Building good transit requires building good systems to deliver it - planned networks; ridership models; engineered standards and cost/benefit analyses.
The problem is precisely that we require each locality to reinvent what should be a well-understood wheel, discarding learning after each project.
December 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Building good transit requires building good systems to deliver it - planned networks; ridership models; engineered standards and cost/benefit analyses.
The problem is precisely that we require each locality to reinvent what should be a well-understood wheel, discarding learning after each project.
I bet their lawyers are punching walls. The deal is supposedly for 3 years, but that's pretty much a copyright giveaway. I'm not a lawyer but I don't think you can put this toothpaste back in the tube. It's an irrevocable financial decision to pivot from earning royalties on IP to... what?
December 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I bet their lawyers are punching walls. The deal is supposedly for 3 years, but that's pretty much a copyright giveaway. I'm not a lawyer but I don't think you can put this toothpaste back in the tube. It's an irrevocable financial decision to pivot from earning royalties on IP to... what?