• We Want to Know – How Often Do You Fill Up Your Car?

    Updated: 2011-07-30 14:30:49
    The team at Earthgarage wants to know – how often do you fill up your car? Enter our poll and let us know! Go to facebook.com/earthgarage to enter! Poll ends August 2nd. Earthgarage – Greener Car. Fatter Wallet.

  • TMP HCT Analysis (VI): First Avenue

    Updated: 2011-07-29 15:28:41
    We complete our weary journey through Seattle’s High Capacity Transit study by looking at the First Avenue Streetcar. There was no BRT option evaluated here. Although a streetcar has 24 times more capital expense than an enhanced bus, it has triple the number of new riders and runs near capacity throughout the day. In fact, [...]

  • Turkeys: the Latest Alternative Fuel

    Updated: 2011-07-29 01:36:53
    Watch the VIDEO here to learn more about turkeys as a new source of alternative fuel. Earthgarage.com - Greener Car.  Fatter Wallet.

  • News Roundup: Exonerated

    Updated: 2011-07-28 23:50:39
    Investigator finds no conflict of interest in Kevin Wallace’s dealings. Bellevue City Council “encouraged by recent progress” on East Link. When buying locomotives, Amtrak has its priorities wrong. Federal budget cuts could wipe out what the $20 tab fee would get us. Take Seattle’s Comprehensive Plan survey. Metro is looking at eliminating the 2nd and [...]

  • Last Chance to Enter the Pulstar Spark Plug Giveway!

    Updated: 2011-07-28 20:21:04
    We’re giving away three (3) sets of Pulstar® Spark Plug! The Pulstar® is a new eco-friendly pulse plug that uses an advanced technology to make every drop of gas burn better and cleaner. This means you get better gas mileage, … Continue reading →

  • STB Meetup Featured Michael Taylor-Judd

    Updated: 2011-07-28 19:44:52
    This blog hosted a meetup Tuesday night and it was great to see some of our readers come out to say hello. Our guest speaker for the evening was Michael Taylor-Judd, perhaps the only person running for city council who is a regular reader and commenter! Adam took a great panorama shot of the audience. It feels [...]

  • Five Car Makers Back White House’s Tougher Fuel Economy Rules

    Updated: 2011-07-28 17:00:52
    Five of the largest auto makers in the U.S. have endorsed a proposal by the Obama administration to set tougher fuel economy regulations, after the White House lowered its miles-per-gallon target and built in allowances for the large trucks that … Continue reading →

  • Walgreen Pledges to Host 800 E.V. Chargers by End of 2011

    Updated: 2011-07-28 14:00:21
    Walgreen describes itself as the nation’s largest drugstore chain, and the company has another superlative to promote. On Thursday, it vowed to become the country’s biggest host for public electric vehicle charging stations by the end of the year. In … Continue reading →

  • Car Makers Help Drive Economic Recovery

    Updated: 2011-07-27 17:00:08
    A resurgent auto industry has weathered the supply-chain hitches that stifled production during the spring and is poised to double the pace of U.S. growth in the third quarter, according to some estimates. But that may not be enough to … Continue reading →

  • Back Door Policy Followup

    Updated: 2011-07-27 15:31:48
    This is King County Metro’s back door policy, stated in my words: Passengers may exit through the back door on any trip that is pay-as-you-enter at any time, except at downtown bus stops when the Ride Free Area is not in effect (7 pm – 6 am). Jim O’Rourke, Metro’s Manager of Operations confirms: Current [...]

  • An Odder Look to Fuel-Efficient Trucks

    Updated: 2011-07-27 14:00:37
    New jet planes have winglets, curved structures at the tips of the wings that change the airflow and reduce the turbulence in the passing wind. That reduces drag, the amount of effort needed to speed ahead, and that in turn … Continue reading →

  • A Word on ROW

    Updated: 2011-07-26 23:22:11
    It’s become clear from comments that there’s some confusion about what the streetcar and BRT modes in the TMP actually mean. It is not, in general, the service quality of the South Lake Union Streetcar. You have to dig into the pamphlets to which each post links to understand what treatments the streetcar (or BRT [...]

  • How Green is it Living in Your Neighborhood?

