Reduce travel. Use public transport. Car addiction kills people.
Transportation
Posted inToMl / Transportation
Windshield perspective of a Pulitzer-winner
Pedestrian advocates sometimes talk about an attitude called “windshield perspective.” That’s the point of view people develop when their ass is planted firmly in the … Windshield perspective of a Pulitzer-winnerRead more
Posted inEconomics / ToMl / Transportation
Wasted money on roads
A new study by the respected Texas Transportation Institute at Texas A&M University shows that traffic congestion is starting to creep back toward its pre-recession … Wasted money on roadsRead more
Posted inBicycle / Multimedia / Transportation
The First Annual Youth Bike Summit
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Posted inBicycle / Transportation
London’s Bicycle ‘Superhighways’
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezwWf9Hk7hY]
Posted inIndia / Road / ToMl / Transportation
Making roads for Indians
Wilbur Smith Associates, a South Carolina-based transportation consultant, recommended a solution to the city’s jammed roads: a 6-mile-long elevated expressway running through Chennai’s four beaches … Making roads for IndiansRead more
Posted inBicycle / Job / Road / Transportation
Creating jobs
Bicycle advocates can point out many reasons to endorse the growing popularity of the transit mode, from environmental friendliness to the rise of walkable cities … Creating jobsRead more
Posted inGreenhouse gas / Pollution / ToMl / Transportation
Planes or Volcano?
– from informationisbeautiful.net
Posted inRail / Transportation
Wuhan-Guangzhou High-Speed Rail Corridor Opens
High-speed rail service was inaugurated yesterday between Wuhan, a metropolis in central China, and Guangzhou, an urban business hub in the country’s southern Guangdong Province. … Wuhan-Guangzhou High-Speed Rail Corridor OpensRead more