Tag: Trains
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Riding the Serra Verde Express: World's Only Train to Cross the Atlantic Forest
It seemed like an impossible task in the 1860s, but a train still travels the 610 kilometers long railways everyday, allowing travelers to appreciate a vast reserve of native Atlantic Forest.
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Ferrari Thrill Goes Mass Transit -- First Private European Rail Company Tickets on Sale Now
What's sleek and red and faster than a Ferrari? Ferrari president Montezemolo introduced his newest business venture, mass transit, on Friday.
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London's New Train Station Concourse is a Dazzling Surprise
The new entrance to King's Cross train station in London is a dazzling success.
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High-Speed Rail Line Collapses in China
Thankfully it was still under construction and it appears that no one was hurt. But this was luck that it collapsed at this point and not later when passenger trains were active...
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The Story of a Train Crash in Buenos Aires and What it Has to Do with Climate Action
An account of the events that led to the accident that killed 51 and injured 703 in Argentina and why its symbolism matters.
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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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Watching Transit in Action: Rush Hour Squeezed Into Less Than A Minute
A computer programmer gives us a new view of the city's transit system, a rush hour compressed into fifty-seven seconds.
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Toronto's New Subway Trains Are A Different Kind of Ride
A bit late on this story, but I finally get onto Toronto's new subway cars, and they are such an improvement
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Building a Bike to Ride on Abandoned Railroad Tracks
The "O" is a pedal powered vehicle that is built to ride on roads and fit on abandoned railroad tracks.
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Train-loving German Couple Convert Vintage Railway Cars Into House
After meeting on a train, two Germans decided to take on an "idiosyncratic" project: transforming two old railway cars into a dream house. Here's how they did it.
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RIP, American High Speed Rail
How Obama's ill-conceived plans and united GOP opposition derailed the nation's shot at high speed rail.
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Controversial German Rail Project Approved Over Green Party Opposition
Many environmentalists in southwest Germany aren't cheering the approval of a massive rail project, which they say is unnecessary, overly costly, and environmentally disruptive.
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California's High Speed Rail Will be Profitable, Require No Gov Support to Run: New Report
A new, in-depth 'business plan' for CA's high speed rail line shows that it will be more expensive than originally planned -- but that it will be profitable and sustainable.
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Forget Airplanes, Travel Via Cloud: Floating Zeppelin Network by Tiago Barros
In a world where everything seems to operate at hyper-speeds (often at the expense of the environment), we're well aware of the apparent benefits behind such movements as "slow food" "slow cities" and "slow design." But what about
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German Trains To Run on 100% Renewables
During our live chat with Solarcentury's Jeremy Leggett yesterday, we started out by discussing the high profile solar railway bridge his company is helping install in central London as
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"Seat Savers" Are Best (and Grossest) Idea For Riding Public Transit
They go utterly against etiquette for riding muni, but these seat savers have something wonderfully tempting about them when you really just want some space on the bus. I spotted these on Muni Diaries, a San
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The Week in Pictures: A House without Walls, Gorgeous Rail Car Garden, and More (Slideshow)
On the Caribbean Sea, Colombian firm Plan B Architects has produced a new kind of Passivhaus -- a bioclimatic building with a roof, but no walls.
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CTA Rail Car Transformed into Mobile Garden Wonderland
The Mobile Garden is an idea we've loved for a couple years now, starting with the concept of a rail car transformed into a park in Chicago. Now, the organization has taken the fun indoors, turning the interior of a
