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No, the futuristic …
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Check out this video from America 2050, as part of its “A Better Tomorrow” project to create a “positive vision for the future of America built around investments in sustainable transportation and livable communities.”
No, the futuristic vision of a journey from Chicago to Detroit does not include jet packs or mile-high monorails floating above dystopias. Instead, it involves sidewalks, car sharing stations, high-speed trains, bikes, and light rail projects that average middle-class Americans can easily use because the public spaces that connect to the transportation modes are nice, safe and well maintained.
Imagine this: A day trip from Chicago to watch the White Sox play the Tigers in Detroit is easy to arrange because you can book your travel reservations and monitor transit connections using your smartphone. And of course, the 300-mile journey is much faster than it used to be, because of a new high-speed rail line that connects to a light rail system in Detroit, leading you straight to Comerica Park. (See what I had to say about inter-city rail travel here.) Read the full story »
Unfortunately, I didn’t get to make it to the recent TRB conference. But a few colleagues have come back from the conference bearing wonderful souvenirs, DVD-ROM discs packed full with details of the latest transportation …
Do you want to be able to map your bike routes as you ride and share them with fellow riders? Impress your friends by locating the closest Zipcar on the spur of the moment? Find …
The first major piece of follow-up to the Copenhagen Accord took place Monday: the countries responsible for the bulk of climate-altering pollution formally submitted emission reduction plans, meeting the agreement’s Jan. 31 deadline. Fifty-five …
An important announcement from our friends at Next American City, a U.S.-based nonprofit organization and quarterly magazine dedicated to making cities better. They’re hosting the annual Next American Vanguard conference, and offering stipends to young …
Mitch Jackson is the Director of Environmental Affairs & Sustainability for FedEx Corporation (and he also writes for the FedEx Citizenship Blog.) This month, FedEx is beginning work with EMBARQ — the producer of TheCityFix …
You may recognize my name – I’ve been a contributor to TheCityFix for the past several months. I recently took the job on full-time, so I wanted to introduce myself.
I’m happy to be working with …
A few more cities recently joined the worldwide global health campaign, 1000 Cities 1000 Lives, which we wrote about previously here. The campaign, sponsored by the World Health Organization, was launched with the goal to …
A “lack of investment in biking and walking could be contributing to higher traffic fatalities and chronic disease rates in the U.S.,” according to a new report released today by the Alliance for Biking & …
Last night, President Obama delivered his first State of the Union address, announcing that Florida will receive $1 billion for a high-speed rail line (running between Tampa and Orlando.)
In total, 13 major corridors will receive …
According to The Guardian, 20 years ago, four out of five Beijing residents pedaled around China’s capital in some of the world’s best bike lanes. However, this number has decreased as private car ownership has gone …
Indicadores internacionales revelan que el sector transporte es el responsable del 13 por ciento a nivel mundial de las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero (GEI) y del 23 por ciento de las emisiones de …
Last July, Mumbai celebrated the opening of the Bandra-Worli Sea Link, a bridge to connect the island city of Mumbai with its surrounding western suburbs. This feat of construction was built not just to connect two …
Last year, we reported on breakthroughs in D.C.’s bicycling culture, such as the opening of Bikestation D.C. and proposals for bike lanes on M Street. Recently, the bikesharing buzz has been increasingly bolstered by the city’s …
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