Tag: Trains - Page 8
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PBS Examines Stimulus Package's Impact on Local Transit
Public transportation may finally be back in style in America: ridership is way up, and Obama's recently-passed stimulus package includes massive funds for mass transit and rail. Despite this, cash-strapped cities and states and are cutting back on the
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High Speed Trains As Sexy as Fast Cars
You know the Times they are a'changing when the pages of an American newspaper have pictures of fancy fast trains instead of fancy fast cars. But that is what is in the New York Times as they review some of the trains and routes
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Obama Plans Massive New High Speed Railroad
More good news from that economic stimulus bill that's poised to pump some serious money into green projects across the country: a big chunk of the funding will be used to create a huge new railroad system. Now I know what
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Hitachi Super-Express Trains Coming To Britain
A consortium led by Hitachi has won the bid to provide super-express trains to Britain. This is great news if you like fast, safe trains and plan to drive (or fly) less in the future.
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Hold Onto Your Carbon Footprints: The U.S. Mass Transit System is Preparing to Gouge Riders Big Time!
It is a sad state of affairs when things are hurting so bad in the economy that we can't even count on the things which could help save us. While over the past year we have seen record levels of public transit riders, we are going to
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Train Charter Trips Boom (Despite Swedes' Fondness for Planes to Thailand)
Leisure travel is a Swedish pastime almost as integrated into the culture as filmjölk (sour cultured milk), Swedish meatballs, and moose hunting. Swedes know their international travel habits
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Trains vs Planes: Is Rail Always the Low Carbon Option?
Image credit: The Guardian Is Train Travel Really the Greenest of the Green? Only last week I wrote about 5 high speed trains that were changing the face of rail, not only breaking speed records, but cutting emissions too. And days later Martin Frid
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Thoughts on Freeway Widening and Public Transit
Image Source: annia316 via Flickr Public Transit--A Tool of Appeasement? Last November 4th I excitedly went to my local polling station to cast my ballot in the Presidential election. At the same time, I also voted on several ballot initiatives in my
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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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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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5 High Speed Trains that are Changing the Face of Rail
Image Credit: Good Clean Tech Record Smashing Speed and Efficiency Will Challenge Airlines Trains and TreeHugger are a natural fit. But as Eric pointed out in his recent exploration of high-speed, low emission trains over at Planet Green, recent
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No Way To Run a Railroad: Amtrak Arrests Photo Contest Participant- For Taking Photos
TreeHugger loves trains and loves Amtrak, kind of like one loves a wayward child. Thanks to underfunding and management, Amtrak gives train-haters lots of
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New Deal 2009? Three Plans to Rescue the Economy and the Earth with Public Transportation
Change is definitely in the air these days. President-elect Obama is putting together his plans for some sort of New Deal-like program, which he has said will include massive investments in building public institutions
