JTA will go green with its first alternative fuel buses

[Jason]

Ock is on to something!


And as I posted in the Tampa BRT thread, paint a line on the roadways to indicate the bus route.  Would go a long way to helping residents understand where they're going.  Just imagine rolling down Blanding "green line" and watching the bus cross a perpendicular "blue line"?  The passenger would instantly know that the blue line crossing would be a transfer point to other parts of the city.

I chuckled reading this in the other thread, but I see your point.  How about maybe some special signage?  Here is why:

1.) People seem to get confused enough with the yellow and white lines already on the road, do we really want to confuse them more?
2.) You would probably be surprised on how much FDOT spends in road paint, it isn't like running down to ACE and picking up a gallon of Benny Moore's. Then add in the 4 or 5 people who will say you need to pay them for body work bc of overspray on their cars.
3.) I am not even sure it is legal, when my motorcycle club does runs we have to agree that any markings on the roadway to signal upcoming turns not be in the travel lane and must be capable of being naturally washed away within 72 hours of application (as per FDOT Division 2 Office in Lake City).
I like the idea of symbolizing a route, maybe colored markers shaped like St Johns River buoys along the roadside?

There are definitely other factors to think about with regard to road markings, as you've brought up.  And I understand that DOT doesn't use Benny Moore's outdoor paint.... Personally, I don't see permanant road markings as being any different than streetcar rails in the roadway.  Still, if its not possible to paint lines in the road, then it would be very beneficial to have a very clear route marked out.  IMO, that is another reason fixed transit is superior because it is very obvious where you can and can't go.

[Debbie Thompson]

Jaybird, we will never see Ervin's 200 mpg cars that run on unleaded.  Exxon bought it up so they could bury it. If not, we'd be driving them.  It doesn't pay oil companies to make fuel efficient cars.  Why do you think they fight the government so hard every time a new mpg standard comes out?  Left to their own devices, we'd all be driving our old tanks that got 8 mpg.

[tufsu1]

Electric Bus Flash Charge in Geneva

http://translogic.aolautos.com/2013/06/05/geneva-uses-flash-charging-to-recharge-electric-buses-in-15-seco/

[JayBird]

Electric Bus Flash Charge in Geneva

http://translogic.aolautos.com/2013/06/05/geneva-uses-flash-charging-to-recharge-electric-buses-in-15-seco/

That is awesome technology! I am surprised LA and San Fran do not have it as they seem to be about 5-10 years ahead of the east coast on the 'green' movement. In other news: *sigh* remember when America was at the forefront of revolutionary technology?