April 2011
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The Guangzhou BRT system opened in February 2010. It now carries 800,000 passengers a day, seamlessly connecting riders to both the metro system and the city’s new bike-share network. For these innovations, Guangzhou won the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy’s 2011 Sustainable Transport Award.
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Senior Consulting Editor Clive Irving was on NPR’s Talk of the Nation this afternoon, discussing Southwest Airlines’ emergency landing on Friday.
What we’re watching right now—thanks, @kressie42, for the link.
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March 2011
32 posts
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How a Grape Soda Powered the First... →
theatlantic:
Advertising pervades our culture. Every other day you turn around to the Orange Bowl becoming the FedEx Orange Bowl or as announced yesterday, Seattle’s Qwest Field will be renamed CenturyLink Field. Wasn’t there a pure time when one could pursue the highest pursuits free of commercial motivations?
Well, no. At least not in the last hundred years. All you need to do is...
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