Monorail

FDOT Must Take a Hands-on Approach to Safety

Spencer Aronfeld | Posted 03.19.2012

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Spencer Aronfeld

How safe are those monorails at the Miami International Airport for the nearly 9,000 passengers who use them every day? Apparently not very.

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Roots, Oil, and Real Change

Stephen Gyllenhaal | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stephen Gyllenhaal

From where I sit, trying to make this little movie, Grassroots -- real change seems to come only from the bottom. Don't recent events make it sadly too clear what "change" from the top looks like?

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Monday Best Bike Bits - Pistol-Packing Cyclist and Bike-Powered Transit Called Shweeb

April Streeter | Posted 05.25.2011

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April Streeter

The low-slung (2 to 4 meters above ground) Shweeb pods include a highly efficient system of pedals that can theoretically allow riders to reach speeds of up 70 kmh.

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Disneyland-Las Vegas Levitating Train Just $12B Away

BloggingStocks.com | Tom Barlow | Posted 05.25.2011

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File this under Only in America; the recently-passed national transportation bill includes $42 million to fund further research on a proposed Anaheim ...

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Detroit Drives to DC and Dr. Deming Invents Japan

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Parker

We've had enough threats from our sworn enemies -- we don't need them from Detroit executives. These CEOs and their boards of directors must go, whether by car or jet or skateboard, they must go.

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