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New PBS Documentary “Beyond the Motor City” Reveals America’s Transportation Past, Present and Future

Megan McConville — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:31:02 +0000

On Tuesday night, PBS premiered the latest installment of its Blueprint America series on the challenges of renewing America’s decaying infrastructure. (We mentioned it the other day in our post about America 2050.) The newest ...

The Most Dangerous Roads in the World

Craig Schattner — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:28:01 +0000

What is the one thing that can top a four-level interchange? How about a five-level interchange, like the Puxi Viaduct in Shanghai, ranked fourth in Waze.com’s list of the most complicated and dangerous roads in ...

Creating “A Better Tomorrow” in America with Sustainable Transportation

Nancy Kete — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:26:04 +0000

Check out this video from America 2050, as part of its “A Better Tomorrow” project to create a “positive vision for the future of America built around investments in sustainable transportation and livable communities.” No, the futuristic ...

Bikes on Board: The Latest Research on Bicycle/Transit Integration

Nate Baird — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:53:38 +0000

Unfortunately, I didn’t get to make it to the recent TRB conference. But a few colleagues have come back from the conference bearing wonderful souvenirs, DVD-ROM discs packed full with details of the latest transportation ...

Transport-Related Apps for Your Smartphone

Megan McConville — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:23:25 +0000

Do you want to be able to map your bike routes as you ride and share them with fellow riders? Impress your friends by locating the closest Zipcar on the spur of the moment? Find ...

Where’s Low Carbon Transport in Post-Copenhagen Pledges?

Megan McConville — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:26:45 +0000

The first major piece of follow-up to the Copenhagen Accord took place Monday: the countries responsible for the bulk of climate-altering pollution formally submitted emission reduction plans, meeting the agreement’s Jan. 31 deadline. Fifty-five ...

Upcoming Event: Next American Vanguard

Erica Schlaikjer — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:17:15 +0000

An important announcement from our friends at Next American City, a U.S.-based nonprofit organization and quarterly magazine dedicated to making cities better. They’re hosting the annual Next American Vanguard conference, and offering stipends to young ...

Businesses Take Responsibility for Advancing Sustainable Transportation

Mitch Jackson — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:58:31 +0000

Mitch Jackson is the Director of Environmental Affairs & Sustainability for FedEx Corporation (and he also writes for the FedEx Citizenship Blog.) This month, FedEx is beginning work with EMBARQ — the producer of TheCityFix ...

A New Face in Your Blogosphere

Megan McConville — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:38:38 +0000

You may recognize my name – I’ve been a contributor to TheCityFix for the past several months. I recently took the job on full-time, so I wanted to introduce myself. I’m happy to be working with ...

Guadalajara and Santiago Join “1000 Cities 1000 Lives” Global Health Campaign

Erica Schlaikjer — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:55:49 +0000

A few more cities recently joined the worldwide global health campaign, 1000 Cities 1000 Lives, which we wrote about previously here. The campaign, sponsored by the World Health Organization, was launched with the goal to ...