As high speed rail flounders in this country, China’s state news agency Xinhua News reports that test runs of a train connecting Zaozhuang City of Shandong Province and Bengbu City in eastern Anhui Province reached speeds in excess of 300 miles per hour (480 kilometers per hour). The tracks on which the train was traveling [...]
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Chinese Train Breaks High Speed Record
December 4th, 2010 
Eric Wilson 
Posted in China, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Transportation 
Tags: High Speed Rail, Olympics, Trains 
Comments OffJapan Debuts Hybrid Train
October 11th, 2010 Justin Manger Land of the white gloved people pushers and Shinkansen Bullet Train, Japan has again made news in the rail industry. Recently, East Japan Railway Co. started to operate a hybrid passenger train with an electric motor and diesel engine. Located in Nagano Prefecture (site of the 1998 Winter Olympics) the train is designated for tourists. [...]
Posted in Clean Technology, Japan, Justin Manger, Transportation Tags: Battery, Diesel, Energy Conservation, Trains No Comments »Battery to Capture Power from SEPTA’s Philadelphia Subway Trains
September 30th, 2010 Justin Manger The Southeastern Pennsylvanian Transportation Authority (SEPTA), the nation’s sixth largest mass transit entity, has recently come up with a plan to save up to 40 percent on its electric bill and generate potentially millions of dollars in revenue. Teaming up with Philadelphia-based smart gird company, Viridity Energy, SEPTA is piloting a project to transfer the [...]
World’s Worst Commutes; No U.S. City in Top Ten
September 7th, 2010 Justin Manger The other day we wrote about the ten day traffic jam in China. This is a brief follow up on how rapid urbanization around the world is making U.S. rush hour battles look tame. IBM released its first Car Commuter Pain Study a few months ago that surveyed “8,192 motorists in 20 cities on six [...]
Posted in Behavior, China, Japan, Justin Manger, Policy, Transportation Tags: Cars, Trains No Comments »Infographic: World’s Carbon Dioxide Emissions
August 16th, 2010 Justin Manger Here’s a quick post linking to an montage at flight search engine fly.co.uk about the amounts and sources of greenhouse gases. Among other information, the world’s 1.8 billion cattle apparently produce 18% of the world’s total greenhouse gases. It’s well presented and makes for some interesting quick reading. The infographic is also pasted below after the [...]
Posted in Behavior, Business, Energy Efficiency, Justin Manger, Transportation Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Energy Conservation, Food, Trains No Comments »Is There an Eco-conscious Alternative to Air Travel?
August 11th, 2010 Eric Wilson 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 [...]
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 »
