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High-speed train to Las Vegas probably a better use of your money than Las Vegas
Image: DesertXPressDesertXpress, a planned high-speed rail project between the L.A. area and Las Vegas, was supposed to be built entirely with private funding. As it turns out, developers will have to take out a federal loan, and there’s some question as to whether the project can make enough money to pay it back. But this […]
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Bill Nye the Science Guy says not having high-speed rail in the U.S. is embarrassing
Did you grow up smarter because you watched Bill Nye the Science Guy blowing things up on TV? Well, he’s got some choice words of wisdom for politicians who are blocking high-speed rail in the United States. “If I may, you should be embarrassed … as a U.S. citizen, not to have high-speed rail,” […]
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China: the neverending traffic jam story
Transportation experts say there’s barely enough space on the roads in China’s largest cities for the 35 million cars that were bought during the past decade of frenzied consumerism. Photo: Remko TanisThis piece was written by Melinda Burns. The new Great Wall of China is the “Great Wall” of cars stuck in city traffic, researchers […]
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San Francisco descends into self-parody with a bike for every personality
Oh, San Francisco. You with your flowers-in-the-hair and bikes for every person.
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Denis Hayes, Earth Day Network
Denis Hayes is president and chair of the Earth Day Network, which this week is launching an Earth Day 2000 campaign focusing on global warming and energy use. Hayes was the national coordinator for the first Earth Day in 1970 and now earns his keep as president of the Bullitt Foundation in Seattle. Grist, not […]
