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“Public Transportation”

Apr 25, 2013 10:17 AM ET // Christina Reed
A protest against the bad conditions of public transportation in Prague set a new national record for how many people can fit in a bus. Continue reading →
Mar 21, 2013 12:59 PM ET // Nic Halverson
Wi-Fi-equipped interactive kiosks will boast a digital map that can plan your destination and provide you with a wealth of information. ->
Oct 4, 2011 01:31 PM ET // Derek Markham
One of the key pieces of infrastructure that we could really use in the U.S. is a high speed, efficient, and effective train system. We're in love with our cars, but our cities are suffering from the overabundance of personal cars and its attendant traffic jams and air pollution. If we've never exp...
Aug 8, 2011 07:39 PM ET // Derek Markham
If you've never considered using public transportation to get to and from your urban adventures, this new web app just might be your enabler. Mapnificent is a dynamic travel time map (not a time travel map!) which shows you which areas of the city you can reach with public transportation within a g...
Jul 27, 2012 04:33 PM ET // Alice Truong
More cities are increasingly adopting the use of RFID in their transit cards, allowing commuters to tap their wallets on a reader to pay for their fares without swiping. That's convenient enough as is, but one person decided to hack the idea to embed the RFID chip inside her phone. Becky Stern diss...
Feb 2, 2012 01:17 AM ET // Eric Rogell
The Giants and the Patriots may be battling it out to decide who is the best in the NFL this season, but New York City and Boston have been going head to head in the battle over Best City ever since a certain Declaration was signed. Yankees vs Red Socks, Knicks vs Celtics, Rangers vs [...]
Feb 9, 2011 09:45 AM ET // Amy Dusto
These new hybrid engines are green, cheap and easy to make.
Jul 15, 2011 04:15 PM ET // Nic Halverson
A brazen marketing campaign that preys on the vulnerable, battery-depleted masses could give them a charge.
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