Obama Replaces Costly High-Speed Rail Plan With High-Speed Bus Plan Well, I wrote a couple of weeks ago that I would like to see The Source more often show a sense of humor. In that spirit, here’s a nice piece of satire from the Onion for your Wednesday morning timewaster.
If possible get your paws on the Aug. 2 edition of the New Yorker magazine for a terrific article on the nightmare that has become traffic in Moscow. Yes, that Moscow — the one where people once had to stand in long lines to buy toilet paper. The above video, [continue reading]
[youtube width=”600″ height=”475″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8FhoMGdfJo[/youtube] A colleague shared this video of a motorcycle on a rural road in the Philippines that is bursting at the seams with passengers – six of them as far as I could tell. The careful balancing act is harrowing, awe-inspiring and comedic. It really showcases the lengths [continue reading]
[youtube width=”600″ height=”361″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoVXoB6x3vM[/youtube] The first episode of American Makeover, a six episode series of short videos about sprawl in America, launched on YouTube today and its subject is Atlanta – a massive city that may have taken L.A.’s crown as car culture king. The metropolitan area of Sprawlanta, as the [continue reading]
