Gallery: 5 speedy, efficient rapid-transit buses, part 3
Launched in 2004, Las Vegas’ Metropolitan Area Express (MAX) is considered one of the best examples of a BRT system
Gallery: 5 speedy, efficient rapid-transit buses, part 4
Curitiba, Brazil, the granddaddy of bus rapid transit, implemented its first BRT system in the 1970s. It began using high-capacity,
Gallery: 5 speedy, efficient rapid-transit buses, part 5
Still little more than a gleam in Siemens’ eye (it’s in development, though) is the e-BRT, a concept unveiled
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What is it about oil that makes us so conflicted? Oh yeah … the love-hate thing.
A line from the movie
How to make mass transit smart ... fast
Curitiba, Brazil, is the leading example of how to create a sustainable city transport system without spending billions on railways
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While big storms — winter blizzards, severe summer thunderstorms and hurricanes — are the leading cause of power outages, a host of
What a smart grid doesn't look like
“Heat-related underground cable failures.” They’re the type of problem that can take out power for thousands or tens of
Solar energy aims for the 'impossible'
If you think about it, it’s crazy for us not to try and find every way possible of harnessing
5 reasons it's nuts to dump nukes
Nuclear power has a funny effect on people, especially when something in the industry goes awry.
Guardian columnist George Monbiot
Nuclear meltdowns 101
Here’s a clear, straightforward — and, we’re guessing, heavily caffeine-fueled — explanation of what went wrong at the Fukushima nuclear
