A few of the headlines hoovered up by the Metro library that caught my eye this morning: The Wilson Quarterly has a good article about bullet trains and the lack of them in the United States. An excerpt: This gap only widens in the rest of Amtrak’s 22,000-mile nationwide network. [continue reading]
I’ve long argued that when planning mass transit, the most important thing to many people — especially those who have the option to drive — is to make sure that mass transit is competitive time-wise with the car. That’s why I encourage all transit planners to read Lina Chung’s opinion [continue reading]
I may not be a morning person, but when I wake up at the crack of noon, I like to start my day off with a cup of coffee and transportation headlines just like anyone else. That’s why I woke up before noon to collect the hard work of the [continue reading]
Hey, it’s Monday. You can either start your week by actually working or by reading all the fascinating stories about transportation that the Metro library has found by scouring the entire Internet. Three stories, in particular, caught my eye. The Human Transit blog has a smart post about budget-inspired service [continue reading]
Does anyone at the Metro library ever sleep? I doubt it. Plus, why sleep when there’s an entire Internet that must be scrubbed to find the latest, greatest transportation headlines for your reading pleasure. The great transportation writer Tom Vanderbilt has a story at Slate that asks why the press [continue reading]
I was in Springdale, Utah, over the weekend, visiting nearby Zion National Park. At one point I ducked into a gear store and spied this T-shirt, which made me laugh. Obviously the message is funny — albeit one-sided and I’m not in favor of arming gas pumps — but I [continue reading]
Welcome to November readers, here are today’s transportation headlines to get your month started with lots of tasty transportation tidbits to chew on, courtesy of the Metro library. Not surprisingly, there’s plenty of coverage on the Gold Line Eastside Extension after last Friday’s media preview ride. The LA Eastside Blog [continue reading]
Here are today’s transportation headlines, courtesy of the Metro library. Recommending reading: Mayor Villaraigosa seems to be committed to transit, but what about bicycling? Stephen Box over at City Watch ponders whether things would be different in Los Angeles if the Mayor actually rode a bike to City Hall and [continue reading]
Here are today’s transportation headlines, courtesy of the ever-helpful Metro Library. I think the big story this week is the federal government’s sudden interest in banning texting while driving. A good piece by Wired explains what the feds can and can’t do — basically the best hope is to bribe [continue reading]
Here are today’s transportation headlines, courtesy of the Metro library. There’s a few stories you should definitely check out. Human Transit, a fantastic blog run by a real live transit planner, has a story on transit navigation and the different needs of spatial navigators (map lovers) and narrative navigators (turn-by-turn [continue reading]
