On this page
- Accessibility and Universal Design
- Bus Stop Design
- Information and Wayfinding
- Culture, Society and Public Transport
- Station Architecture
- Public Transport-Related Technology
- Organisation, Policy-Making and Advocacy in Public Transport
This page is a work in progress. We intend for it to contain useful information & discussion and comments about public transport, from design, (including station design, interior design & architecture, universal design and accessibility and information and signage) to culture and heritage (including art, museums, and music). We invite you to contribute your ideas, feedback and resources to make this page better and more interesting and broad-reaching.
1. Accessibility and Universal Design
1.1 Policy on Universal Design
Department for Transport (UK)
2004 – European Conference of Ministers of Transport report on improving accessibility (with UITP – International Association of Public Transport)
1.2 Guidelines for Universal Design
1.3 Consultation on Universal Design
New York – Research on Low-Floor buses (1998)
2. Bus Stops Design
2.1 Guidelines for Bus Stop Design
- London – Transport for London Accessible Bus Stop Design (2006)
2.2 Malaysian Bus Stop Design
- New Look for Bus stops (01/10/09)
3. Information and Signage
3.1 Guidelines on Information and Signage
4. Culture, Society and Public Transport
4.1 Art
- London Transport Museum visual art collections
- “My City Moves Me” – a photo movie from the Vancouver Skytrain courtesy of Kristopher Grunert
- Toronto subway art by Sigmund Serafin (courtesy of Transit-Toronto)
- Art on the DLR (Docklands Light Railway)
- Art on the Underground – formerly called Platform for Art (London Underground)
- Singapore MRT’s North East Line – Art in Transit brochure, Art in Transit station tour, Stations (Chinatown)
- City Circle Line – Art Competition
4.2 Music
4.3 Museums and Heritage
- List of public transport museums courtesy of Metro Bits;
- London Transport Museum, Online shop and research library;
- New York Transit Museum (wikipedia site with photos) & shop;
- Singapore Land Transport Gallery website & brochure;
- Saint Louis Museum of Transportation;
- Rotterdam Openbaar Vervoer Museum;
- Brussels Urban Transport Museum (Musée du Transport Urbain Bruxellois);
- Berlin S-bahn Museum, U-bahn Museum;
- Munich MVG Museum;
- San Francisco Railway Museum;
4.4 Corporate Branding and Design
- Collection of Metro Logos (courtesy of Metro Bits)
5. Architecture and Urban Design
5.2 Current Stations
5.2 Other examples
- Guide to the 50 most beautiful metro systems in the world (with star ratings) courtesy of Metro Bits
- Toronto Transit Commission Yonge-University Spadina extension (courtesy of Torontoist:
6. Information about Public Transport-related Technology
6.1 Bus-based Technologies
- ‘Trailer’ Bus (also known as Articulated Bus)
- Hybrid Bus
- Bus Rapid Transit (IDTP Basic Introduction Course, ITDP BRT Planning Guide, ITDP BRT Fact Sheet, IDTP links on low-cost mass-transit; VTPI document)
- Expressway Rapid Transit
6.2 Tram-based Technologies
- Trams (also known as Streetcars) – from VTPI,
- Rapid Trams (also known as Light-Rail Transit, LRT, or Light Rail)
- Tram Trains (also known as Light-Rail Transit, LRT, or Interurbans)
6.3 Mass Rapid Transit Technologies (MRT, MTR or Metro)
- Mass-Transit Course Module from ITDP
- 3rd Rail
- Overhead Pantograph
6.4 Special Technologies
- Maglev
- Guided Bus
6.5 Non-motorized Technologies
- Non-Motorized Transport Course Module (ITDP)
- Traffic Calming (ITDP Fact Sheet)
7. Organization, Policy Making and Advocacy in Public Transport
7.1 General Information
- International Association of Public Transport (UITP) / UITP Asia Pacific
- Victoria Transport Policy Institute (VTPI)
- Institute for Transport & Development Policy (ITDP)
- Transportation Planning (general information courtesy of Wikipedia)
- Transport Economics (general information courtesy of Wikipedia)
7.2 Policy Proposals & Resources
- Public Transport: the Smart, Green Solution (Resource page Courtesy of UITP)
- Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual, 2nd Edition (Transportation Research Board’s Transit Cooperative Research Program);
- Transit Benefits Guide (Victoria Transport Policy Institute)
- Bus Karo: A Guidebook on Bus Planning & Operations (EMBARQ)
- Public Transport Network Planning in Australia: Assessing current practice in Australia’s five largest cities (Mees & Dodson);
7.3 Interesting Position Papers
- UITP position papers
- Rail+Property Development: A model of sustainable transit finance and urbanism (UC Berkeley Centre for Future Urban Transport);
- Gender and perceptions of public transport (Study courtesy of ITDP)
- Bikes on Bus Return on Investment Study (Courtesy of Center Research)
7.4 Public Transport Organizing Authorities
- London – Transport for London
- Singapore – Land Transport Authority / Public Transport Council / PublicTransport@SG
- Vancouver – TransLink
- Melbourne – Metlink
- Greater Toronto – Metrolinx
7.5 Passenger Advocacy Groups
- New York – “Straphangers” (a.k.a. NYPIRG StrapHangers Campaign);
- Toronto – RocketRiders by Toronto Environmental Alliance;
- London – London Transport Users Committee;
- Singapore – Public Transport Council
- Melbourne – Public Transport Users’ Association, Sustainable Cities
7.6 Master Planning
- London – Mayor’s Transport Strategy;
- Singapore – Land Transport MasterPlan;
- Metrolinx (Greater Toronto) – The “Big Move”
7.7 Theoretical Perspectives on Transport Activism
- Mobility Justice, by Mimi Sheller
- Crystal Legacy, Dallas Rogers, Kristian Ruming, Nicole Cook – Planning the Post-Political City: exploring public participation in the contemporary Australian city
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According to@Wrongdoings_rapidkl comments, I bet he does not really know the real picture of our Malaysia public transport. He definitely does not take public transport everyday.Well, the recent big arrest for graft and corruptions aren’t clear enough?? My comment is always based on true hard facts. Many Malaysians know the real dark truth whether you like it or not. Furthermore, what do you think Malaysian government can do to improve our public transport with RM105 billion of graft money per year?? It’s been more than 10 years, every year the graft money is RM105 billion. Do you think our government still need to borrow money to build MRT system and improve other public transportation system nationwide if we have this kind of money every year??? So Wrongdoings_rapidKL. Do you think I’m supporting any political party or I’m just stating the fact?? Even our Prime Minister admit that every year, Malaysia is losing out approx. RM105 billion due to graft and corruptions. Do you think he need to make this statement if none of these things happen?? Whether I’m just stating nothing but pure true facts or I’m supporting the oppostion political parties it’s your right to make your guess and speculations. All I know is I’m just stating hard true facts, I’m totally fed up already!!! With all those money, do you know how many poor or hardcore/needy Malaysians can be saved???!!! THINK THINK THINK!!!! Don’t just support the government BLINDLY AND RECKLESSLY!!!