Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Distracted Drivers
Most people are aware of the dangers of trying to multitask while driving, but most continue to do it anyway. See video.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Getting Uphill
Getting Uphill
Sometimes it can be a challenge to get uphill. But here are two worthy solutions. The first is an innovative bicycle lift in Trondheim, Norway. The second is the 4th Street Elevator in Dubuque, Iowa, one of the remaining funiculars still in use in the U.S. Message to transportation planners: we need more of both of these modes of transport. Getting uphill should be fun! Ah ha -- that's why it's called a funicular.
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Sometimes it can be a challenge to get uphill. But here are two worthy solutions. The first is an innovative bicycle lift in Trondheim, Norway. The second is the 4th Street Elevator in Dubuque, Iowa, one of the remaining funiculars still in use in the U.S. Message to transportation planners: we need more of both of these modes of transport. Getting uphill should be fun! Ah ha -- that's why it's called a funicular.
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Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Monday, August 3, 2009
Friday, May 29, 2009
Monday, May 25, 2009
Walk, bike or sit, car-free, in Times Square and Herald Square
BY RICHARD VANDERFORD and SAMUEL GOLDSMITH
It's curtains for Broadway. Effective Monday, the iconic thoroughfare is officially closed to motor vehicles in two key sections of midtown - Herald Square and Times Square.
See Story...
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Friday, April 17, 2009
President Obama Puts National High-Speed Rail Plan on Fast Track
Today Scott Bernstein, President of CNT, was invited to participate in a public announcement of President Barack Obama’s national high-speed rail (HSR) master plan. The President, joined by Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, thanked the select group of leaders who have been working tirelessly on bringing high-speed rail to the United States. President Obama presented a vision that challenges Americans to imagine traveling at 100 mph or more by train, then making local connections by walking or transit. “The Obama administration is moving quickly to advance high-speed rail as the most sustainable and cost-efficient mode of innercity transit,” said Bernstein. “By investing in high-speed rail, the Obama administration is not only addressing transportation issues but also reducing greenhouse gas emissions.”
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Transit Riders for Public Transportation
From the Labor/Community Strategy Center: Transit Riders for Public Transportation (click link)
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
AC Transit riders' claim of funding bias tossed
A federal magistrate has dismissed a suit by AC Transit riders who accused the Bay Area's transportation funding agency of racial discrimination by steering state and federal money to trains with a relatively higher proportion of affluent white riders and away from buses that carry more poor and nonwhite passengers.
Business as usual (click for full story).
Business as usual (click for full story).
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Equity in Regional Transportation
Watch the 15 minute video of the lecture by Thomas W. Sanchez, PhD. in January 28, 2009 on the subject of Equity in Regional Transportation, part of Metro’s Transportation Speaker Series.
Problems of access to transportation for minorities and the poor persist today, as rising transportation costs begin to rival the cost of housing for families of modest means. How can we address the question of access to transportation for minorities and the poor, so that these fellow citizens can benefit from the economic, social and environmental success of our region?
Dr. Thomas Sanchez is an expert on transportation, land use, urban and regional planning and environmental justice. He earned his doctorate in city planning from Georgia Tech in 1996 and has since taught at Iowa State University, Portland State University and Virginia Tech before becoming chair of the Department of City and Metropolitan Planning at the University of Utah. Sanchez is also a nonresident senior fellow of the Brookings Institution and chair of the Transportation Research Board Social and Economic Factors Committee.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Monday, January 26, 2009
New Transportation Technology
New personal transport that combines transport and recreation. Not for the faint of heart. Click here for video.
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