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Monthly archive for May, 2009
Chart: America’s Streetcar Renaissance
Monday, May 4th, 2009The Daily Dig
Monday, May 4th, 2009
The flood of stimulus money for road will “inevitably” create more road work delays on U.S. highways. States will try to minimize them by working at night and spreading out projects. (USA Today) A new report suggests that outer suburb Read more ›
Why Nuclear Power Opponents Are Like Samurai Warriors
Friday, May 1st, 2009
In 16th century Japan, the national aristocracy, a coterie of priests and samurai warriors, decided that guns, which had been introduced a century earlier, were a threat to the established order and should not proliferate. Instead the weapon of choice Read more ›
The Daily Dig – High Speed Rail Edition
Friday, May 1st, 2009
[SButtonZ button="digg"] Local politicians gathered at Main Street Station in downtown Richmond, Virginia, to promote a high speed rail link with Washington, DC. (Times Dispatch) An Indianapolis to St Louis high speed rail link could transform Terre Haute the same Read more ›
