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world3 hours ago•12 min saved

Seattle Emerges as the Leading U.S. World Cup Host, Fueling Citywide Energy

Seattle is touted as the top U.S. World Cup 2026 host, praised for a walkable stadium district around Lumen Field, connected by transit, with multiple fan zones and record activity—high street foot traffic, unprecedented light-rail ridership, and broad media attention from features like a drone scoreboard. The city’s planning turned temporary World Cup activations into a showcase for public spaces and neighborhood vitality, while officials hint at making some changes permanent and even eyeing a future Women’s World Cup in 2031, despite uneven benefits across all neighborhoods and ongoing labor considerations.

via The Urbanist|

#fan-zones #public-spaces #seattle

transportation5 days ago•5 min saved

Penn Station overhaul foregrounds public seating as infrastructure

Amtrak’s Penn Station reconstruction includes long wood benches and broad public seating to improve pedestrian flow for the roughly 600,000 daily riders, with some seating reserved for ticketed passengers; the design nods to the station’s Beaux-Arts roots, but funding and governance—especially Amtrak/MTA partnership—remain unsettled.

via Gothamist|

#amtrak #penn-station #public-seating

world2 months ago•6 min saved

India's Metro Boom Leaves Passengers Behind

India has spent about $26 billion to build metro networks in nearly two dozen cities, yet most corridors are drawing only 20-50% of projected riders (with some as low as 2% in Kanpur and 37% in Chennai; Delhi is the notable exception). The Aqua Line in Mumbai, opened last year, already shows ridership near a tenth of its 1.5 million daily projection. Experts point to overly optimistic demand forecasts, high fares for many workers, insufficient feeder buses and last‑mile options, long transfer times, limited train frequencies and coaches, and fragmented governance as key factors. Without cheaper, more integrated fare and bus/metro connectivity, and better station access, metro use is expected to rise only gradually.

via BBC|

#fare-affordability #governance-and-planning #last-mile-connectivity