder that people want to take public transport if you let them.

In this case not even 10 minute headways are enough to cope with demand.

As always, frequency is freedom.

Micro-rail-transit, Stourbridge, West Midlands, UK. #publictransport

Are you interested in public transport such as trains, buses, transit systems etc? You might want to follow RM Transit which posts in-depth videos about public transport around the world:

@reece@video.canadiancivil.com

If the videos haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them all at https://video.canadiancivil.com/a/reece/videos

You can also follow the general account at @reece@canadiancivil.com and the blog account at @reecemartintransit

Reece Martin (aka RM Transit) posts in-depth videos about public transport including trains, trams, buses etc and how they relate to urban planning. You can follow their video account at:

@reece@video.canadiancivil.com

If the videos haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them all at https://video.canadiancivil.com/a/reece/videos

You can also follow their general social media account at @reece@canadiancivil.com and their blog at @reecemartintransit

Happy 12th birthday to South Morang station, opened 22nd April 2012 - this was the terminus of the line until extended in 2018 to Mernda.

This line runs only every 20-40 minutes outside peak - more train services and connecting bus services are needed to make it more competitive with car travel.
#Melbourne #PublicTransport

Rail.chat is a Mastodon server for train and railway fans, as well as those interested in the wider topic of non-car transport options:

https://rail.chat

More info at https://rail.chat/about or contact the admin @conductor

#30DaysOfBiking, Day 7 + 8: Yesterday (#7) I was doing a ride for a doctor's appointment and groceries. (5km ⇆)

Today (#8) a dry 4km commute to the office in the morning. In the late afternoon I rode to my bicycle mechanic to leave my daily driver #Brompton there for maintenance work (chain, rear tire, gearbox, …). Rainy 6km.

As I didn't want to carry a 2nd bike into the office, I decided to take the bus back home from the mechanic. I'm no more used to that many people on #publictransport.