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www.thetransportpolitic.com | ||
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freakonomics.com
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| | | | | Amtrak's ridership and revenue has been steadily increasing over the last 10 years, and 2011 set a new ridership record with 30.2 million passengers, and $1.9 billion in ticket revenue. But, even though it took in $1.42 billion from Congress last year, it still manages to lose $1 billion annually. This is hardly a new development. Amtrak has a long and storied history of functioning at a loss despite government subsidies.So, as we enter what appears to be a new era (maybe?) of government austerity, it se... | |
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greenash.net.au
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| | | | | [AI summary] The article outlines five proposed infrastructure projects to improve Australia's connectivity and sustainability. These include a tunnel connecting Victoria and Tasmania, a railway from Mt Isa to Tennant Creek, a highway to Cape York, high-speed rail on the Eastern seaboard, and self-sustaining desert towns. Each project addresses current gaps in transportation and aims to enhance economic and social connectivity across the country. | |
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pedestrianobservations.com
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| | | | | The American conversation about high-speed rail has an internal debate that greatly bothers me, about whether investments should be incremental or not. An interview with the author of a new book about the Northeast Corridor reminded me of this; this is not the focus of the interview, but there was an invocation of incremental vs.... | |
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www.schneier.com
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| | | Two competing arguments are making the rounds. The first is by a neurosurgeon in the New York Times. In an op-ed that honestly sounds like it was paid for by Waymo, the author calls driverless cars a "public health breakthrough": In medical research, there's a practice of ending a study early when the results are too striking to ignore. We stop when there is unexpected harm. We also stop for overwhelming benefit, when a treatment is working so well that it would be unethical to continue giving anyone a placebo. When an intervention works this clearly, you change what you do... | ||
