Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. Rangers strike out when it comes to public transit (SF Weekly) The Texas Rangers play in Arlington, a city of 380,000 wedged [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. More federal money for California’s bullet train (L.A. Times) The U.S. Department of Transportation is providing $731 million for the project to [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. London: bring on contact-less credit cards for fare payment (ZDNet) The city’s transit agency said it plans to allow customers to pay [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. Best argument he’s seen yet for high-speed rail (California High-Speed Rail blog) New saddle seats for airplanes are being marketed as a [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. Siemens takes high-speed rail campaign straight to the people (Streetsblog DC) The firm has begun posting ads in airports reminding passengers there [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. Beverly Hills City Council discusses subway tunneling under homes (The Patch) This brief video gives you a taste of the discussion by [continue reading]
Photo by Gary Haigh, via email submission Gary shot this photo of the Shinkansen bullet train in Tokyo. I like the lines in the photo and how Gary captured the train’s sleekness. This train looks like something that just wants to go really, really fast. If you would like to [continue reading]
One of the challenges of building a bullet train in California is that it would be the first of its kind in the United States and all the expertise on how to design, build and operate the trains is currently overseas in Europe and Asia. After the jump is a [continue reading]
