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Fast Company
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How LA Metro Is Enticing Riders With Better Design Michael Lejeune heads a 20-person in-house design studio tasked with bringing more riders aboard L.A.'s public-transportation system.   |
Reason
March 2005
Ted Balaker |
Railroading the Poor The chief argument for public transit is that it's necessary for those who can't afford cars. But many cities tailor their transit services to those who need them the least. |
Fast Company
September 14, 2011
Chris Faraone |
Sharing Data Makes For Truly Public Transit When cities release bus and train data, the benefits are many. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2007
Erico Guizzo |
Q&A With Dario Hidalgo An interview with the Colombian engineer who was the deputy manager of the Transmilenio, Bogota's bus rapid transit system. |
Entrepreneur
September 2005
Mark Henricks |
Commuter Gains Ease employees' transportation troubles with commuter benefits. |
Reason
April 2007
Staley & Balaker |
How Traffic Jams Are Made In City Hall The bad logic and failed policies of American transportation planners. |
Reason
November 2005
Melanie Colburn |
Runaway Train Debt With 700,000 daily riders, D.C.'s Metrorail is both overcrowded and, thanks to years of mismanagement, short on cash. |
Reason
May 2003
Brian Doherty |
Massively Misguided Transit Although they invariably cost far more per passenger mile than buses or automobiles, light-rail trains continue to capture the hearts of urban planners nationwide. |
BusinessWeek
March 19, 2007
Nandini Lakshman |
The Miracle-Worker of the Delhi Metro How an uncommon bureaucrat personally secured foreign funding and the cooperation of government agencies to build the Indian city's subway system. |
Reason
June 2004
Jacob Sullum |
Holy Rail Mass transit boondoggles Americans. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Nov/Dec 2005
Sarah Hoban |
What Drives TOD? High gas prices, traffic congestion, and long commutes increase the desire for transit-oriented developments. |
The Motley Fool
August 26, 2011
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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. |
Reason
May 2009
Mike Riggs |
Bag Check Flex Your Rights, a nonprofit organization focused on protecting civilian rights during police encounters, delays Washington D.C.'s random metro bag check policy. |
InternetNews
August 26, 2005
Tim Gray |
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
July 1, 2004
Steve McLinden |
Architects Ride the Rails The explosive growth in new U.S. rail transit systems is creating unique opportunities for architects and investors who are nimble enough to jump aboard sometimes tenuous transit-oriented developments, described by some as "new Urbanism on a train track." |
National Defense
March 2007
Stew Magnuson |
Congress, DHS Turn Their Attention to Guarding Ground Transportation In the wake of 9/11, upgrading aviation security received justifiable attention. Last year, maritime security was addressed in the SAFE Port Act. Now, there is consensus in Congress that 2007 will be surface transportation's turn. |
Popular Mechanics
September 2, 2008
Joe Pappalardo |
For Gustav-Level Outages, Cities Tap Hybrid Buses for Power This weekend's evacuation measures involving charter and school buses in the New Orleans area was a success, but BAE Systems may soon leverage military research to tap emergency power from hybrid-electric bus fleets. |
Bank Systems & Technology
September 22, 2010
Penny Crosman |
Visa-Carrying NYC Subway Riders Now Mobile Payment Users Visa's contactless payment system, payWave, is now active on some subway lines and buses, along with MasterCard's similar PayPass system. |
