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How does TfL's Oyster card work? | Alphr

How does TfL's Oyster card work? | Alphr Transport for London's travel card: "The new Oyster cards still have no battery or power source, so are only powered when they're near an RFID reader, but they contain their own operating...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 7, 2019 12:42 AM

America's Signature Mode of Transportation Is High-Cost Rail - Hmm Daily

America's Signature Mode of Transportation Is High-Cost Rail - Hmm Daily "American infrastructure is this costly because of immense, endemic, universal public-private corruption--systems of both direct and financialized graft at every stage of infrastructure development, from the planning to the...

Posted by Michael Bates on February 20, 2019 5:30 PM

San Francisco/NorCal Commuter Rail, Crayon Edition | Theodore Ditsek

San Francisco/NorCal Commuter Rail, Crayon Edition | Theodore Ditsek A fantasy map of commuter rail around the Bay Area, based on actual rail right-of-ways, many of which were in use before World War II as interurban track. Based in part...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 20, 2016 6:44 PM

A map of San Francisco's subway system that almost was

A map of San Francisco's subway system that almost was As originally conceived in 1956, the system would have served all the counties bordering the bay, reaching from Los Gatos to Santa Rosa and all the way to Fairfield, Brentwood,...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 9, 2015 12:46 PM

The jeepneys of Metro Manila

The jeepneys of Metro Manila Wikipedia: Jeepney YouTube: How to ride the Jeepney in the Philippines YouTube: Jobs Philippines: American Jeepney drivers Backpacking Philippines and Asia: Jeproks, Projects of Quezon City and Jeepney Routes for Commuters Miss Placed: Jeepney routes...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 18, 2011 4:34 PM