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Monthly archive for January, 2011
The Morning Dig: What a World With 7 Billion People Will Look Like
Friday, January 7th, 2011
• National Geographic has made an excellent video (above) about world population that has gone viral; their January cover story is about the subject, which has critical implications for infrastructure. (NatGeo) • Columnist Ezra Klein has yet another a good Read more ›
A Powerful Argument for U.S. High-Speed Rail
Thursday, January 6th, 2011
A few weeks ago Ryan Avent laid out an extremely thoughtful position on the state of American high-speed rail. All serious followers of this ongoing discussion, of which this site has many, will want to read it in full. For Read more ›
The Morning Dig: Moscow’s Amazing Subway Escalators
Thursday, January 6th, 2011
• A fascinating article looks at the escalators that help make Moscow’s subway system move millions of people every day. (WashPost) • A presidential panel has blamed all three companies (BP, Halliburton and Transocean) involved in the Gulf spill and Read more ›
America’s Infrastructure Deficit
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
Seven of the country’s major transit projects received a late (or very early) Christmas present last week, when the Federal Transit Administration announced the distribution of $182.4 million under the New Starts program, which provides aid to local subway, light Read more ›
The Morning Dig: Getting NJ Transit Trains to Run On-Time
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
• An interesting article profiles the man at Penn Station who tries to keep all the New Jersey Transit trains run on time. (WSJ) • The Alabama town of Pritchard is struggling mightily with pension problems — it has suspended Read more ›
Airports Ready to Drop TSA for Private Security
Tuesday, January 4th, 2011
It may come as news to some folks that airports are allowed to employ private security workers instead of Transportation Security Administration screeners. But according to a recent piece in the Washington Post, airports not only can make this switch, Read more ›
The Morning Dig: Beijing’s Scramble to Eliminate Traffic
Tuesday, January 4th, 2011
• Beijing is trying everything to attempt to halt auto congestion in that rapidly growing city, but not much is working. (NYT) • The Environmental Protection Agency is beginning to regulate greenhouse gases emitted by power plants. (NYT) (AP) • Read more ›
The Worst Blizzard Horror Stories
Monday, January 3rd, 2011
The blizzard that crushed the northeast last week gave rise to a number of horrifying travel tales. Now usually one must proceed with caution when it comes to horrifying travel tales, because, as David Sedaris recently pointed out, everyone thinks Read more ›
The Morning Dig: Deepwater Horizon’s Final Hours Revealed
Monday, January 3rd, 2011
• A fascinating investigative article examines the last day of the Deepwater Horizon and the chaotic initial minutes and hours both before and after the rig exploded. (NYT) • An interesting piece looks at why there are so few full-size Read more ›
