July Eco-Tidbits from Turkey
Küre Mountains National Park (L) is on its way to becoming part of a protected European park network, while demonstrators in Ankara (R) were arrested for protesting nuclear power. Photos via Turkish Adventures (L) and Today’s Zaman (R).
With summer in full swing in Turkey, the season’s regular environmental woes have again come to the fore. Helicopters dropping water have become a common sigh…Read the full story on TreeHugger
What’s Bus Stop Consolidation? A Way to Make Transit Faster for Little Money (Video)
The Bus Doesn’t Have to Stop Every Block…
If public transit was faster, more people would take it. That’s a pretty non-controversial statement. Of course speed isn’t the only factor (cost, safety, reliability), but it’s a big one. One of the things that makes a lot of b…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Drive No More: 6 Alternatives to Your Car
Photo: Flickr, CC
Do You Want to Go Car Free?
We often write about how our society is too car-centric, and while it’s important to improve cars so they’re orders of magnitude greener (because they aren’t going away anytime soon), it’s also crucial to have a wide variety of alternatives to the automobile. What are these alternatives? To some of you they might be obvious – you might use some of them every day – but to others w…Read the full story on TreeHugger
National Survey Shows Americans Broadly Support Investments in Public Transit, Walking, and Biking
Image: Transportation for America
Time to Go From Words to Actions
A national poll by Transportation for America (T4A), a policy organization mostly focused on “public transportation, smart growth, and environmentalism”, has found that a majority of voters in the U.S. favor more investments in public transit and safe walking and biking. T4A puts it this way: “If Americans were crafting the transportation bill, we would see a doubling of the share for public transportation.”…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Making San Francisco’s Muni Faster is Easy, So Let’s Do It (Video)
Sometimes Simple Solutions are Best
Our friends at StreetFilms have made a great video about San Francisco’s Muni and how to make it more efficient. Basically, if you make boarding faster by using a prepaid boarding system called proof-of-payment, the whole network of buses has to spend a lot less time…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Long Wait for the Bus? Budget Cuts Could Be the Reason
Image credit: Good
Times are tough for everyone—including municipal governments. One are that has suffered from diminished budgets is public transport. Across the country, transit workers are losing their jobs, making it that much harder to maintain the systems and schedules. Though there are some signs of economic recovery, more public transit jobs are expected to be lost before things get better….Read the full story on TreeHugger
Bad Drivers or Bad Design in Houston? Watch “Metro’s Greatest Hits” and Decide for Yourself
The video that we featured last week showed a rare collision between a train and a bus in Houston, TX. Much more common in Houston are collisions between automobiles and Houston’s new train. This blooper reel shows some apparen…Read the full story on TreeHugger
On Board Video Cam Shows a Rare Collision Between a Train and a Bus in Houston, TX
video via:khou.com
According to the The National Safety Council, riding public transportation is over 170 times safer than riding in a private car. But accidents do happen and mass transit isn’t immune. Read further for more about the recent collision between Houston’s new Metro Rail and a city bus on February 9th, 2010. …Read the full story on TreeHugger
The Country’s Transit Systems Face Off
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NYCT, MBTA, WMATA, BART: Which is the biggest, best, public transit system in the country? Good presents a new infographic that puts them next to each other for a face off….Read the full story on TreeHugger
7 Short and Senseless Flights We’d Love to Ban
Image via Earth Island Institute.
Sometimes it’s better to drive. Whether that means you carpool, rent a car, or take public transportation the fact of the matter is that you’d blow more carbon emissions if you traveled by airplane. Not only do you have to use <a href="http://www.treehug…Read the full story on TreeHugger
