Tag: Public Transportation - Page 11
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Top Gear: Fast, Sexy Car Vs. Shinkansen, A-Bike And Public Transportation
I don't usually watch Top Gear, BBC's flawed, outdated - but incredibly popular - car-hugging TV show. But when they raced across Japan from Kyoto, past Mt Fuji, through the not so crowded highways in Tokyo, to Mt Nokogiri in Chiba prefecture, I just
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Shinkansen: Introducing The Five Fastest Regular Super Express Trains In Japan
Really fast train transit started in Japan October 1, 1964 with the 0 "bullet train" Shinkansen between Tokyo and Osaka. Built with domestic technology and a small (but important) US$80 million loan from the World
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Most Popular Airline Routes Which Shouldn't Be
This tally of the most popular airline routes reveals that several of the busiest flight routes are absolutely unnecessary. In the top three, we can understand the Hong Kong to Taipei trip, and numbers two and three--LA to
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Trainspotting In Japan: Fans Bid Farewell To Classic EF 551 Engine
Yesterday train aficionados went to Takasaki, north of Tokyo, to bid farewell to the EF 551 train engine, affectionately known as "Moomin" because of its resemblance to the cartoon character. A few of my friends regularly meet
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Half of Americans Already Making Energy Efficiency Improvements, Few Get Out of Their Cars: New Survey Finds
Most regular TreeHugger readers probably try to do as much as they can to live greener lifestyles (even if we all probably could do more...) but what do people in general do? If you're
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Big Apple is Big Winner for Its Transit Improvements
New York City's sustainability efforts under its comprehensive PlaNYC 2030 boosted it above Beijing, which scrambled to clean up its air before hosting the Olympics, and three other international
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Google Launches New Transit Layer to Maps
Google has added a Transit Layer to their maps, and 50 cities are already easier to navigate via public transportation because of it.
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Promoting Train Travel In Japan
We noted previously that PR campaigns to make trains fun, sexy, and romantic include posters and TV commercials here in Japan, with well-known actors and actresses at scenic locations. For people over 50, Japan Rail makes a special
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Making Trains Fun, Sexy, And Romantic in Japan
When I first moved to Japan in 1988, one of the things that made life here so great was the transit. Here is a very nostalgic collection of commercials that play on the theme of meeting the one you love, during the holiday season. Music by Tatsuro
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Economic Downturn Affects California High Speed Rail Project
Image: Calhighspeedrail.org Another Negative Impact of the Economic Downturn The global economic downturn has already contributed to a major deficit at the New York MTA, lowered the value of recycled materials, and of course hurt individuals and
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Weather the Storm with These 6 Green Tips
The persistent snow and other bad weather that has blanketed the northern U.S. and much of Canada has ground several cities to a halt and made many everyday activities all but impossible for folks from
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How Bad Is Taking a Cab to the Airport, Compared to the Flight Itself?
Pulling back the curtain a bit on the TreeHugger virtual office, I’ll let you in on part of the working method of those of us cranking out the eco-news, pointing our collective Duchampian finger at the latest in green cool, and
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One Swedish Cyclist's Lament: How Hard Should it Be to Bike to Work?
As in world bike-capital Portland, Oregon, so in (relative) biking backwater Gothenburg, Sweden - short-hop urban biking can be a breeze, but try biking from the far suburbs in to central city locales. Your mileage and your experience will vary
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Istanbul's Public Transit Plans: 12 Million People, Almost as Many Ideas for Moving Them Around
Once upon a time -- way back in 1871 -- Istanbul had some of the most innovative public transportation around. More recently, the city has lagged behind.
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$5.2 Billion Rail Project in Washington, D.C. A Sign of the Times
Image Credit Fabio Raphael Public Transportation Gets a Boost Several trends are emerging in the current political and economic climate that are conducive to public transportation. First, there is the surging popularity of public transportation in the
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Commuter Rail Returns to Baghdad
Image Credit: Saad Khalaf / Los Angeles Times Commuter Rail Returns to Baghdad As a result of the significantly improved security situation in Iraq, the Ministration of Transportation has been able to provide a commuter rail service in Baghdad for the
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Winners of the Rolex Awards for Enterprise Named
The Rolex Awards for Enterprise are given to five Laureates who "embody the spirit of enterprise to benefit their communities and the wider world." The winners each get $100,000 to continue projects already under way and a Rolex Oyster, the world's
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300 Hybrid Buses To Be Driving the London Streets by 2011
Yesterday Transport for London unveiled a new range of single and double deck hybrid buses which will form the first stage of a major expansion of the UK capital’s hybrid bus fleet. By the end of January 2009, 56 hybrid buses will be
