As summer travel plans to visit friends and family wind down, the question arises if there is a reasonable alternative to long distance air travel. An earlier post, which hailed the success of high speed rail between Madrid and Barcelona, reiterates the limited scope of train travel as an alternative to flying. For trips of [...]
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Is There an Eco-conscious Alternative to Air Travel?
August 11th, 2010 
Eric Wilson 
Posted in Eric Wilson, Japan, Transportation 
Tags: Bio-fuels, High Speed Rail, Solar Energy, Trains, Water 
No Comments »“A Graphic is Worth a Thousand Words”
May 15th, 2010 Justin Manger Source: Washington Post
Posted in China, Clean Technology, Graphics, Justin Manger, Transportation Tags: High Speed Rail, Trains No Comments »Colorado Front Range Completes Initial High Speed Rail Study
March 31st, 2010 Eric Wilson With the awarding of billions of dollars from the stimulus bill to various big high speed rail projects across the nation, several smaller studies have been conducted on the feasibility of constructing and running faster train lines. The Rocky Mountain Rail Authority – “a multi-jurisdictional government body comprised of 52 Colorado cities, towns, counties and [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Transportation Tags: Colorado, Denver, Fort Collins, High Speed Rail, Stimulus Bill, Trains No Comments »Making High Speed Rail More Enticing Than Air Travel
March 20th, 2010 Eric Wilson Last week’s post about Travel and Leisure’s top ten scenic train rides espoused the lower environmental impact of rail travel along with being able to experience the inherent beauty of earth’s natural vistas. In this case, the environmental angle only represents a minor portion of the equation. Train travel is arguably more relaxing than going [...]
Posted in Behavior, Eric Wilson, Transportation Tags: Environment, High Speed Rail, Trains No Comments »US Government Announces High Speed Rail Funding
January 28th, 2010 Eric Wilson The United States government announced the recipients of $8 billion in high speed rail stimulus funding today. Three projects will receive the lion’s share of money set aside in last year’s stimulus bill. The projects will be based in California, Illinois, and Florida. According to a press release from The White House, President Obama and [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, President Obama, Transportation Tags: California, Florida, High Speed Rail, Los Angeles, Stimulus Bill, Trains No Comments »China Unveils World’s Fastest Long-distance Train Service
December 28th, 2009 Justin Manger In yet another symbol of China’s rapid development and increasing technological prowess, a high-speed train called the Harmony express shortened a previously 11 hour trip across China to a mere 3 hours. The Harmony express raced along the 1,100km (684 mile) route from Guangzhou to the central city of Wuhan at an average speed of [...]
Posted in China, Green Economy, Green Products, Justin Manger, Transportation Tags: Green Technology, High Speed Rail, Trains No Comments »Green Japan, Part 1: Transportation
November 5th, 2009 Justin Manger This is the first in a three part series on certain differences in energy use, efficiency, and lifestyle in Japan. Today’s post will focus on transportation. When flying to Japan, most international routes will take you to Narita International Airport in Chiba prefecture, far outside downtown Tokyo (this may soon change, however). Instead of renting [...]
Posted in Clean Technology, Energy Efficiency, Green Economy, Japan, Justin Manger, Transportation Tags: Green Technology, High Speed Rail, Trains No Comments »Poll: The Future of High-Speed Rail in America
September 24th, 2009 Eric Wilson Earlier this month we covered National Public Radio’s week-long series looking at high-speed rail prospects and its roadblocks in America. We are curious about your thoughts so please take a moment and vote in our poll. <br /> <a href=”http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1962922/” mce_href=”http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1962922/”>How should the United States proceed on high-speed rail?</a><br/><br /> <span style=”font:9px;” mce_style=”font:9px;”>(<a href=”http://www.polldaddy.com” mce_href=”http://www.polldaddy.com”>polls</a>)</span><br [...]
