Tag: Transportation - Page 2
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Let's stop calling the new headquarters for Apple, Facebook and Google "Green": Look at the parking ratios
You just have to look at the parking ratios to know they are environmental disaster areas.
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The car won't disappear overnight, but it is following a familiar road
Emily Badger explains why it takes so long for old technologies to die, and for new ones to take their place.
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Average commute times in the U.S. shown on awesome interactive map
Too many Americans are stuck with long commutes, and there's a double-whammy effect because the longer a commute is, the least likely you are to have access to good public transit options.
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Map Shows What US-Wide High Speed Rail Might Look Like
The dream of high speed rail in the United States is very, very slowly moving forward. But what if we permit ourselves to dream. What would such a rail network look like?
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New Vehicle Average Fuel Economy Reaches Record 24.5 MPG in January 2013
The numbers are in for new vehicles sold in the U.S. during the month of January 2013, and while it's not spectacular, at least the trend is going in the right direction.
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Happy Birthday, Grand Central Terminal
The Cathedral to Transportation is one hundred years old, and never looked better.
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Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Leaves a Legacy
Lahood presided over "the end of favoring motorized transportation at the expense of non-motorized."
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6 Designs Ideas That Have Shaped the (Modern) World
You will probably recognize most of these design items, now their story and impact is being examined in a new show.
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UK Charities Create Trees for Clunkers Program
When scraping your old clunker, the least you can do is donate it to a charity that will undo some of the environmental damage. A UK group does just that by planting trees.
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50% of All Food Produced Is Wasted
We don't have a food production crisis, we have a storage and transportation crisis and a consumption crisis.
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Honda Previews Small Urban SUV Concept
A small SUV model from Honda, built on the Fit chassis, is expected to hit the U.S. market in 2014.
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"Physical Internet" for Business Could Reduce Carbon Emissions and Increase Profits
Sharing logistics systems and goods -- such as standard containers that could snap together like Legos -- could have a significant positive impact on the triple bottom line.
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On Sesquicentennial of First Tube Ride, a Look at the Incredible Design Influence of London Underground
It's just over a hundred years since Frank Pick started working there, and his influence has been felt around the world ever since.
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Smart Highways in the Netherlands Will Glow in the Dark
The country will start experimenting this year with photoluminescent markings on roads that charge in the daylight and glow at night.
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The Average Fuel Economy of All Vehicles Sold in the U.S. in 2012 was 23.8 MPG
The Transportation Research Institute at the University of Michigan has been keeping track of the average fuel economy numbers of new vehicles sold in the U.S. since late 2007. This is their latest data.
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Hong Kong Sick and Tired of Smog, Bans Most Polluting Vehicles
Hong Kong has been trying for a long time, through various 'clean air' measures, to deal with smog that is estimated to cause 3,000 premature deaths every single year.
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Still Looking for a Good Public Transit App for your iPhone? Google Maps is Back to iOS
Apple might have a market cap of half a trillion dollars, but that doesn't make it omnipotent. With the release of iOS 6 Maps, the fruit company has found out the hard way that making full-featured, accurate mapping software is hard
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EPA Releases Top 10 Most Fuel-Efficient Models of 2013 (In Two Flavors)
I've always said that the best way to get around is to walk, bike, or take public transit. But if you need a car, you should get the most fuel-efficient model that meets your needs.
