If you can’t get to a job interview, you can’t get a job. If you’re homeless and don’t have a car, or if you
Category: Transportation
Mexico City subway ride is a bridge to literacy
If you think riding a subway can be a Kafka-esque experience, try taking Mexico City’s yellow line. At each of 13 stations along the line,
Buying a lemon in business-friendly Missouri
When our dependable Ford finally kicked the bucket a couple months ago, my husband and I went on a harried hunt for something that
Bogota bus bingo: “Penny wars” meet 21st century
Is your city’s bus system really outrageous? For perspective, you might want to compare what goes on in your area with what happens on the
So much to learn from the Challenger disaster
Morton Thiokol was not the name of one of the astronauts aboard the Challenger spacecraft that blew up twenty-five years ago today (January 28,
NYC’s Mayor Bloomberg pushes for electric taxis
According to SmartPlanet.com, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg recently called for cities with large numbers of taxis to play a role in cutting
There’s nothing sexy about buses, but they work
You may recall Arlo Guthrie’s wonderful song, “City of New Orleans” about the train from Chicago to NOLA. In the movie “Risky Business,” the
Protecting rail passengers, with lessons from airport security
Many Americans have looked to fixed-rail modes of transportation such as intercity trains, subways, and light rail systems as key to addressing America’s transportation
Which president created the largest public works program?
Franklin Roosevelt gave us the New Deal; Lyndon Johnson gave us the Great Society, and Barack Obama gave us a stimulus package of more
Blimps offer a green future for airfreight
Airplanes burn huge amounts of jet fuel and are some of the worst pollution/carbon emitters on the planet. Yet in the United States and