http://s.huffpost.com/images/HuffingtonPost_250x20.png tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2012:/tag/transportation Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/30/biofuel-steam-locomotive-_n_1553806.html 2012-05-30T10:48:43Z 2012-05-30T10:50:04Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Can an old, restored steam locomotive be the harbinger for a new era in cleaner train travel? That’s what a Minnesota based collaboration between t... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/transportation">Transportation</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/22/india-train-crash_n_1534939.html 2012-05-22T00:29:21Z 2012-05-22T00:33:18Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ HYDERABAD, India -- A passenger train rammed into a parked freight train and caught fire before dawn Tuesday in southern India, killing at least 25 pe... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/india-train-crash">India Train Crash</a>, <a href="/tag/india">India</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/public-transportation">Public Transportation</a>, <a href="/tag/durga-das">Durga Das</a>, <a href="/tag/transportation">Transportation</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/17/mapnificent-shows-world-t_n_1525614.html 2012-05-17T16:25:10Z 2012-05-17T17:15:33Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Mass transit is a funny thing. Sometimes it's efficient. Sometimes it's comically bad. <br /> <br /> Stefan Wehrmeyer took the good and the bad and created Mapn... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/mass-transit">Mass Transit</a>, <a href="/tag/mapnificent">Mapnificent</a>, <a href="/tag/google-maps">Google Maps</a>, <a href="/tag/destinations">Destinations</a>, <a href="/tag/public-transportation">Public Transportation</a>, <a href="/travel">Travel News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-chameides/is-there-a-clean-energy-s_b_1525624.html 2012-05-17T17:01:41Z 2012-05-17T17:01:42Z Bill Chameides http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-chameides/ Americans are behind Obama, in the sense that they support the president's concept of a national clean energy standard. But they're also behind, in the sense that the voting public is unwilling to go as far as the president wants to go because of costs. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/wind-power">Wind Power</a>, <a href="/tag/energy">Energy</a>, <a href="/tag/carbon-capture-and-storage-ccs">Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)</a>, <a href="/tag/jeff-bingaman">Jeff Bingaman</a>, <a href="/tag/economics">Economics</a>, <a href="/tag/massachusetts-v-epa">Massachusetts v. 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What will happen if women and men are not able to engage in the development of the continent by innovation, or by any other means? <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/social-entrepreneur">Social Entrepreneur</a>, <a href="/tag/social-innovation">Social Innovation</a>, <a href="/tag/africa">Africa</a>, <a href="/tag/health">Health</a>, <a href="/tag/transportation">Transportation</a>, <a href="/tag/rural-areas">Rural Areas</a>, <a href="/tag/innovation-in-africa">Innovation in Africa</a>, <a href="/tag/health-care-africa">Health Care Africa</a>, <a href="/impact">Impact News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrea-coleman/lexicon-of-health-care-fo_b_1505167.html 2012-05-10T02:48:04Z 2012-05-10T09:34:45Z Andrea Coleman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrea-coleman/ The physical movement of people and services to connect the 70% of people who live in rural Africa with health care is one of the most vital yet neglected aspects of health care on that continent. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/social-innovation">Social Innovation</a>, <a href="/tag/africa">Africa</a>, <a href="/tag/social-entrepreneurship">Social Entrepreneurship</a>, <a href="/tag/health">Health</a>, <a href="/tag/transportation">Transportation</a>, <a href="/impact">Impact News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christopher-cordingley/healthy-roads-healthy-schools_b_1499695.html 2012-05-09T09:15:00Z 2012-05-09T09:18:02Z Christopher Cordingley http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christopher-cordingley/ This study examines the correlation between development of public transportation, increased access to health care, decreased absenteeism, increased secondary graduation rates, and increased workforce health and productivity. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/public-health">Public Health</a>, <a href="/tag/jobs">Jobs</a>, <a href="/tag/hiring">Hiring</a>, <a href="/tag/infrastructure">Infrastructure</a>, <a href="/tag/education">Education</a>, <a href="/tag/thesis-project">Thesis Project</a>, <a href="/tag/thesis-project">Thesis-Project</a>, <a href="/tag/health-care">Health Care</a>, <a href="/tag/transportation">Transportation</a>, <a href="/tag/public-transportation">Public Transportation</a>, <a href="/college">College News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/offmetrocom/6-east-coast-beaches-for-_b_1497983.html 2012-05-09T07:00:00Z 2012-05-09T07:34:59Z offMetro.