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Will All Major U.S. Cities be Connected by High Speed Rail by 2050?

By Andy Sternberg | Published: 10 February 2010
It’s possible, according to a new report by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) calling for a New Deal-like public works juggernaut that would eventually connect all major cities located within 100 and 500 miles of each other. Here in Los Angeles, we’d be happy to see our long-promised subway to the sea come to [...]
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What Happened to Rome’s Bikesharing system?

By Andy Sternberg | Published: 13 July 2009
One of the greater curiosities coming out of my short trip to Rome was the seemingly-thriving bikesharing system. I saw dozens of kiosks around the area where we stayed (Trevi Fountain / Campo de Marzio / Via Veneto / La Spagna). BUT WHERE WERE THE BIKES?!? Turns out that the original bikesharing company – Roma’n'Bike – [...]
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PHOTOS: Rome, Italy July 7-9 2009

By Andy Sternberg | Published: 12 July 2009
The final set of photos from our spectacular seven days of travel to Naples, Capri, Sorrento, Pompeii, and Rome. I’ll provide more detail later but want to get all of these photos up while they’re fresh. View the entire collection of Italy photos in my flickr collection, video from the trip can be found here.
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