From the category archives:

Policy and planning

Plans progress for Parisian automated subway

September 3, 2010

The Transport Politic reports some signs of progress for the proposed project to build an automated rail line connecting the Paris suburbs.

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King County narrows choices for replacing trolleybuses

September 1, 2010

Planners at King County Metro Transit (WA) will compare two propulsion technologies for replacing its aging fleet of trolleybuses: updated electric trolleybuses or diesel-electric hybrids.

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Students envision a faster Acela

August 13, 2010

Students at the University of Pennsylvania have unveiled a plan to rebuild Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor and create what they’re calling “true high-speed rail.”

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MTA introduces capital program dashboard

August 11, 2010

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (NY) unveiled an online dashboard that allows users to track the status of capital programs.

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Project ACTION hosts online conversation about paratransit

July 27, 2010

To mark the twentieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Easter Seals Project ACTION is hosting an online dialogue about the status of paratransit services.

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TriMet suspends bus driver over blog post

July 26, 2010

Another blogging TriMet bus driver is in trouble. Last week, the agency put the author of TriMet Confidential on administrative leave after a questionable post about a near-miss with a bicyclist.

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Kittens help professor develop crowdsourcing application

July 20, 2010

Princeton University professor Matthew Salganik developed All Our Ideas, a free open-source crowdsourcing platform that lets groups collect and prioritize ideas.

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Metro seeks to ease congestion on busy bus routes

July 19, 2010

Planners at the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (DC) are using next-bus data as a planning tool to identify the most congested bus corridors.

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State Department and Pentagon issue social media guidance

July 18, 2010

The U.S. Departments of State and Defense are cautiously allowing their employees to have greater access to social networking sites

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A virtual second life for Edmonton

July 14, 2010

Edmonton (AB) is going virtual. The city is replicating itself — geography, terrain, and major landmarks — on the Second Life platform.

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