We know that transportation funding is in peril and even good projects like Caltrain seem to be in trouble.  But we must not freak out when ...

Drive Oregon's vision for electric mobility includes more than just electric cars. We sat down with Jeff Allen, Executive Director of Dr...

This might be a little more gut reaction than normal but why in the heck would you get rid of trolley buses in Seattle? Honestly when ever...

The electric trolley canal boat . What?

I wish there were more time in the day. I have some land value and transportation reading to catch up on. ~~~ Senators driving buses? Elec...

In St. Paul the utility company is going to have to rip up the streets anyway for light rail so they are trying an innovative energy rebate ...

I thought this article on ultracapacitor buses was interesting in that they have been used in China for a number of years. One of the surp...

Sorry if I left people hanging with the trolleywire vs. catenary article. Essentially, as Arcady explained in the comments of the last post...

After overriding the Mayor's veto, URS is going to look at how to bring the streetcar to the city. One of the issues, how to power the...

Arlington is the largest city in the United States without transit, but will run trains through the city for the Superbowl coming in 2011. ...

I'm a bit disappointed that the Center for American Progress would be pushing natural gas BRT as a strategy instead of electrification ...

While Richmond VA is still the first electric transit system proved in 1888 by Frank J Sprague, apparently Montgomery Alabama was the city w...

Congress is looking hard for a funding source for all things transportation. With the gas tax woefully inadequate, they are looking for ot...

USA Today has an article about intensifying suburbs in the Hong Kong style. Interesting they mention the tall buildings but not the massiv...

I challenge any city to draw lines in the street and run a bus, then run a streetcar and see what happens. And again, why are we so worrie...

It was nice to see everyone at the NJudah shindig last night. I'm in Sacramento for a family reunion this weekend so posting might be l...

Every once in a while I'll stop reading articles and pick up a book. Sometimes its a book I started but put down for reasons unremember...

If you were a city, would you want to be the first to implement an unproven technology whether it's hydrogen streetcars or super fast c...

Looks like Montreal could reap the benefits of electrification sooner than others. Agence Métropolitaine de Transport and Hydro-Québec agre...

I'm all about this rethinking of the national energy grid. But why are we not looking further into connecting the grid back into trans...