The Birmingham Jefferson County Transit Agency board of directors has fired Ann August, the very effective executive director who lead the transit agency through a successful reorganization, acquisition of new buses, development of two new commuter routes, and the development of plans to optimize use of resources within the agency. Coverage from The Weld about her initial decision to leave in… Read more →
Category: transit
Birmingham transit – a trail of tears
When I married, moved to Birmingham, and returned to school, my original plan was to take the bus to and from my suburban apartment to the downtown UAB campus. I was a heavy transit user in Toronto, using the city buses and subway when my destination was too far to reach easily on my bike. In my inner west end… Read more →
TTC bendy trains
I am a transit geek. I just returned from a trip to Toronto to visit my elderly mother. While there, I used the subway. The city’s transit agency, the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is in the process of replacing it’s rolling stock with new open continuous access trains (officially called the “Toronto Rocket”, (making the slang the official train model… Read more →