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• Culture

  

  Super Bowl Stat Madness: The Astounding Numbers Game

  Do your self a favor and take a look at this astounding collection of Super Bowl data. You'll get an idea of the massive numbers behind our...

  by Patrick James +

• Culture

  

  The BBC to Air Hans Rosling's The Joy of Stats

  See a short promo for the new BBC special on data and visualization, hosted by the energetic Swede Hans Rosling.

  by Andrew Price +

• Education

  

  KIPP's Graduation Rate Stats Spark Charter School Debate

  Data from the charter school network shows a higher college graduation rate than for students attending regular public schools.

  by Liz Dwyer +

• News

  

  Guangzhou, China, Wins Sustainable Transport Award

  Guangzhou's kick-ass bus system helped it win the 2011 Sustainable Transport Award. No American city was even in the running.

  by Alex Goldmark +

• News

  

  A Brief History of Transportation

  There are some 600 million cars in the world. Airports in the United States launch tens of millions of flights every year. As a society, we've...

  by GOOD, Robert A. Di Ieso, Jr. +

• Issue 015

  

  Transportation Innovation

  Joseph M. Sussman, an external adviser to the Department  of Transportation and professor at MIT, explains why the  stimulus isn't good enough...

  by Siobhan O'Connor 2

• Issue 015

  

  The Transport of Future Past

  We have built ourselves into a mess. An over-abundance of demand for personal mobility is rapidly draining our supply of fossil fuels. How did...

  by GOOD +

• Cities

  

  The Right Transportation for Every Place

  We've discussed the last mile problem before-that no matter whatever non-car transportation options you provide, people still need a way to get...

  by GOOD +

• News

  

  The Future of Cities and Transportation

  Bus rapid transit systems and "complete streets" are great. But to design urban transportation systems that are truly sustainable, we have to...

  by Mathias Crawford 6

• GOOD Blog

  

  Should Public Transportation Be Free?

  Here's a recession paradox: despite booming ridership, public transportation systems are raising fares, cutting back service, or both. Why?...

  by Andrew Price +

• Environment

  

  China's Staggering Transportation Growth

  You've probably heard that China is growing quickly, but have you seen the graphs? The Oil Drum's Stuart Staniford picked through data from the...

  by Andrew Price +

• Cities

  

  Is Your Neighborhood Transportation Smart?

  The folks at the Center for Neighborhood Technology have spruced up their tool for checking neighborhood transportation costs and rereleased it...

  by Andrew Price +

• Lifestyle

  

  Better Transportation Means Better Health, Says WHO

  Sustainable transport is on the World Health Organization's agenda.

  by Ann Marie Gardner +

• Environment

  

  Building a Better Future: Critical Questions on Transportation

  This is one of eight sets of questions to consider when envisioning a city that can win the climate fight. Read the introduction, and take a...

  by Alex Steffen, Jennifer Daniel 1

• Cities

  

  Ideas for Cities: Multi-use Public Transportation

  Multi-use Public Transportation Accessible, easy, ample, and multi-use public transportation could connect citizens throughout the city; one of...

  by GOOD +

• News

  

  Ray LaHood Is Talking Transportation Taxes

  Right now, our driving is taxed with extra cost attached to the price of gasoline. You need gas to drive, so you pay the government some for it,...

  by Morgan Clendaniel +

• Environment

  

  Suburbanites Surrender Their Cars, Win Transportation War

  Is suburbia the new utopia? Probably not, because they're still the suburbs (I kid!), but there is momentum to this trend of building or...

  by Siobhan O'Connor +

• News

  

  Ray LaHood: "The End of Favoring Motorized Transportation"

  Our Secretary of Transportation, Ray LaHood, appeared National Bike Summit last week where he stood on a table and told the cyclists "you have a...

  by Andrew Price +

• Cities

  

  Learn About IBM's Innovative Ideas for the Future of Transportation

  The company has been doing a lot of thinking about how technology can improve cities-and its live streaming an event to tell us about it.

  by GOOD +

• News

  

  Americans Are Spending a Lot Less on Transportation These Days

  It turns out staycations and public transportation saves you about $1,000 a year.

  by Andrew Price +