public transportation


Finally, a good reason to take the bus: BMW street furniture

BMW's DesignworksUSA isn't new to the furniture game, but instead of having to take a plane or buy a yacht to sample the creative firm's wares, all you need to do is... take a bus. After two years of consultations with Landscape Forms, a company specializing in outdoor site furniture, Designworks created a 7-piece selection of furniture for public transport spaces called "metro 40." The seven pieces are broken down into categories: connect, rest, ride, collect, hi glo, lo glo, and show. Together, they cover everything you'd generally ... Read more →

DeLorean's stillborn 40-foot bus

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/DeLorean_s_stillborn_40_foot_bus'; Glomming onto a Federal program in the 1970s meant to spur the development of more accessible buses, DeLorean Motor ...

Can the Superbus revolutionize public transport?

As we're all well aware, magnetic-levitation (maglev) trains have come under fire recently for being unsafe at high speeds. There are other alternatives, however, for next generation public ...

VIDEO: Car takes public transportation

Traffic in many German cities is atrocious, and some people don't have the patience to wait for a train to show up and be herded on the rails like some sort of cattle. One particularly ballsy German ...

Survey: U.K. gas prices not high enough for switch to mass transit

As U.S. cities take a new look at mass transit services (anticipating increased demand following rising gas prices), transportation planners might want to take a look at a recent survey sponsored by ...

Midas crowns America's commuting king 3 years ago on Autoblog

Auto repair shop chain Midas has declared Dave Givens to be the ultimate road warrior, with a daily round trip of 372 miles, earning him the America's Longest Commute award. Every day, Givens drives from his 7.5-acre ranch in Mariposa, CA to his electrical engineering job at Cisco Systems in San ...

Top ten cities to live in the Day After (an oil crisis) 3 years ago on Autoblog

Sibling site Gadling has posted a list of the top 10 American cities to live in the event of an oil crisis. The data, complied by the website SustainLane, looked at such factors such as public transportation, 'sprawl', food sources, and even wireless access. SustainLane examined 50 cities then ...








Autoblog Podcast #155: 'Twas the night before LA...

Chris, Dan, and Editor Paukert go over some LA Preview action and quietly whoop it up on the podcast.

 
 

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