by David | May 6, 2008 | transportation, urbanism
Via ever-alert procrastinator N comes this bit on Environmental Graffiti: America’s Most Pedestrianized Cities. Much to my shock, Boston is rated #1, with 13% of the population walking to work. I’m not sure what definition of city or metro area they used,...
by David | Apr 29, 2008 | design, reading & writing, technology, transportation, urbanism
Let me call to your attention two excellent maps that in my humble opinion should make sweet cartographic love and spawn a mashup of some sort. This confluence of maps, blogs and public transportation has got the limeduck quacking loudly. First up, Boston Blogs’...
by David | Apr 26, 2008 | transportation
I’m not sure that I’ve geeked out on this train thing quite fully enough. I’m no train otaku, but I did look up the details of the Acela’s speeds. It’s actually much faster than I thought, but only operates at its fullest potential in...
by David | Apr 22, 2008 | photo, transportation
Greg pointed out in the comments for American Shinkansen part 1 that Amtrak is aiming their service levels too low by trying to be like the airlines. That might be, but unlike the airlines, Amtrak has managed to get me pay extra for their premium service. I pretty...
by David | Jan 4, 2008 | technology, transportation
Ever seen the bumper sticker that proclaims, “God is my copilot” or maybe the one that says, “Dog is my copilot”? I don’t think you see as many bumper stickers as you used to, but these days I think if a car has one, it’s as likely...
by David | Dec 16, 2007 | economics, technology, transportation
Fellow geek driver C sent this my way, evidently having missed my April post on the same topic: Left-Hand-Turn Elimination It seems that sitting in the left lane, engine idling, waiting for oncoming traffic to clear so you can make a left-hand turn, is minutely...
