Hot off the presses! Obama has announced a vision for high-speed rail corridors nationwide. I also think it’s cool that this was posted on the White House’s blog. I’m glad that the administration is paying some attention to transportation, but I’m actually a little skeptical of the whole idea. I don’t know much about the [...]
Being able to leverage your social network for rides in the name of being green is a great idea. Palo Alto based Zimride allows you to use your existing social network via facebook to find shared rides. You can both offer rides and indicate you are looking for a ride. They’ve even got an android [...]
Growing up in the South has always made me a little defensive about transportation planning in places not on the Left Coast, but turns out Virginia might have found a way to force those pesky local governments to stop building cul-de-sacs. How, you might ask? From the Washington Post: “So now, Virginia will maintain only [...]
Remember Avego? The company that makes a ridesharing iPhone ap? For some reason I’m subscribed to their newsletter, and a few news items came over the transom. First, they’ll be opening up a DC office to lobby federal, state, and local agencies to adopt their technology. The guy who runs it is named Jason Conley, [...]
We’re pretty proud of the totally revamped site we built for 511 Contra Costa. Graphic design credit: Adduci Studios.
We here at Blinktag use our bikes as the preferred mode of transport (we’ve even got a company tandem thanks to Preston). Aside from the hills, San Francisco is very conducive to cycling given its reasonable climate, dense layout and culture that embraces all things alternative, including modes. However, for over 2.5 years the city’s [...]
Since I don’t drive, I really appreciate ways to mooch rides from the suckers who do. An article in the New York Times talks about two apps that might just help me get around if I hadn’t given Brendan my iPhone to trade up to an Android G1. The first one, a little bit of [...]
The blogosphere is abuzz (well, buzzing just a little, given the topic) over Obama’s choice for Secretary of Transportation: the hitherto unknown Rep. (as in REPUBLICAN) Rep. from Illinois, Ray LaHood. Given OB’s promise to bridge partisanship in his cabinet, the choice, while coming from left-field, shouldn’t surprise: LaHood has a reputation as a centrist, [...]
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