public transportation
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Meet NYC's most-used turnstile
Public transportation aficionados have a new pilgrimage destination: A turnstile at the bottom of the escalators at the Columbus Circle stop of the New York subway. That's the most-used turnstile of the most-used transportation system in the country.
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Taking the subway: You're doing it wrong
It's supposed to be instead of your car.
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New site shows how far public transportation will take you
Mapnificent lets you see how far you can get on public transportation in a set amont of time, in more than 60 metro areas worldwide. (Above: 15 minutes on bus and rail in Chicago.) It's a new way of visualizing how easy it is to navigate a city without a car. You can use it to check out places where you might want to live or visit, to get an idea of how far transportation will get you and how much of your day it might take up to get where you need to go.
Here's what 15 minutes looks like in a few more cities:
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Play chutes and ladders on public transportation
The designers of this "Transit Accelerator" in the Dutch city of Utrecht have the right idea about making public transportation fun: turn it into a board game, or recess. What other inspiration can public transit take from childhood? Personally I'd like to see merry-go-round train cars where you ride on My Little Ponies.
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Six surprising U.S. cities for a car-free vacation
Where should you take your next car-free getaway? These six cities may not boast mass transit systems like New York's, but they do have what it takes to make discovering their best features an easy, fun, and affordable experience without a car.
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Spanish city lets you trade in your car for a lifetime pass on public transit
The Spanish city of Murcia offered its residents a lifetime of free trolley rides if they would only give up their cars.
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Is Los Angeles Metro throwing bus riders under the bus?
What does the elimination of a bus line serving mostly Latino domestic workers say about the Los Angeles transit system?
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Crazy Europeans think people are more important than cars
All across Europe, urban policy is shifting to favor humans over automobiles. What are they thinking? The New York Times takes a look.
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Republicans love bike and rail — so why don't Republican politicians?
Listen up, Limbaugh: It's not actually ridiculous for a Republican presidential candidate to take global warming seriously. Americans want solutions, like bike lanes and increased public transit, that will address climate change, and that's true across the political spectrum. In a recent poll, 74 percent of Republican respondents supported bike lanes, and 80 percent wanted more public transportation.