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 Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4Kjuewk2cg&w=560&h=315] Transportation’s addiction to petroleum products isn’t going away, so says the above [continue reading]
This weekly post features news from other transit agencies and planners from around the world. Did we miss a good story? Let us know in the comments. Ride to ballgame on vintage train transports fans to another era The New York subway trains above enjoyed their heyday from the 1920s [continue reading]
Transit agencies across the U.S. have been waiting with baited breath to find out if their projects would qualify for New Starts funding from the Federal Transit Administration. If New Starts sounds familiar, it should: it’s the same program through which the Regional Connector and Westside subway are slated to [continue reading]
Good question! This weekly post features news from other transit agencies and planners from around the world. Did we miss a good story? Let us know in the comments. Tappan Zee Bridge plan a dud without public transportation The decade-long process of deciding how to replace New York’s Tappan Zee [continue reading]
This is the third story in our series examining how L.A. County’s 30/10 financing model — and its national counterpart America Fast Forward — could help other cities around the country. In 1998, change was afoot in North Carolina. In Mecklenburg County — home to Charlotte, the state’s largest city [continue reading]
It’s a holiday for many readers today, so we’ll offer a few links for some light reading… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PN1YpMtPIpE#at=101[/youtube] Here’s the video for “Uberlin,” a new song from R.E.M. The video overlays lyrics on a transit map. New BART station brings infill to the Bay Area (Transport Politic) BART trains in [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]
