Tag: Buses
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Hardcore Band Plays Heavy Metal Tribute to LA's Subway (Video)
It's Casual, a Los Angeles-based hardcore band, delivers a high-energy track that promotes mass transportation.
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Red Double-Decker Buses to Return to the Streets of London as Fuel-Efficient Hybrids
A new and improved version of the Routemaster hits the streets of London in February.
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London's Mayor Kicks Bendy Buses, Seating 120, Off the Road
The bendy buses were hated by cyclists and drivers -- but the fact is, they got a lot of people from A to B.
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Goes Guerrilla Gardening
Guerrilla gardening has gone mainstream. Yesterday Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall aka the wife of Prince Charles, was at it. And she even took a red double decker bus to get there.
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Banksy Supports Fellow Graffiti Artist
Earlier this month TreeHugger noted that a London graffiti artist named Tox had been convicted of criminal damage after a jury decided his art was vandalism.
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When is Graffiti Art and When is it Vandalism?
The graffiti artist known as Tox has been convicted because a jury decided his art was vandalism. His street art consists of his name with the last two digits of the year.
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Living on Groupon Vouchers for a Year May Be Unwittingly Green
TreeHugger has followed the "journeys" of several people who have chosen to live on nothing for a year but here is a new twist. Josh Stevens has been living off Groupon vouchers for almost a year now across the United States and
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America's Weight Problem Means Mass Transit Needs An Upgrade
I'll assume that you know America's collective growing waistline in a major health problem, with myriad causes from diet to exercise to economic. Well, the situation has become bad enough that the Federal Transit
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Los Angeles's Subway To The Sea In Its Final Planning Miles
Today's LA Marathon followed a "Stadium to the Sea" route that has been in effect since 2009. The route was designed to showcase the City's landmarks from the East to the West. While looking at the map,
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High Gas Prices Make Buses & Trains the Best Deal in Two Years
Driving is hardly any fun any more --- like when you have to fill up, or pass a gas station to see those $3+ a gallon prices. If you're a bus rider, however, your money is being stretched. Of
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Madrid's Mayor Fiddles Air Pollution Results
The Mayor of Madrid is very proud of the reductions in air pollution achieved during his term of office. "We have better air quality in Madrid than ever before", he boasted this year.
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BRT Keeps Going In Latin America: Construction Of First Line Begins In Buenos Aires
Ever since Jaime Lerner used it to radically transform transit in Curitiba, Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems have spread all over the world. Why wouldn't them? They work similar to subway networks but above the ground, and cost a
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Old School Buses Reincarnated: Into a Working Bus Shelter
At the intersection of West Broad and Alps Road in Athens, Georgia, if you're looking to catch a bus, you can wait at the region's most innovative (and recycled) bus stop. It's made from three old school buses (years
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Cold Bus Commuters Warm Up in Hot Breakfast Ad
Ads are everywhere in the big city. How many of them give you a warm feeling inside and out? This inventive ad at a bus shelter in Minneapolis is selling hot breakfast sandwiches from Caribou Coffee. The ad makes the bus shelter look
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Pedal Power: London's Boris Bike is a Roaring Success
London has introduced a bicycle rental scheme, officially called the Barclays Cycle Hire but affectionately called Boris Bikes after the mayor, Boris Johnson.
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In Paris, IKEA Makes Waiting for the Bus a Pleasure
This week, Parisians and visitors to the city taking the bus will have a very different experience while
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Police Told to Catch the Bus to Get Around
Whether it's a fully painted police tractor complete with blue light, or a battery-powered electric police scooter, the British police are no strangers to trying out alternatives when it
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The Scandalously Non-Comformist Life of a Car-Free Celebrity: Hot Young 'Mad Men' Actor Tells All!
The tendency in Hollywood to "equate carlessness to loserdom" is well-documented, but one of its young stars is bucking that trend. Mad Men actor Vincent Kartheiser not only
