Hate traffic? There’s a new 200-horsepower, $35,000 jetpack coming to market via the Martin Aircraft Company of New Zealand. The new jetpacks weigh less than 254 pounds, can travel at 60 miles per hour and do not even require a pilot’s license, according to the Telegraph. It’s also possible to [continue reading]
Officials on Wednesday heralded a new day for bike-to-transit integration with the opening of two new BikeStations on transit lines, an innovative solution likely to be eyed very closely in other cities. Bikestation Claremont and BikeStation Covina, both located at stations on Metrolink’s San Bernardino Line, are fundamentally different than [continue reading]
Here’s a tale of two stories about Americans getting around these days. On one hand, the Tri-State Transportation Campaign reports that new data from the National Household Travel Survey shows that walking, bicycling, and transit trips are up by over 20% and driving is down by at least 4% since [continue reading]
Looks like the ante may soon be upped in the war on distracted driving: a bill in Sacramento would quintuple the fines for driving-and-texting and also extend the no texting ban to cyclists, reports the Sacramento Bee. Don’t laugh. I’ve actually seen cyclists thumb-tapping away while pedaling down some busy [continue reading]
Sidewalks are made of concrete, right? Well, according to The Infrastructurist they are, but that’s not necessarily the way it has to be. Concrete has its good points: it’s cheap, solid and durable. But it’s also bad for the environment to produce, susceptible to cracking and, well, kinda ugly (especially [continue reading]
An alert Metro operator is today being hailed as a hero for helping authorities rescue a missing 6-year-old and capture her alleged kidnapper. Metro operator Helen Brandon will be recognized at Thursday’s Metro Board meeting for the quick thinking and action that lead to the recovery of the child just [continue reading]
Mass transit ridership was down across the United States in the past year, but there’s one place that has seen record numbers of passengers of late: Vancouver, home to the Winter Olympics, according to the Sun. A new train line was built in preparation for the Games and lines were [continue reading]
Apparently, in an attempt to fix the state budget, Governor Schwarzenegger is hoping to turn the Amber Alert boards on California’s freeways into full color digital displays that funnel advertising messages to drivers as they commute. There are currently 708 message boards, but the plan is to add another 597. [continue reading]
While The Source is our favorite web site for local transportation news, it’s far from the only one. In fact, there’s a plethora of sites and blogs out there created by dedicated Angelenos that have been keeping the transportation dialogue at the forefront long before this blog was a twinkle [continue reading]
Joel Epstein at the Huffington Post says that Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s plan to build 30 years of Measure R projects in the next 10 years is a fine idea — but a number of funding reforms will be needed to make it happen. I, too, think it’s a [continue reading]