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/offmetrocom/ If you feel like ditching the car and the same old beach retreats, consider staying at one of these delightful ocean-perched properties. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/slidepollajax">Slidepollajax</a>, <a href="/tag/biking">Biking</a>, <a href="/tag/beaches">Beaches</a>, <a href="/tag/public-transportation">Public Transportation</a>, <a href="/tag/family">Family</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia">Virginia</a>, <a href="/tag/new-jersey">New Jersey</a>, <a href="/tag/maine">Maine</a>, <a href="/tag/long-island">Long Island</a>, <a href="/tag/rhode-island">Rhode Island</a>, <a href="/travel">Travel News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-kotecki/whats-in-the-highway-bill_b_1477583.html 2012-05-04T14:40:06Z 2012-05-04T14:48:51Z James Kotecki http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-kotecki/ Next week, House and Senate lawmakers will begin negotiating a massive new transportation bill. Where does all the money go? <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/funny">Funny</a>, <a href="/tag/jokes">Jokes</a>, <a href="/tag/highways">Highways</a>, <a href="/tag/transportation-bill">Transportation Bill</a>, <a href="/tag/shovel-ready">Shovel-Ready</a>, <a href="/tag/humor">Humor</a>, <a href="/tag/government-spending">Government Spending</a>, <a href="/tag/highway-bill">Highway Bill</a>, <a href="/tag/transportation">Transportation</a>, <a href="/tag/political-satire">Political Satire</a>, <a href="/comedy">Comedy News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/artinfo/the-bridge-and-shuttle_b_1471627.html 2012-05-03T12:11:13Z 2012-05-03T12:35:48Z ARTINFO http://www.huffingtonpost.com/artinfo/ This week the art world jet set and many, many New Yorkers will visit a strange island for the first time in their lives to attend the inaugural Friez... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/art-fairs">Art Fairs</a>, <a href="/tag/nyc">Nyc</a>, <a href="/tag/randalls-island">Randalls Island</a>, <a href="/tag/artinfo">Artinfo</a>, <a href="/tag/frieze-new-york">Frieze New York</a>, <a href="/tag/transportation">Transportation</a>, <a href="/tag/art">Art</a>, <a href="/tag/blouin-artinfo">BLOUIN ARTINFO</a>, <a href="/arts">Arts News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rod-radziner-faia-and-anna-hill/expo-excitement-and-expectation_b_1471112.html 2012-05-03T12:02:09Z 2012-05-03T12:02:40Z Ron Radziner, FAIA and Anna Hill http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rod-radziner-faia-and-anna-hill/ With the opening of the Expo Line in Los Angeles this past weekend, Southern California might finally be able to shed its image as a place where the car dictates the way we travel, and build. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/los-angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/tag/public-transportation">Public Transportation</a>, <a href="/tag/la-expo-line">La-Expo-Line</a>, <a href="/tag/la-subway-expansion">LA Subway Expansion</a>, <a href="/tag/los-angeles-metro-line">Los Angeles Metro Line</a>, <a href="/tag/los-angeles-metro">Los Angeles Metro</a>, <a href="/tag/la-around-town">La Around Town</a>, <a href="/tag/la-impact">La Impact</a>, <a href="/tag/los-angeles-expo-line">Los-Angeles-Expo-Line</a>, <a href="/tag/los-angeles-metro-rail-system">Los Angeles Metro Rail System</a>, <a href="/tag/la-public-transportation">LA Public Transportation</a>, <a href="/los-angeles">Los Angeles News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/antonio-villaraigosa/not-waiting-for-washingto_b_1457525.html 2012-04-27T08:27:08Z 2012-04-27T08:26:06Z Antonio Villaraigosa http://www.huffingtonpost.com/antonio-villaraigosa/ Regardless of what Washington does, we are not going to wait another day. No ifs, ands, or buts: We are going to build the 21st century transit system that Angelenos deserve. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/measure-r">Measure R</a>, <a href="/tag/antonio-villaraigosa">Antonio Villaraigosa</a>, <a href="/tag/transportation">Transportation</a>, <a href="/tag/3010">30/10</a>, <a href="/tag/america-fast-forward">America Fast Forward</a>, <a href="/tag/mayor-villaraigosa">Mayor Villaraigosa</a>, <a href="/tag/los-angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/tag/expo-line">Expo Line</a>, <a href="/los-angeles">Los Angeles News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leora-novick/road-tripping-through-nor_b_1434292.html 2012-04-21T08:00:00Z 2012-04-21T08:06:17Z Leora Novick http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leora-novick/ The streets were clogged with traffic, brightly painted trucks, rickshaws and regal looking camels pulling wagons full of grain. