Alex Goldmark

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TN MOVING STORIES: Transpo Links from Around the Web

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

In today's links we have another BART update, some Citi Bike data released, and an arrest in the LAX dry ice explosions. Also a pair of big emissions regulation stories from the U.S. ...
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TN MOVING STORIES: Transpo Links from Around the Web

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Dry ice airport explosions in LA (no injuries), BART strike looming, and the great SF exodus lead our links today. We've also got a human powered helicopter, a trend of Citi Bike wedd...
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Amtrak Ridership and Revenues Both Up, Despite Sandy Damage

Monday, October 14, 2013

Americans are riding the train more than ever before. And Amtrak is earning more money off every passenger, even as the most-profitable line, the Northeast Corridor, saw a small decre...
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QUIZ: Nuclear War? Are These Real Terms of Service

Wednesday, October 09, 2013

WNYC

Every time you sign up for a new online service, you face a choice:  do you click "accept" at the bottom of a long scroll of dense legalese that is the company's terms of service. We decided to whip out the old magnifying glass to get a better look at the fine print and bring you some of the more unexpected gems buried in real terms of service agreements. Can you guess which ones are real? 

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When the FBI Knocks: A Techie’s Moment of Truth

Wednesday, October 09, 2013

The recent revelation that companies like Google and Facebook routinely hand over data about users' digital communications to the National Security Agency has many Americans wondering whether everything they do online is being tracked by the government. 

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TN MOVING STORIES: Transpo Links from Around the Web

Friday, October 04, 2013

Crashes without NTSB investigators because of the shutdown, details on new rail plans, and studies. Oh we have studies. Millennials and transit, Americans and walking, and more. Also,...
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Lavabit Founder Talks about Snowden While Under a Gag Order for Hosting His Email

Thursday, October 03, 2013

Another peek into the NSA snooping scandal comes to us today via unsealed court documents in the case of Lavabit, a secure email service used by NSA leaker Edward Snowden. That email service was run by Ladar Levison, an interesting character. He stopped by the New Tech City studios last week, donuts and Red Bull in hand. 

 

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TN MOVING STORIES: Transpo Links from Around the Web

Thursday, October 03, 2013

WNYC

We've got an update on Pennsylvania's transpo funding fight, evidence of peak sprawl, the first Citi Bike lawsuits and a glowing tricycle firefly video. Among other transpo links, of course. 

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TN MOVING STORIES: Transpo Links from Around the Web

Wednesday, October 02, 2013

We've got a couple shutdown-related stories, also a snazzy data visualization, an NYC road-widening proposal, a ride sharing company setback, and a little reflection on the 20th anniv...
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Genetic Screening of Every Child

Wednesday, October 02, 2013

Scientists at the recently opened New York Genome Center eventually want to screen every child in New York State. But if doctors found that your child had a genetic disorder, would you want to know? 

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TN MOVING STORIES: Transpo Links, Shutdown Edition

Tuesday, October 01, 2013

The federal government is shut down. Here's how that affects transpo. And of course, we've got your usual dose of links.

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TN MOVING STORIES: Transpo News Links From Around the Web

Monday, September 30, 2013

The commuter snarl north of New York City continues, a small plane crashes into a Santa Monica hangar, and Chicago's parking meters are causing problems, big problems. We've also got ...
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Google's Top NYC Engineer on City's Tech Economy

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Craig Nevill-Manning is Google's chief engineer in New York City. In fact, saying he built the company's software engineering department in the city from scratch is no exaggeration. 

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Introducing The Takeaway Bike Challenge

Monday, September 16, 2013

Bikes are taking over America. Major cities like New York, Chicago and San Francisco are launching public bike sharing systems for the first time, joining Boston, D.C. and Denver. Get...

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Chart: Biggest Threat to Schoolchildren? Cars

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

As New York City's 1.1 million schoolchildren make their way to school on sidewalks and subway platforms, the biggest danger they face is swift-moving traffic. A WNYC and Transportati...
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Chart: Biggest Threat to Schoolchildren? Cars

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

WNYC

As New York City's 1.1 million schoolchildren amble to the first week of classes on sidewalks and subway platforms, the biggest danger they'll face isn't bullies or muggers but swift-moving traffic. A WNYC examination of traffic safety data reveals a few ways that kids are different from adults when it comes to pedestrian hazards. 

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Updated: Scampering Kittens That Halted 2 Subway Lines Up for Adoption

Friday, August 30, 2013

Update: The kittens, Arthur and August are being being put up for adoption at Animal Care of New York. They'll be ready to go to a new home in a couple of weeks. 

Trains were stopped. The third rail was deactivated. Shuttle buses were scrambled. The police were called in. All because kittens were on the loose in the Church Avenue stop of the B and Q subway lines in Brooklyn on Thursday. 

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TN MOVING STORIES: Transpo Links from Around the Web

Friday, August 30, 2013

The DOT's new chief of staff, America's drop in driving, curbside buses, rural road funding and yes, also kittens. That's just part of what we've got in today's TN Links. 

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Remove Pedestrian Plazas? GOP Candidates Say Maybe So

Thursday, August 29, 2013

WNYC

When the Republican candidates for NYC mayor gathered for a televised debate Wednesday night, they took three different stances on Mayor Mike Bloomberg's preference for pedestrians and plazas. 

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TN MOVING STORIES: Transpo Links from Around the Web

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Bay Area launches bike share, and gets a solar EV charger and a report for how to stop sprawl along Calif. HSRail. Nissan is making a self-driving car, all carmakers are trying out te...
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