Topic: Train Travel

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»

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»

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»

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»

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»

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»

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»

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»

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»

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»

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»

Making Tracks

Richard Carpenter is mapping every mile of America's railroad system as of 1946. By hand. "It's a story," he says, "that needs to be told."READ»

The 10 Most Creative People in Ethonomics

1. Shai Agassi, CEO, Better Place A former software entrepreneur, Agassi is leading the pack on electric vehicle charging stations. His vision: battery-powered vehicles made by Renault-Nissan, a vast network of charging ...READ»

Changing Demographics of Online Indians

A recent report on Indian internet users by JuxtConsult gives a perspective on which way the Internet is headed in India. The report is useful for technology products and consumer goods companies targeting the Indian consuming class ...READ»

Relaunch!

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The Early Era of Sport Utility Vehicles

Many believe that the birth of the SUV began as the “depot hack.” The depot hack was a vehicle that transported people and luggage from the train stations. Lehel has a century-old tradition of coach building, Lehel's skilled craftsmen, including cabinetmakers, upholsterers, and coachbuilders, all have at least 15 years’ experience in their craftREAD»

SkyTran's Personal Magnetic Transporter Is a Physical Version of the Internet

Imagine zipping above the sidewalk crowds in a personal transporter pod suspended from a two foot wide cable propelled by a magnetic field. It's not as far-fetched as you may think. A California startup called Unimodal is building ...READ»

• Coming Soon: America's High-Speed Rail Network

Of A Whole New Mind

Yesterday afternoon, I took the train down to Philadelphia to join the local Company of Friends group at the Charter High School for Architecture and Design. Why go so far just to turn around to head home in several hours? Dan Pink. ...READ»

Mind the Gap

“Mind the Gap please!” The question is, how can we shrink this gap?READ»

Baltimore houses

Baltimore is undoubtedly one of the finest depictions of history and innovation. It features things that suit to the eyes of every tourist. This port city with an atmosphere throughout which a special international flavor ...READ»

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»

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»

Mind the Gap

“Mind the Gap please!” The question is how can we shrink this gap?READ»

Be Generous

Wednesday, October 15 2008 was Bog Action Day.  Bloggers from all over the world did posts on the subject of poverty.  I did one on the working poor.  I read many of the posts and found that several dealt with the idea of ...READ»

American Idol Comes to Internet Ad Campaigns

Check out this site from Eurostar, the Channel Tunnel train. Now that consumers are collectively choosing the next pop star and the kind of wedding dress a bride should wear in her wedding (the Today Show's wedding stunts), why ...READ»