Topic: Rail Transportation

What My Mentor Taught Me

Stories about motivation, interviews, style, and confidence from four mentees.READ»

Will the U.S. Use Japanese Bullet Trains for High Speed Rail?

Bullet train companies have probably been salivating ever since Obama allocated $8 billion for high speed rail in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. So it comes as no surprise to learn that Central Japan Railway Co. ...READ»

Robots Help Trains Stay on the Rails

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IBM's Global Rail Innovation Center Brings Next-Gen Train Systems to China

Any doubts about whether China will be the world's next high-speed rail hub can be put to rest now that IBM has firmly planted itself in the country with its first Global Rail Innovation Center. The center, according to IBM, will ...READ»

Will the U.S. Ever Get Serious About Train Travel?

With energy costs, pollution concerns, and traffic woes mounting, you better hope so. Hence the 400 new public transit projects that have been proposed in large and small regions from Massachusetts to Hawaii.READ»

Will the French Run the US High Speed Rail System?

Instead of attempting to install a country-wide high-speed rail network from scratch, perhaps we should rely on the expertise of countries that already have comprehensive rail systems. That's the thinking behind French national ...READ»

Public or Private?

The past few weeks, Amtrak and the Public Broadcasting Service, two government-funded organizations, have had to do a bit of soul-searching. The nature of these public-private institutions is a curious one. While both Amtrak and PBS ...READ»

Coming Soon: America's High-Speed Rail Network

Efficient high-speed rail networks are already staple of many European and Asian countries. President Obama outlined an ambitious plan today to bring the United States up to speed--literally. It won't be cheap.READ»

Memphis - Capital of the Real World

It's the nation's busiest distribution center. And its concentration of trucks, trains, forklifts, and planes keeps all kinds of stuff - and the economy - on the move.READ»

IBM Jumps on the High-Speed Rail to China

Oil prices may not be rising quite as dramatically as they were a year ago, but mass transportation--and more specifically, high-speed rail--is still growing in scope and importance. According to the International Monetary Fund ...READ»

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So That's Julie - Got It!

Today, on one what is traditionally the busiest day of the year for Amtrak, thousands of passengers will call to make sure their train's on time and hear, "Hi, this is Amtrak. I'm Julie." The automated system at Amtrak has a name as ...READ»

Is Train Travel Greener Than Flying? Maybe Not

Taking a train ride must be more environmentally sound than getting flung into the sky on a plane, right? Maybe not, according to researchers at U.C. Berkeley's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Arpad Horpath and ...READ»

Airport to Downtown Transportation Trials

Around the United States, trains and subways are pulling into stations at the airport. And it may be better option for the airport-to-city leg of your journey.READ»

Work/Life: The Bus Also Rises

Anne Marie Chaker of The Wall Street Journal wrote an excellent review recently of the new bus services that have come onto the scene to cater to business travelers. Her story includes a charming video of her trip to Baltimore on ...READ»

Business Bus?

In an effort to lure customers away from the expensive air shuttle and to out-cheap Amtrak's erratic Acela high-speed train, Fergus McCann wants travelers to take... the bus? Dubbed the LimoLiner, the 28-seat luxury bus service ...READ»

Taking a (Taxi Cab) Stand

RevoT is a Boston-area business that's working to offer alternatives to the traditional taxi and train service to Logan Airport. Currently operating only two vehicles -- Toyota Prius hybrids -- the company aims to not only offer ...READ»

77-Year Backlog of Mass Transit Projects

Transit ridership is soaring amid concerns about gas prices, an aging population, and greater preference for city living. But public investments just haven't kept pace, and with state and local budgets hurting from the recession, ...READ»

Relaunch!

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Pushing Perfection Past the Limit

Tuesday's train accident in Japan which killed 78 and injured about 440, reminded me of April's Next lead essay, "The Performance Paradox." It seems that the accident may have been caused by the train's driver speeding to make up ...READ»

10 Prize-Winning Products

The ballots are in. Some of the world's savviest designers voted these products best in show at their annual meeting.READ»

Razoreye

Web Detective Pro That is, Law should lay out prohibitions only if they are needed, and if the inconveniences caused by this restriction do not exceed the inconveniences that the prohibition is supposed to remedy. Privacy ...READ»

Past Track to the Future

Stephen E. Ambrose has written best-selling histories of great feats of leadership and human endeavor. His insights from the past can teach a new generation of business leaders how to build for the future.READ»

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»

Mobile Marketing: It's Here and It's Real

Peter Fuller is the executive director of the Mobile Marketing Association. Carrie Himelfarb works as VP of sales for Vindigo. Nihal Mehta is president of ipsh! Mike Troiano is senior vice president of business development for ...READ»

The State of the Economy

Want to keep track of the economy in near-real time? Don't wait for the usual monthly reports most analysts follow -- the reports can be issued after quite some time. Instead, the Wall Street Journal recommends a handful of weekly ...READ»