Archive for the ‘Transportation’ Category

Yoga room in SF Airport

Posted on January 31st, 2012 by Good Mood Admin
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A new yoga room is now available at terminal 2 at San Francisco airport. The room which has low lights, and soothing blue walls aim to afford travelers a place to stretch out and meditate before they get on a plane.

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A new bike-sharing program in Boston

Posted on August 8th, 2011 by Good Mood Admin
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A new share a bike program in Boston has  officially launched last week, with bicycles available at 61 stations around the city. Rides shorter than half an hour  are free for all members, with charges accrued for each half-hour of riding time.

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$4 LA area flighs

Posted on July 16th, 2011 by Good Mood Admin
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JetBlue Airways announced last week a special $4 nonstop flights between Long Beach Airport and Bob Hope Airport in suburban Burbank for this  Saturday, the first day of a 2 days construction work during which the 405 freeway will be closed

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Chicago will pay cab companies to go green

Posted on May 11th, 2011 by Good Mood Admin
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The city of Chicago is trying to have a greener taxi flee, and started a program on which cab companies will get an incentive to use hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles.

Read the full story (SunTimes)

builds his own car out of junk

Posted on April 6th, 2011 by Good Mood Admin
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Orismar de Souza, a 35 years old homeless man from Brazil, built his own car using junk and used parts he could get. Once car was completed he was able to search for a job and started to work.

Read the full story (MSNBC)

GE Embrace 25,000 Electric Cars

Posted on November 14th, 2010 by Good Mood
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General Electric will convert half of its corporate fleet to electric vehicles by 2015. The company will buy 12,000 GM vehicles from next year beginning with Chevy Volt. GE is hoping that its planned purchase will help reducing the costs of electric cars by increasing production volumes.

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16 Years Old Saved Her Calssmates After Bus Crash

Posted on August 8th, 2010 by Good Mood Admin
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After a school bus crashed and smell of diesel fuel started to fill the bus, Megan Fleming, a 16 years old student got everybody calm, and organized to get off the bus.

Read the full story (AOL news)

Huge Buses to Drive Over Traffic In China

Posted on August 7th, 2010 by Good Mood Admin
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China is planning to invest in huge over traffic  buses which can carry 1400 passengers at once, and by doing so, to reduce traffic jams by1/3. Cars which are 2 meters and below in height will be able to drive below the bus.

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Solar Plane Lands Safely

Posted on July 9th, 2010 by Good Mood Admin
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Solar powered plane left Switzerland 2 nights ago for a first 24 hours test flight. The plane, which was able to fly during the night after getting enough energy from the sun during the day, climb to 28,000 feet and reached top speeds of over 75 mph.

Read the full story (SwissInfo)

The First Flying Car

Posted on July 5th, 2010 by Good Mood
Filed under Environmental, Transportation | No Comments

This new breakthrough design brings us a car which is driven by a conventional front-wheel drive, and can fit in a regular sized garage and is capable to turn into light aircraft by folding out its wings. The spec of this vehicle is quite impressive both on land and up in the sky with runway distance of 500m, top flight speed of 185Kph flight distance of 740 km were on the ground its fuel consumption is less than 8 liter per 100km which makes it environmental transportation both on the ground and in the air.

Read the full story (Physorg)