Once again, the Danes are named the happiest people on the planet.
Why is this? and what can we learn from their success?
Some folks say it’s the bikes. In Copenhagen, one third of commutes happen on bikes, one third on public transportation, one third in automobiles.
This clip from “Contested Streets” shows some of what makes [...]
Trucking traffic is a huge problem in Calgary and Canada and much more so in Europe. It stinks, it’s dangerous, it assumes an unnecessarily large physical and environmental footprint, it is inefficient and expensive — but it’s what the world uses to move goods.
Western European countries — wise to the myriad global warming, logistics, [...]
Canada v. Israel: A United Nations military observer sent e-mails home to Canada reporting that Israel was bombing schools and waging “a campaign of terror against the Lebanese people” shortly before he was killed by an Israeli bomb in Lebanon.
Beautiful ad for the Madrid Metro — The city as seen from the underground. [via Kottke]
Third [...]
For some — most perhaps — airships seem a laughable holdover from antiquated, backward times. Conjuring images of noirish paleofuturist comic books and steampunk manga they have held ground in our collective imagination but lost it in real policy and practice.
This is unfortunate.
Air ships address many of the holes and negatives of our current [...]
We often hear about how terrible air travel is as sustainable and economic transportation. Here’s an interesting alternative, whose impossibility is compared to the semi-successful Chunnel.
Also, I love trains.
From Discovery Channel’s Extreme Engineering:
“A magnetically levitated train could theoretically take you from New York to London in 54 minutes. But you’d have to go 5,000 mph [...]