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I-Hacked.com Taking Advantage Of Technology - Inside Programmable Road Signs
http://www.i-hacked.com/content/view/274/48/

how to hack the ADCO portable sign
How many times have you driven by an electronic road sign like one of these? This is the ADDCO portable sign. Today, you see what is on the inside, and how they are programmed to display important information.
How to hack US roadside signs.
LimeWire Creator Brings Open-Source Approach to Urban Planning | Epicenter from Wired.com
http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/01/mark-gorton-ceo.html
Portland, Oregon has already used his open-source software to plan its bus routes. San Francisco, whose MUNI bus system is a frequent target of criticism, could be next to get the treatment. Gorton says he's in talks with the city to supply transit routing software for MUNI that will do a much better job of keeping track of where people are going and figuring out how best to get them there. San Francisco "overpaid greatly" for a badly-supported proprietary closed-source system that barely works, according to Gorton, putting the city under the thumb of a private company that provides sub-par support.
Entrepreneur Mark Gorton wants to do for people what he already helped do for files: move them from here to there in the most efficient way possible using open-source tools. Gorton, whose LimeWire file sharing software for the open-source gnutella network was at the forefront of the P2P revolution nearly a decade ago, is taking profits earned as a software mogul and spinning them into projects to make urban transportation safer, faster and more sustainable.
"Gorton, whose LimeWire file sharing software for the open-source gnutella network was at the forefront of the P2P revolution nearly a decade ago, is taking profits earned as a software mogul and spinning them into projects to make urban transportation safer, faster and more sustainable."
While public, that data was locked by private software used by public organizations and suffered from an overall lack of standards. Thus was born GeoServer, an open-source, Java-based software server that lets anyone view and edit geo-spatial data. Road information can now be painstakingly imported once from proprietary systems or entered from scratch, double-checked by other users, and rolled out to anyone who needs the data
Light Lane - Concept from Altitude’s Alex Tee and Evan Gant « Dustbowl
http://dustbowl.wordpress.com/2009/01/09/light-lane-concept-from-altitudes-alex-tee-and-evan-gant/
Oh, huh, that's cool. Projectable bike lane!
a bike lane that moves with you!
"Only a small fraction of streets have dedicated bike lanes, and with an installation cost of $5,000 to $50,000 per mile, we shouldn’t expect to find them everywhere anytime soon. Instead of adapting cycling to established bike lanes, the bike lane should adapt to the cyclists. This is the idea behind the LightLane. Our system projects a crisply defined virtual bike lane onto pavement, using a laser, providing the driver with a familiar boundary to avoid. With a wider margin of safety, bikers will regain their confidence to ride at night, making the bike a more viable commuting alternative."
cool idea
Logistics Management Homepage
http://www.logisticsmgmt.com/
Logistics Management Homepage
การจัดการการบริการและการขนส่ง
การขนส่ง อาชีพในอนาคต
ข้อมูลโลจิสติกส์
GOOD Transparency - Getting Around
http://awesome.goodmagazine.com/transparency/web/trans0209gettingaround.html
fuel use by method of transportation. I like how 16 burgers = 1/2 gallon of gas.
fuel per passenger for 350 miles
Fuel use of various modes of transportation.
A nice graphic showing how much energy is needed for various different modes of transport. Cycling comes out best.
Hotels, Hotel Deals, Vacations, Resorts and Travel Deals - hotelicopter
http://hotelicopter.com/
Book hotels and travel deals
very nice site
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The Grid, Our Cars and the Net: One Idea to Link Them All | Autopia
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/05/the-grid-our-cars-and-the-internet-one-idea-to-link-them-all/
To summarize: build the smart grid on top of the Internet, and put wireless mesh routers in power meters and cars.
So obvious once heard; everything can be reduced to software eventually.
The intelligent network we need for electricity can also turn cars into nodes. Interoperability is a multiplier.
What’s A ‘Spooey’? A Field Guide To Freeway Interchanges, Part 1 » INFRASTRUCTURIST
http://www.infrastructurist.com/2009/05/18/dont-pluck-the-cloverleaf-a-field-guide-to-highway-interchanges-part-1/
Ever wondered what that off-ramp configuration was called? Now you know.
Fascinating description of motorway/freeway interchanges. I didn't know they all had names. The Maryland Braid is my favourite.
Exit Strategy NYC for iPhone, iPod Touch, Blackberry, Android(G1), and Kindle
http://exitstrategynyc.com/
Ever wish you knew exactly where to stand on the subway to arrive at your exit? Front? Back? Middle? Plan where to stand accordingly with Exit Strategy NYC and shave minutes off your trip!
pushing commuting speeds to an absolute limit
Walk or Bus? - Visualmotive
http://visualmotive.com/walk-or-bus/
Minutes until the next bus
Lufthansa MySkyStatus™
http://myskystatus.com/
Tweeting planes.
While you're in the air, MySkyStatus sends altitude, location, departure and arrival updates automatically to your Facebook and Twitter pages. It's travel made social and it's easy to set up. Let's get started.
subway architecture
http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/8346/subway-architecture.html
Smarter Transportation: 10 Social Media Tools to Navigate Your City
http://mashable.com/2009/09/29/social-media-transportation/
This list of ten social media tools will help you hack your transportation habits to better navigate your city.
From figuring out the best route to get from point A to point B to helping people avoid speeding tickets, from simplifying public transportation to arranging carpools, social media tools are making it easier for people to get around the places they live.
Smarter Transportation: 10 Social Media Tools to Navigate Your City http://bit.ly/MS2hd [from http://twitter.com/gohewitt/statuses/4705484091]
Germany Imagines Suburbs Without Cars - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/12/science/earth/12suburb.html
An article about Vauban, Germany from the NY Times
New York Times article discusses car-free suburb in Vauban, Germany, and other car-reduced developments in other country.
Car-free town in Germany
The last word: Advice from ‘America’s worst mom’ - THE WEEK
http://www.theweek.com/article/index/96342/The_last_word_Advice_from_Americas_worst_mom
A year ago, journalist Lenore Skenazy caused a media sensation when she let her 9-year-old rideNew York City’s subway by himself. In a new book, she explains why she has no
This lady is NOT the worst mom in america: http://bit.ly/v6g1i [from http://twitter.com/medwardsmusic/statuses/1808843388]
A year ago, journalist Lenore Skenazy caused a media sensation when she let her 9-year-old rideNew York City’s subway by himself. In a new book, she explains why she has no regrets.
Skenazy NY New York subway
Advice from the world's worst mom who let her 9-year-old ride the subway alone.