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Mass Transit

Visa's “Wave to Pay” Offers Transit Purchases via iPhone Swipe

Paying for your subway ride may soon require just a wave of your iPhone rather than a swipe of a metro card.READ MORE

Smart, Wireless Parking: A Trojan Horse for Making Better Cities

Smart-parking seems to encourage car use. So why do mass-transit advocates love it?READ MORE

The Nine Coolest Subway Stations in the World

DesignBoom collects some remarkable subway designs that put our own to shame.READ MORE

Commuter-Friendly Office on Wheels Puts Bus in Business

Austrian designers cut the Gordian knot, in a solution to traffic nightmares.READ MORE

Infographic of the Day: How Do You Dig a Subway Tunnel, Anyway?

"The Washington Post" illustrates a massively complex, 2,400-foot subway tunnel being dug in Northern Virginia. Here's how they do it, dudes.READ MORE

Humana Takes Health to the Streets With B-cycle Bike Sharing

Grant Harrison created B-cycle--automated kiosks that let riders rent bikes at prices akin to mass transit--at Humana, in partnership with Crispin Porter + Bogusky and Trek. The national rollout will bring 50,000 bikes to a dozen U.S. cities in the next three years.READ MORE

A 300-Ton Piece of Advertising: Too Successful?

The carbon benefits of mass transit are hard to deny: A motorcoach can carry over fifty people, and, in a single trip, take 50 cars off the road. So to advertise Sweden's Flygbussarna airport-shuttle service, the ad agency ...READ MORE

Bogota: Home of the World's Most Advanced Bus System?

Urban planners know a secret that you probably don't: The world's most advanced bus system is in Bogota, of all places. The city' ex-mayor, who created the system, is frequently asked to explain Bogota's bus system to city ...READ MORE

Better Buses Through Psychology

Suppport for mass transit is growing, as more people learn about the perilous costs of our carbon habit. Urban planners typically respond with a built-it-and-they-will-come attitude: Getting more people on buses, for example, is just ...READ MORE