Comments on: The Strengths of Temporal Use http://www.montanatransit.com/discover/archives/10 Public transportation can work in a state with fierce independence and long, lonesome highways. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:51:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Jordan Hess http://www.montanatransit.com/discover/archives/10#comment-8 Jordan Hess Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:28:01 +0000 http://www.montanatransit.com/discover/archives/10#comment-8 the most noteable examaple is Bogota, Columbia, with a car-free city on Sunday mornings. Estimates are that +/- 2 million people (25% of the city) hit the streets and socialize or exercise on bikes. <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=fMUjs0krSGMC&pg=PA61&dq=temporal+use+of+streets&ei=9x9UR5ahKYjssQPgqL20AQ&sig=SiHnFhbje_Bio0Ll_QUdO9ImVxE#PPA61,M1" rel="nofollow">An article on the subject by Ken Kruckemeyer.</a> the most noteable examaple is Bogota, Columbia, with a car-free city on Sunday mornings. Estimates are that +/- 2 million people (25% of the city) hit the streets and socialize or exercise on bikes. An article on the subject by Ken Kruckemeyer.

]]> By: danielnairn http://www.montanatransit.com/discover/archives/10#comment-7 danielnairn Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:16:56 +0000 http://www.montanatransit.com/discover/archives/10#comment-7 huh, beyond carpool lanes, I hadn't really considered temporal use. Some of these ideas have potential. It seems that the main issue would be communicating clearly to all users of the changes. Perhaps street signs could also be malleable in some way. Maybe, also, as internet becomes more ubiquitous, there will be better ways to pass this information along (wireless connected GPS units?) The incremental change value is worth considering too. While, we are not at the place where a car-free downtown would work yet, why not inch our way toward it and see how far the public would want it. I would vote for Sunday to give it a shot. Kind of a slower day ,business-wise, as it is. I wonder it any towns do something like this already ? huh, beyond carpool lanes, I hadn’t really considered temporal use. Some of these ideas have potential. It seems that the main issue would be communicating clearly to all users of the changes. Perhaps street signs could also be malleable in some way. Maybe, also, as internet becomes more ubiquitous, there will be better ways to pass this information along (wireless connected GPS units?)

The incremental change value is worth considering too. While, we are not at the place where a car-free downtown would work yet, why not inch our way toward it and see how far the public would want it. I would vote for Sunday to give it a shot. Kind of a slower day ,business-wise, as it is.

I wonder it any towns do something like this already ?

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