Latest Stories in Public Transportation - Page 2
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Vancouver's TransLink Tries to Better Integrate Bikes with Buses, Trains, and Ferries
Vancouver's TransLink is doing exactly the right thing by making it possible for commuter to go multi-modal and ride their bike and then hop with it on a bus, train, or ferry.
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A Picture Is Worth... Waiting for the Bus in Brooklyn
The line is six blocks long!
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The Boat Project is a Sail Boat Made from Wooden Memories
It's Olympic art--a boat that was made from donated wooden items and was sailed along the coast of England.
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China Turned Into Giant Parking Lot During Holiday Week
Massive gridlock is expected on China's roads this week, showing us how important quality public transit is.
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Public Transit Art: Map of London Underground is Also a Working Radio Circuit Board!
What can we say, we love beautiful transit maps. They're a modern artform, and while some are just traditional maps, others put an interesting twist on things.
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Americans Want More Public Transit, Not Roads
According to a survey from the NRDC, more Americans want public transit, not more roads, to solve the traffic problems in their communities.
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Yep, High Speed Rail Will Slash Emissions
A new nonpartisan study shows that California's high speed rail is a good investment, and will slash transportation emissions in the Golden State.
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Beautiful Time-Scale Transit Maps by Peter Dunn
I know there are lots of transit map fans out there. It's a modern art-form for sure! Take a look at these original time-scaled maps.
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In 2011 New York City's Traffic Remained Flat While Transit Numbers Went Up
New York City's Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) has just released its 2011 scorecard.
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Union Pacific to Test 25 Cleaner Experimental Locomotives in California
Trains are great, but they can be even better if we deal with the air pollution that is created from burning diesel fuel.
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100 MPH Passenger Train to Link Miami and Orlando—With No Government Funds
Even after its governor rejected federal funding for high speed rail, private companies are pressing on.
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Public Transport at the Olympics is Smooth Running--So Far
Despite the Olympic hysteria about the subway system, everything is moving well so far.
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Could Heathrow's Autonomous Podcars Be Scalable to City-Wide Use?
Robert Llewellyn checks out Heathrow's driverless podcars and gets very, very excited.
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Some People LOOOOVE Trains. And Then There's This Guy! (Video)
Have you ever heard a grown man have a traingasm?
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Riding the New £60M Olympic Cable Car
It's a short ride with a spectacular view of the eastern part of London and the Thames River.
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Security Theater? London Parks Hydrogen Buses During Olympics for "Security Reasons"
I'm not the biggest fan of hydrogen in the world, but still, we shouldn't encourage irrational fear of it when gasoline and diesel are probably more dangerous.
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Uruguay to Buy 500 Electric Buses from BYD by 2015
Is BYD putting electric cars on the back-burner for now and concentrating on larger electric vehicles?
