transportation
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Rep. Earl Blumenauer burns calories instead of fossil fuel — and loves it [VIDEO]
In honor of National Bike Summit Week, Politico’s Patrick Gavin takes a ride with Rep. Earl Blumenauer, (D-Ore.), the bikingest guy in Congress. In a video interview, the bow-tie-sporting congressman — who is founder and cochair of the Congressional Bike Caucus — explains why he’s been riding his bike to work for the past 15 […]
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How much could you save by riding transit instead of driving?
The ability to go somewhere without gassing up: priceless.Photo: JasonSo the Middle East continues to melt down, and gas prices are going up, again. This time, the jump is the second-biggest in the history of the gasoline market — 33 cents per gallon in just two weeks. According to the American Public Transportation Association, an […]
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TV’s ‘Mad Men’ are all about high-speed rail [VIDEO]
So you might have heard that Vincent Kartheiser, who plays Pete Campbell on the ultra-addictive AMC show Mad Men, is a fan of public transportation. In fact, Kartheiser lives in Los Angeles and goes about his daily business without owning a car, which is pretty great. Now Kartheiser and fellow Mad Men cast member Rich […]
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Before George Will was against high-speed rail, he was for it
Flip flop much?Photo: lincolnbluesRemember how we told you the other day that Newsweek columnist George Will thinks high-speed rail is a sinister progressive plot to undermine American individualism? Well, big thanks to reader Ed D’Amato, who tipped us off to something very interesting from Mr. Will’s archives. Because apparently, that wasn’t always his opinion. In […]
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Hit by cars, pedestrians are ticketed in hospital [VIDEO]
Imagine that you get hit by a car when you’re trying to cross a busy road in a place where you can’t even see the nearest crosswalk. You’re airlifted to a hospital for treatment of your injuries. And before you leave, you get a traffic ticket. Yes, that really happened. You can hear people talk […]
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George Will thinks that high-speed rail is really a tool to control your mind
Mind control machine.Photo: Sylvain LatoucheHave you been thinking there’s something fishy about the Obama administration’s insistence that high-speed rail is part of America’s transportation future? Why is it that the president keeps pushing forward with expensive plans to link the country’s major urban centers with these train things, even as Republican governors shovel back the […]
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Why do people in cars hate people on bikes so much?
If you’ve ever been behind the wheel of a car, you’ve felt it: The dead certainty that everyone around you is a complete idiot who should get the hell out of your way. If you’ve spent much time riding a bicycle, you have been the target of that wrath. And without the protective metal-and-glass bubble […]
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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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Do you live in one of the nation’s ‘smartest regions for transportation’?
You might not see much similarity between More people walk to work in Boston than in any other city in the country.Photo: Steve MinorYolo County, Calif., with its open farmland and small cities, and the densely packed streets of New York City. But both are on the Natural Resource Defense Council’s list of “America’s Smartest […]
