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Cellular Ambivalence Subways were once a safe haven from ubiquitous phone chatter. Depending on where you live, however, they are now becoming another arena for the battle between cell phone lovers and cell phone haters... |
Popular Mechanics
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10 Lessons Learned From Past Rail Accidents It's calamitous enough when one train rear-ends another, as happened yesterday in Washington. But it's often deadlier when two trains meet head-on. |
Fast Company
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Sharing Data Makes For Truly Public Transit When cities release bus and train data, the benefits are many. |
National Defense
January 2009
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DHS Testing Specialized Plug to Contain Subway Fires Researchers at West Virginia University and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are developing a "tunnel plug" that would stop fires from spreading in underground train stations. |
Inc.
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How I Did It: Jeffrey Smalls, CEO, Smalls Electrical Construction Jeffrey Smalls took Smalls Electrical Construction from a scrappy company to an $11.6 million business. |
InternetNews
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New York's Cellular in Transit The MTA is planning to install wireless access in platforms as part of its security strategy, and is taking bids from telecoms to determine the service provider. |
National Real Estate Investor
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Is Grand Central South Sinking? Last August, the federal government set aside $4.5 billion for lower Manhattan's transit system. Now, a feud is brewing over how the money should be spent. At odds are two differing transit schemes, each with powerful backers. |
InternetNews
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High-Tech Surveillance Under Foot New York City has awarded a $212 million contract to defense firm Lockheed Martin for an underground high-tech security strategy expected to counter the threat of terrorist attacks. |
Entrepreneur
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Commuter Gains Ease employees' transportation troubles with commuter benefits. |
The Motley Fool
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Subway Cars: Why You Should Be Getting On Board How an Aging Infrastructure can speed up your returns on subway train car manufacturers' stocks. |
Macworld
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Subway Scramble If you liked playing with toy trains as a kid (or even as an adult) and you're looking for a fast-paced and cleverly designed action puzzle game that taps into that skill, PlayFirst's Subway Scramble is a good match. |
Fast Company
May 1, 2011
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Ticket to Ride Take a good look at these transit cards -- thanks to new technology, they might be on their way out. |
Wired
June 26, 2007
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Hey America, Make With the !@~$ High-Speed Rail Already French engineers have created Ligne a Grande Vitesse, a Paris-to-Strasbourg high-speed rail system the moves at a record- breaking 357 miles per hour. This new system provides a glimpse of next-generation railway travel. |
Entrepreneur
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Train Storming Want to avoid steep cab fares and/or traffic delays from the airport to the city? Rapid transit systems are adding stops inside airports, making the trip a cinch. |
PC Magazine
May 1, 2011
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Wi-Fi on Subways: Where Is It? For years Wi-Fi connections have been ubiquitous on university campuses, in coffee shops, and in public buildings for years, yet most of us are still waiting for them to grace our morning commutes. |
Reason
April 2007
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How Traffic Jams Are Made In City Hall The bad logic and failed policies of American transportation planners. |
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DC Mayor: Metro Needs Fixing District of Columbia Mayor Adrian Fenty says this week's deadly crash of a Metro subway train dramatizes the need for officials who operate the system to upgrade and modernize the fleet. |
Wired
June 2003
Paul Elliman |
Now Hear This: When Space Starts Speaking. We Listen. Our cities can finally talk to us. Using just a few words at a time, they speak from the walls and ceilings of buildings, from elevator cars, supermarket checkouts, and subway trains -- offering directional advice, even warnings. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2007
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How to See the Unseen City Wealthy cities are increasingly facing a premium on space. As metropolitan areas grow denser and richer, the urban underground is likewise poised to mirror the congestion above. |