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/tourism">Tourism</a>, <a href="/tag/india">India</a>, <a href="/tag/road-trip">Road Trip</a>, <a href="/tag/travel">Travel</a>, <a href="/tag/asia">Asia</a>, <a href="/tag/culture">Culture</a>, <a href="/tag/transportation">Transportation</a>, <a href="/travel">Travel News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-b-ravicher/patent-trolling-transportation_b_1428786.html 2012-04-18T10:39:34Z 2012-04-18T10:41:58Z Daniel B. Ravicher http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-b-ravicher/ There has been much reporting lately of a small patent holding company named Arrivalstar accusing public transit authorities of patent infringement if they provide commuters with real time information about train, bus or subway schedules. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/patent">Patent</a>, <a href="/tag/subway">Subway</a>, <a href="/tag/public-transportation">Public Transportation</a>, <a href="/tag/patent-law">Patent Law</a>, <a href="/tag/patents">Patents</a>, <a href="/technology">Technology News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/18/wheel-invention-why-it-took-so-long_n_1434112.html 2012-04-18T09:47:07Z 2012-04-18T10:04:30Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ By: Natalie Wolchover <br /> Published: 03/06/2012 03:12 PM EST on Lifes Little Mysteries<br /> <br /> Wheels are the archetype of a primitive, caveman-level techn... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/wagon">Wagon</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/axle">Axle</a>, <a href="/tag/wheel-invention">Wheel Invention</a>, <a href="/tag/invention">Invention</a>, <a href="/tag/wheel">Wheel</a>, <a href="/tag/inventing-the-wheel">Inventing the Wheel</a>, <a href="/tag/transportation">Transportation</a>, <a href="/science">Science News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/javier-sierra/big-oils-excuses-running-_b_1432701.html 2012-04-18T09:50:26Z 2012-04-18T09:50:01Z Javier Sierra http://www.huffingtonpost.com/javier-sierra/ One could think that an industry that has been around for more than a century should be ready to wean itself from the public trough. But Big Oil's power in Congress is formidable. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/unlimited-greed">Unlimited Greed</a>, <a href="/tag/us-oil-exports">US Oil Exports</a>, <a href="/tag/oil-industry">Oil Industry</a>, <a href="/tag/oil-subsidies">Oil Subsidies</a>, <a href="/tag/public-transportation">Public Transportation</a>, <a href="/tag/energy-independence">Energy Independence</a>, <a href="/tag/oil-companys-tax-breaks">Oil Company&#039;s Tax Breaks</a>, <a href="/tag/oil-speculators">Oil Speculators</a>, <a href="/tag/hispanics-and-gas-prices">Hispanics and Gas Prices</a>, <a href="/tag/gas-prices">Gas Prices</a>, <a href="/tag/renewable-sources-of-energy">Renewable Sources of Energy</a>, <a href="/tag/big-oil">Big Oil</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/16/public-transit-systems-repair-backlogs_n_1429329.html 2012-04-16T14:57:46Z 2012-04-16T15:23:17Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON &mdash; Driven by high gas prices and an uncertain economy, Americans are turning to trains and buses to get around in greater numbers than... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/public-transportation-repairs">Public Transportation Repairs</a>, <a href="/tag/infrastructure">Infrastructure</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/infrastructure-repairs">Infrastructure Repairs</a>, <a href="/tag/public-transit-system-repairs">Public Transit System Repairs</a>, <a href="/tag/public-transportation">Public Transportation</a>, <a href="/tag/business-news">Business News</a>, <a href="/tag/public-transit">Public Transit</a>, <a href="/business">Business News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hans-proppe/route-66_b_1424113.html 2012-04-14T07:00:00Z 2012-04-14T09:43:39Z Hans Proppe http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hans-proppe/ If you go off the freeways and find the backroads or old routes of the western U.S., there are some interesting things to be seen. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/route-66">Route 66</a>, <a href="/tag/mother-road">Mother Road</a>, <a href="/tag/highway">Highway</a>, <a href="/tag/motel">Motel</a>, <a href="/tag/road-trip">Road Trip</a>, <a href="/tag/abandoned">Abandoned</a>, <a href="/tag/nostalgia">Nostalgia</a>, <a href="/tag/neon">Neon</a>, <a href="/tag/slidefreestyle">Slidefreestyle</a>, <a href="/tag/transportation">Transportation</a>, <a href="/tag/travel-blogs">Travel Blogs</a>, <a href="/travel">Travel News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/phineas-baxandall/in-the-public-interest-le_b_1422141.html 2012-04-13T11:14:54Z 2012-04-13T11:13:59Z Phineas Baxandall http://www.huffingtonpost.com/phineas-baxandall/ More than older generations, they say that they will sometimes choose to take alternative transportation as a way to help the environment. Will our leaders notice this important trend? You wouldn't know it looking at Congress. