A pneumatic subway opens in Lower Manhattan. And you thought your transit service sucks?
Source: Feb. 26, 1870: New York City Blows Subway Opportunity
astroengine writes “Assuming you had an interstellar spaceship, how would you navigate around the galaxy? For starters, you’d probably need a map. But there’s billions of stars out there — how complex would that map need to be? Actually, Samuel Arbesman, a research fellow from Harvard, has come up with a fun solution. He created the ‘Milky Way Transit Authority (MWTA),’ a simple transit system in the style of the iconic London Underground ‘Tube Map.’ (Travel Tip: Don’t spend too much time loitering around the station at Carina, there’s some demolition work underway.)”
Source: "Tube Map" Created For the Milky Way
The federal stimulus bill favored highways over transit, putting fewer people to work. We’re about to make the same mistake with the Jobs for Main Street Act.
Source: To Create Jobs, Build Public Transit, Not Roads
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