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Detroit, 5:58 PM
Tue Feb 9
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Asian-Americans Upset "Yellow Line" Runs Through Their Community

Atlanta's transit agency switched over to a color-coded system for their train system last year and renamed the line running through the heart of the Asian-American community the "Yellow Line." You don't wanna know where the "Pink Line" goes. [AJC]

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A Drive Around London In 1927, In Color

This remarkable piece of color footage from 1927 London shows what traffic looked like, how it was controlled pre-stop-light, and leisurely drives through central London. Seeing the cars, trucks, buses and motorcycles in their own time is pretty amazing. More »

02/03/10

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By Ben Wojdyla

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Green Power! Colorado Nazis Adopt A Highway

In an ironic twist, the National Socialist Movement of Colorado adopted a highway and the state, thanks to free speech laws, had to approve it. This means trash picking up trash! I hate Colorado Nazis... [KVDR]

01/25/10

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By Matt Hardigree

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A Car Is Not An Ark: California Flooding Waterlogs Roadways

The California sunshine has taken a break for the last week and rain has been unrelenting, especially in Los Angeles, where widespread flooding has turned parts of the state's freeway system into aqueducts. Some great images of the flooding below. More »

01/22/10

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By Ben Wojdyla

#planelopnik

Air Traffic Delays Now More Costly For America Than Hurricanes

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently announced that, from 2000 to 2008, airline flight delays took more from America's pocketbook than the combined cost of every hurricane in the country. Thanks, air travel. We love you, too. More »

01/22/10

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By Sam Smith

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NYC Horizonless Map Projection Is Tripping Us Out

We're big fans of map projections, so this view of Manhattan from 3rd Ave and 7th looking uptown has us giddy. The horizon is usually wasted space, and using it to portray useful data is quite clever. [Here & There]

01/21/10

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By Matt Hardigree

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The Safe Hump is a Better Speed Bump

Speed bumps will never cease to annoy, but a new concept design makes them more palatable by adding shock absorption, energy regeneration and a string of LED’s. More »

01/06/10

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By Peter Orosz

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Weird Alternative Map Projections

Map projections were created to display the 3D earth in a 2D space by distorting reality in order to preserve area, direction, distances or shape. The wonderful alternative projections below won't help you navigate an ocean, they just look awesome. More »

12/29/09

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By Matt Hardigree

#infrastructure

Explosives Bring Down 80-Year-Old New York Bridge

The 80-year-old Crown Point Bridge linking New York and Vermont over Lake Champlain crashed into the lake yesterday, as controlled explosions brought down the first U.S. long-span continuous truss bridge for highway traffic ever built. Today, we mourn its loss. More »

12/29/09

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By Ray Wert

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Cooking Spray Accident Torches Florida Bridge

When a pickup cut-off a semi carrying a load of cooking spray in Florida, the canisters caught fire and burned with enough intensity to warp the concrete support beams. Sadly, there wasn't a hamburger spill atop the overpass. More »

12/23/09

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By Ben Wojdyla

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Two-Color LED Traffic Light Has One Drawback

The inherent inefficiency of the three-light traffic signal is clearly demonstrated in this proposal for a two-light LED system, which produces the same three colors in one enclosure by combining red and green. Unfortunately, it still can't melt snow. More »

12/17/09

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Green Goes Bad: LED Traffic Lights Can't Melt Snow, Cause Accidents

New-fangled LED traffic lights last longer, pierce the darkness more effectively and consume 90% less energy than incandescent bulbs. That's also their drawback. They're not hot enough to melt snow that sticks to their lenses, causing dozens of accidents. More »

12/16/09

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By Ben Wojdyla

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Golden Gate Bridge: View From The Top

Telstar Logistics recently viewed the Golden Gate Bridge from a different location than most — the top of the south tower. See the amazing infrastructure porn below. More »

12/16/09

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By Ray Wert

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Eko: A Red Light with a Twist

Belgrade-based designer Damjan Stanković has developed a concept for a red light which tells you quite intuitively the amount of time remaining until you can blast off the line. More »

11/30/09

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Ten Awesome Feats Of Automotive Infrastructure

Call us geeks, but we love a good on-ramp. Bridges, too. When it comes to building the veins for our four-wheeled blood, mankind has crafted some pretty amazing stuff. Here's ten of our more mind-blowing efforts. More »

11/19/09

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By Sam Smith

#trainlopnik

America Needs High-Speed Rail

Last month, California's governor quietly killed an effort to improve commuter rail near L.A. Why? He wanted to focus on a bullet train. Don't agree? You're wrong. America needs fast trains. More »

11/13/09

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By Sam Smith

#maps

What America’s Highways Would Look Like As A London Underground Map

This is what the Eisenhower Interstate system looks like drawn in the style of Harry Beck's famous London Underground map. Now come on, wouldn't this make it much easier to find WalMart? More »

11/13/09

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By Wes Siler

#infrastructure

Every Other Road In Virginia Is Under Water

This is a screen capture of the Virginia DOT's closed-road list as of 5:30 EST Thursday. Each line represents a primary or secondary highway. Crazy part? This is less than 25% of the whole list. Thanks, Hurricane Ida! More »

11/13/09

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By Sam Smith

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It Turns Out Your Fear Of Bridges Is Totally Justified

The San Francisco Bay Bridge isn't the only piece of American infrastructure slowly crumbling. Road construction mag Better Roads' survey of America's bridges found that 25.7% of them are considered either functionally obsolete or structurally deficient. More »

11/10/09

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#carculture

James Dean Still Dead, But Highway He Died On To Become Safer

California's infamous State Route 46, otherwise known as "Blood Alley," is slated for its first safety updates in over a decade. After an extended funding battle, Caltrans will break ground on improvements today. Rest in peace, little bastard. More »

11/09/09

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By Sam Smith

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Philly Transit Strike Starts After World Series Leaves

The Philadelphia transit workers union showed mercy on baseball fans, delaying a strike while the World Series was in town. Now that it's headed back to NYC, the strike's on. No buses, subways or trolleys. Have fun commuting Philadelphia. More »

11/03/09

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By Ben Wojdyla

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