On July 11th and 12th, four historic buses were open for all to board. Start your engines for a journey to the past!
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NYC: Vintage Bus Bash on Governor’s Island
Friday, September 25th, 2015NYC: A Tour of Harold Interlocking, the Nation’s Busiest Railroad Junction
Monday, September 14th, 2015
In this update, you’ll learn about recent and upcoming work at Harold Interlocking, the nation’s busiest railroad junction.
View this complete post...Place Value: How Communities Attract, Grow and Keep Jobs and Talent in the Rocky Mountain West
Monday, September 7th, 2015
COMMUNITY BUILDERS
Place Value comes at a time when many communities are seeking new approaches to economic development that respond to changing market and fiscal realities. What people are seeking from their jobs and communities is also changing. A growing number of people prioritize quality of life over other factors, including employment opportunities, in decisions about where to live, work, or start a business. At the same time, today’s technology and the growth of knowledge-based industries allow people and businesses far greater flexibility in where they locate. Yet for many communities, particularly those with resort economies, high cost of living, long commutes and limited employment opportunities are barriers to attracting and retaining a talented workforce.
CALSTART Successfully Commercializing Zero-Emission Buses
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2015
CALSTART, a non-profit member organization, has been expanding and supporting the clean transportation sector since 1992. Its president and CEO John Boesel checked in with TPR when zero-emission buses recently achieved a milestone. He gives readers a status report on advanced-bus technology and the market for these vehicles, as well as commenting on California regulators’ impact on the clean-vehicle industry in the state.
View this complete post...Hyperloop: The Train of the Future
Monday, August 24th, 2015
The Hyperloop is a conceptual high-speed transportation system put forward by entrepreneur Elon Musk, incorporating reduced-pressure tubes in which pressurized capsules ride on an air cushion driven by linear induction motors and air compressors.
View this complete post...The Benefits of Transit in the United States
Thursday, August 20th, 2015
MINETA TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE
This white paper documents the findings from a review of available research literature on the benefits and costs of transit systems in the United States. The primary goals of this research were to 1) identify benefit-cost (b-c) ratio estimates for U.S. transit systems, and 2) identify the main categories of monetized benefits that derive from transit services in the U.S.
A People’s History of Recent Urban Transportation Innovation
Tuesday, August 18th, 2015
TRANSIT CENTER
Though much progress has been made in several cities, the human-oriented transportation changes examined here are not pervasive nationwide. Only a handful of cities have made lasting reforms that will stand the test of time, while the majority of federal and state transportation policies continue to support auto-oriented development. With the information here, we hope that more urban residents will take up the fight and continue to challenge the status quo and reclaim the streets that are the lifeblood of their cities.
Millennials: The Generation That Walks the Talk
Wednesday, August 12th, 2015
A national poll of 3,000 adults in the fifty largest metro areas found that Millennials are distinguishing themselves as the generation that, more than any other generation, prefers to walk. The poll was jointly conducted by the National Association of Realtors® and researchers at the Portland State University.
View this complete post...Here to There: An Animated History of Transportation
Tuesday, August 11th, 2015Ever since the first hominids left Africa, human beings have been on the move. The canoe was invented in 8,000 B.C. and the first form of public transportation was a stagecoach operated in Paris in 1662. Fast forward to today’s self-driving car prototype, and it’s clear just how far we’ve come.
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