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/infrastructure">Infrastructure</a>, <a href="/tag/social-media">Social Media</a>, <a href="/tag/green-infrastructure">Green Infrastructure</a>, <a href="/tag/driving">Driving</a>, <a href="/tag/highways">Highways</a>, <a href="/tag/youth">Youth</a>, <a href="/tag/biking">Biking</a>, <a href="/tag/public-transportation">Public Transportation</a>, <a href="/tag/texting-while-driving">Texting While Driving</a>, <a href="/tag/drivers-licenses">Drivers Licenses</a>, <a href="/tag/transportation">Transportation</a>, <a href="/tag/texting-and-driving-ban">Texting and Driving Ban</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/11/paris-velib-autolib-sharing-programs_n_1413758.html 2012-04-11T15:48:40Z 2012-04-11T16:02:48Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ AOL's Translogic recently visited Paris to test out the city's two vehicle sharing programs, and as host Bradley Hasemeyer explains, "It's a great thi... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/paris-vehicle-sharing">Paris Vehicle Sharing</a>, <a href="/tag/paris-car-share">Paris Car Share</a>, <a href="/tag/green-transportation">Green Transportation</a>, <a href="/tag/autolib">Autolib</a>, <a href="/tag/paris-transit">Paris Transit</a>, <a href="/tag/paris-bike-share">Paris Bike Share</a>, <a href="/tag/velib">Velib</a>, <a href="/tag/transportation">Transportation</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/edward-wytkind/richard-branson-is-quite-_b_1413233.html 2012-04-10T11:44:13Z 2012-04-10T11:49:49Z Edward Wytkind http://www.huffingtonpost.com/edward-wytkind/ In telling Virgin America employees to "say no to the old way of flying and say no to the TWU," Sir Richard couldn't have been clearer -- he is at the helm making sure that his (sorry, I meant Virgin America's) employees remain non-union. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/ttd">Ttd</a>, <a href="/tag/labor-unions">Labor Unions</a>, <a href="/tag/airlines">Airlines</a>, <a href="/tag/wytkind">Wytkind</a>, <a href="/tag/virgin-america">Virgin America</a>, <a href="/tag/transportation">Transportation</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/business">Business News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amitai-etzioni/gop-less-bikes-more-cars_b_1412954.html 2012-04-09T15:10:10Z 2012-04-09T15:10:10Z Amitai Etzioni http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amitai-etzioni/ Given that we are facing an obesity epidemic, car-driven pollution, climate change, and a damaging dependency on foreign oil, tripling the budget for bike and walkways would make sense. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/bike-lane-funding">Bike Lane Funding</a>, <a href="/tag/green-transportation">Green Transportation</a>, <a href="/tag/transportation-enhancement">Transportation Enhancement</a>, <a href="/tag/bike-lanes">Bike Lanes</a>, <a href="/tag/transportation">Transportation</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/09/dc-metro-fare-hikes-severe_n_1411855.html 2012-04-09T07:43:20Z 2012-04-09T08:06:27Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON -- In January, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority General Manager Richard Sarles unveiled an eye-popping fare-hike plan that in... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/virginia">Virginia</a>, <a href="/tag/dc-metro">Dc Metro</a>, <a href="/tag/district-of-columbia">District of Columbia</a>, <a href="/tag/dc-metro-fare-hike">DC Metro Fare Hike</a>, <a href="/tag/dc-metro-fare-hike">D.C. Metro Fare Hike</a>, <a href="/tag/public-transportation">Public Transportation</a>, <a href="/tag/washington-metropolitan-area-transit-authority">Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority</a>, <a href="/tag/wmata">Wmata</a>, <a href="/tag/wmata-fare-hike">WMATA Fare Hike</a>, <a href="/tag/commuting">Commuting</a>, <a href="/tag/maryland">Maryland</a>, <a href="/dc">DC News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/06/nypd-bike-accidents-trends_n_1408846.html 2012-04-06T14:58:05Z 2012-04-06T15:05:18Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ The NYPD will now report bicycle accidents the same way they report car accidents.<br /> <br /> On Thursday, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly decided that bicycle ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/nypd-bike-accidents">Nypd Bike Accidents</a>, <a href="/tag/nypd">Nypd</a>, <a href="/tag/ray-kelly">Ray Kelly</a>, <a href="/tag/bike-accidents">Bike Accidents</a>, <a href="/tag/transportation">Transportation</a>, <a href="/tag/police-commissioner-ray-kelly">Police Commissioner Ray Kelly</a>, <a href="/new-york">New York News</a></p>