    Updated: 2011-07-26 21:28:02
    Americans consider housing affordable if it costs 30% or less of their income. However, calculating housing and transportation affordability together offers the true cost of housing based on its location by measuring the transportation costs associated with place. Abogo is … Continue reading →

  • A Better Auto Club, A Better World

    Updated: 2011-07-26 20:29:33
    Trying to balance your economic goals, but feel guilty about neglecting environmental and social responsibilities?  At Better World Club Inc., the nation’s only environmentally friendly auto club, they strive to provide customers with high quality, good value and environmentally sensitive … Continue reading →

  • Eastgate Bike Ride Tonight

    Updated: 2011-07-26 20:25:27
    I’m not sure why July 26th is the official day for good transportation events, but the City of Bellevue is hosting a bike ride of the Eastgate corridor, so that cyclists can provide suggestions to planners on how to make the corridor bike-friendly. Meet at 5:30 at Enatai Beach Park. This is a great opportunity [...]

  • Eco-Friendly Bus Carrying Bikes to Help Tourists Explore Seoul

    Updated: 2011-07-26 16:14:35
    Kukil Han, a designer from Seoul has posted a design of a solar-powered bus called Bike Guide that will transport people around Seoul eco-friendly style.

  • FedEx: I Deliver a Better World – A Global Citizenship Update

    Updated: 2011-07-26 15:34:49
    FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) moved closer to meeting its 2020 global citizenship goals with significant support from its 290,000 global team members and through a number of smart investments. The FedEx 2010 Global Citizenship Update, released today, showcases how smart … Continue reading →

  • TMP HCT Analysis (III): Maximum Ridership

    Updated: 2011-07-26 15:33:25
    Of the all possible High Capacity Transit corridor projects in Seattle’s Transit Master Plan, nothing carries more riders than a fast streetcar from downtown to Loyal Heights via Ballard and Fremont. Up to 26,000 riders per day could use this line in 2030, which would run a train train every 8 minutes at the peak, 15 [...]

  • STB Meetup Tomorrow

    Updated: 2011-07-25 21:36:27
    Please join us tomorrow at 6pm at the Diller Room for a long overdue STB meetup. Facebook event here. Please note this is a 21+ location. If you have not already done so please RSVP in the comments thread here. There should be lots of great discussion, as a lot has happened since our last [...]

  • Last Chance to Testify Before the King County Council

    Updated: 2011-07-25 19:02:25
    Today, the Metropolitan King County Council votes on whether or not it will approve a $20 CRC (congestion reduction charge) car-tab fee to delay Metro cuts until 2014, pass the same decision to the voters in November, or reject the charge entirely, resulting in 600K hours of cuts beginning February of next year.  After three [...]

  • TMP HCT Analysis (II): The Efficiency Winner

    Updated: 2011-07-25 15:49:48
    There are many metrics that Nelson/Nygaard used to evaluate each mode in Seattle’s future High Capacity Transit corridors. Unfortunately, the one I really wanted to see wasn’t included: Annualized Net Cost per New Rider. Let’s break that down. The cost is annualized because it breaks down the upfront capital cost over a 30-year period to [...]

  • Transit Hikes: Shaw Island and Friday Harbor

    Updated: 2011-07-23 15:07:59
    If you really want to leave it all behind for a night or two, you can hardly do better than Shaw Island.  The least populous and least-visited among ferry-served San Juan Islands, Shaw is a quiet, wooded treasure.  The island has only one commercial establishment, the Shaw General Store, famously operated by nuns until just [...]

  • A Workshop for Technically-minded Transit Geeks

    Updated: 2011-07-22 22:47:29
    APTA’s annual Multimodal Operations Planning Workshop will be held here in Seattle next August from the 15th through 17th, a three-day event consisting of workshop sessions, panels, and technical tours.  Unlike larger conferences like Rail~Volution, the Multimodal Workshop is much more technically-oriented and typically draws a clientele of transit planners and schedulers from around the [...]

  • Orphiro to Launch a Beautiful Electric Motorcycle

    Updated: 2011-07-15 14:32:30
    This beautiful electric motorcycle from Orphiro boasts not only high efficiency but also quietness and of course a great design.

  • SoloTrek Engineers to Create a Multi-Passenger Hybrid Air Vehicle

    Updated: 2011-07-07 15:32:57
    A team of engineers headed by aircraft engineers Michael Moshier and Robert Bulaga is looking forward to building a multi-passenger, fuel-electric hybrid air vehicle.

  • CAT – Aquatic Vehicle from Cal Craven

    Updated: 2011-07-04 15:01:11
    Designer Cal Craven has recently unveiled its latest concept - an aquatic car called CAT (short for City Aquatic Transportation).

  • Toyota Unveils Its New GRMN Sports Hybrid Concept II

    Updated: 2011-07-04 14:37:18
    Toyota has recently unveiled its GRMN Sports Hybrid Concept II. The vehicle was officially presented at the 39th Nürburgring 24-hour endurance race.

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