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IEEE Spectrum
June 2007
Erico Guizzo |
How to Keep 18 Million People Moving The Brazilian megacity of Sao Paulo operates the world's most complex bus system. Here's how it works.   |
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. |
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. |
IDB America
October 2002
Charo Quesada |
A pedestrian paradise A former mayor of Bogota, Colombia, explains why his city declared war on private cars. |
Reason
April 2007
Staley & Balaker |
How Traffic Jams Are Made In City Hall The bad logic and failed policies of American transportation planners. |
BusinessWeek
April 7, 2011
Ben Austen |
The Megabus Effect After decades of decline, the bus is the U.S.'s fastest-growing way to travel, led by curbside service from Megabus, BoltBus, and others. |
IDB America
October 2001
Agostino della Porta |
Surviving the streets An IDB transportation expert argues that Latin America's governments can reduce traffic fatalities quickly and inexpensively... |
Reason
June 2004
Jacob Sullum |
Holy Rail Mass transit boondoggles Americans. |
Science News
March 24, 2001
Ivars Peterson |
Buses on Quantum Schedules Anyone who has waited for a bus in the city has probably casually observed that, after an inordinately long wait, two or three buses often come along at the same time. The question of why such bunching seems to happen has prompted all sorts of speculation... |
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. |
Fast Company
February 1, 2007
Alissa Walker |
L.A. Goes Public After decades of neglect, L.A.'s public transit gets a redesign -- and a lot of new fans. |
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. |
Entrepreneur
September 2005
Mark Henricks |
Commuter Gains Ease employees' transportation troubles with commuter benefits. |
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. |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2008
David Blanchard |
A Taxing Solution to the Transportation Problem Updating the highways and surface transportation could cost $225 billion and take 50 years. |
Entrepreneur
September 2006
Sara Wilson |
On the Move Simplifying a complicated mass transit system was no easy task - but it's what put this entrepreneur on the fast track to success. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
December 8, 2005
Alyce Lomax |
Nothing Pedestrian About Google The search king extends its reach to public transportation with its Transit Trip Planner service. Given the stock's upward trajectory, investors in Google at its current price of 90 times earnings are surely hoping that this latest innovation will be worth it. |
BusinessWeek
September 18, 2008
Brian Burnsed |
Suddenly, It's Cool to Take the Bus New low-cost operators are attracting air travelers. |
Fast Company
September 2003
Jessica Steinberg |
Driving in the Valley of the Shadow of Death It's the management problem from hell: How do you run a company whose customers and employees are being killed? |
AskMen.com
Salvatore Mann |
Unwind In Sao Paulo This year, the business capital of Latin America and its most culturally diverse city celebrates its 450th anniversary. In honor of this occasion, I made the ultimate three-day guide to Sao Paulo, Brazil's largest and most exciting city, a true mecca for the culture vulture. |
PC Magazine
September 21, 2004
Sebastian Rupley |
A Moveable Mesh One of the last places you would expect to find cutting-edge technology is inside a city bus. But the bus system in Portsmouth, England, is an exception. |
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2004
Seth Jayson |
Not So Fast, Laidlaw Third quarter earnings give this bus a boost, but this company is no speedster. |
