Search
Items tagged with: transportation
My partner is spending a few days in Toronto, Canada for a work conference where she flew yesterday, and I was curious about the alternatives to flying between the largest American metropolis and the capital city of Ontario for a direct distance of 350 miles (560 km):
- Plane: in 5h door-to-door for $140-$330 + $150-$200 taxi round-trips at both ends.
- Car: 470 miles (750 km) (+34%) in about 8h40mn for $100-$150 fuel (no tolls included)
- Bus: in 12h05mn for $40-$140
- Train: in 12h27mn for $75-$130
There's so much room for high speed rail improvement in this region.
It's by Dan Sperling, the founding director of the Institute of #Transportation Studies at #UCDavis. He also explains why California's moves on #climatechange reverberate around the world.
https://theconversation.com/how-californias-ambitious-new-climate-plan-could-help-speed-energy-transformation-around-the-world-197094
How California's ambitious new climate plan could help speed energy transformation around the world
California is one of the world’s largest economies, and it’s aiming for net-zero emissions by 2045. A transportation expert involved in the plan explains why it just might succeed.The Conversation
The better cities that are the solution will need to be deliberately planned and built too.
#HealthyCities #urbanism #cities #design #cars #transportation #PublicHealth #obesity
The Case For Protected Bike Lanes. In @FastCompany
https://www.fastcompany.com/3031392/the-case-for-protected-bike-lanes
#BikeLanes #bikes #cities #urbanism #cars #transportation #bike #city #mobility #streets
The traffic got BETTER!
#cities #urbanism #traffic #cars #transit #congestion #transportation #city
https://techwontsave.us/episode/144_tech_isnt_fixing_the_crisis_on_our_streets_w_david_zipper
Tech Isn’t Fixing the Crisis on Our Streets w/ David Zipper - Tech Won’t Save Us
After a decade of promises, tech hasn’t fixed the transport system. David Zipper explains the problems on our roads and what we really need to do to fix them.Tech Won't Save Us
https://gizmodo.com/silicon-valleys-transportation-failures-tesla-waymo-bir-1849382788 #ElonMusk #Hyperloop #California #HighSpeedRail #cities #transportation #Tesla #CityPlanning #UrbanPlanning
Silicon Valley's Push Into Transportation Has Been a Miserable Failure
The titans of tech brought plenty of disruption to our broken transportation system but delivered little in the way of innovation.Rhett Jones (Gizmodo)
Cities almost always rush to erase them. That shows local agencies *can* move quickly to change streetscapes -- they just choose not to when residents request safety improvements. People should know that!
#cities #transportation #safety #safestreets