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Charging Full Speed Ahead
Hawaii plans to have the nation’s first statewide network of chargers for plug-in electric cars.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/20...
Auto CEOs Will Take 1-Dollar Salaries
Ford, GM, and Chrysler CEOs say they'll accept $1 salaries and make hybrid and electric cars... in exchange for a bailout.
online.wsj.com/article/SB122817144031770385.html
'10 Cars That Damaged GM's Reputation' - With Video
GM's current precarious situation didn't come about overnight.
www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/reader_rides...
Super Trains: Plans to Fix U.S. Rail Could End Road & Sky Gridlock
With airports and highways more congested than ever, new steel-wheel and maglev lines that move millions in Europe and Japan have the potential to resurrect the age of American railroads.
www.popularmechanics.com/technology/transportati...
Let them fail?
While it's possible that the demise of the Detroit automakers will cause rail lines to sprout from the earth like mushrooms and send the public flocking to the bus, Bob Herbert of the New York Times describes a few other possible outcomes.
www.nytimes.com/2008/11/29/opinion/29herbert.htm...
Have You Driven a Bus or a Train Lately?
This op-ed argues that car companies -- as in World War II -- should be required by the Federal government to start building trains and bus systems, thereby creating more secure American jobs, and leading to energy security.
www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/opinion/16goodman.htm...
Bicycling Magazine ranks best US cities for bicycling
Best cities to ride a bike in, plus most improved city and best future city.
www.bicycling.com/topic/0,6614,s1-2-19-0-0,00.html
All aboard the Baghdad Metro
The Iraqi capital's first commuter train is slow but steady through streets often tied up by checkpoints and bombings. Just beware the crossing cars, stone-throwing youths and meandering cows.
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-tra...
San Francisco to Detroit: Go electric
Todd Woody explains the premise of cities going green(er) using electric transportation systems. This VC-IBank led effort is another attempt to keep the current unsustainable car-centric transportation model in place, run by the same players who got us here.
greenwombat.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/11/21/san...
A better way forward
If motorists were automatically held liable for collisions with cyclists, drivers might adopt more risk-averse behaviour
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/oct/26/mot...
