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Category Archives: transportation

Information and notes about transportation issues.

  1. Forgetting minor things (like people and maintenance) June 21, 2011

    Posted in political, transportation.

    No comments
  2. Open letter to Mountain View City Council about the HSR train station September 12, 2010

    Posted in high-speed-rail, political, transportation.

    No comments
  3. Britian cancels runways because of global warming concerns July 3, 2010

    Posted in high-speed-rail, political, transportation.

    No comments
  4. Diverging Diamonds: A great pedestrian idea! December 6, 2009

    Posted in political, transportation.

    1 comment
  5. Stations do NOT affect train speed June 15, 2009

    Posted in environment, high-speed-rail, political, random silliness, rants, transportation.

    2 comments
  6. The death of Taiwan airlines January 3, 2009

    Posted in high-speed-rail, transportation.

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  7. privatize only what… December 22, 2008

    Posted in political, starting a company, transportation.

    1 comment
  8. California High-Speed Rail go direct to SFO December 3, 2008

    Posted in environment, high-speed-rail, transportation.

    4 comments
  9. Fewer roads, less congestion September 14, 2008

    Posted in environment, transportation.

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  10. Chris Anderson and the wrong tail of energy security August 18, 2008

    Posted in environment, political, transportation.

    2 comments
  11. High-Speed Rail and the “Reason” Foundation. August 17, 2008

    Posted in environment, high-speed-rail, political, random silliness.

    No comments
  12. A plea for financial assistance… August 14, 2008

    Posted in bart-to-san-jose, political, transportation.

    No comments
  13. Trains beat planes — everywhere. July 30, 2008

    Posted in environment, high-speed-rail, transportation.

    No comments
  14. Toy car manufacturer worth more than real car manufacturer July 6, 2008

    Posted in entertainment, environment, transportation.

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  15. Stooopid SUV owners July 6, 2008

    Posted in entertainment, environment, political, transportation.

    2 comments
  16. Would you rather eat or drive? July 5, 2008

    Posted in environment, political, transportation.

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  17. CAFE and 1950’s refrigerators July 3, 2008

    Posted in environment, political, transportation.

    1 comment
  18. will we see the first truly integrated transportation company? June 29, 2008

    Posted in political, transportation.

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  19. practical reasons why BART-to-SFO is a disaster June 21, 2008

    Posted in 2006-06-06-measure-a, bart-to-san-jose, entertainment, political, transportation.

    3 comments
  20. Maglev is cheaper than BART May 11, 2008

    Posted in bart-to-san-jose, environment, transportation.

    1 comment
  21. if google was really serious about climate change May 1, 2008

    Posted in environment, political, transportation.

    No comments
  22. Excellent series of blog posts about High-speed rail in California April 10, 2008

    Posted in political, transportation.

    No comments
  23. How to drive a manual transmission April 6, 2008

    Posted in entertainment, how to, transportation.

    26 comments
  24. How to buy a car. April 6, 2008

    Posted in environment, how to, transportation.

    No comments
  25. California High-Speed Rail project: Altamont (Immediate Benefit) v. Pacheco Pass (Fuzzy Future) February 2, 2008

    Posted in political, sierraclub, transportation.

    3 comments