public transport
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This Train Map Is Not An Image, Just Pure Code
This version of London’s iconic tube map looks just like the official PDF of the transport network. In fact, it is created entirely from HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
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The Indestructible Touchscreen Kiosks That Will Take Over New York’s Subways
Over the last few weeks, you might have heard about the ultra-futuristic information kiosks recently developed for the New York City subway system. It’s sci-fi stuff, thoroughly modernising the arteries of an often creaky metropolis. We headed down to New York’s financial district to check out a working prototype for ourselves.
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Blowing Up A Train Car The ‘Safe’ Way
Train cars shouldn’t ever explode, but thanks to terrorists, you can never be too prepared. That’s why researchers have been blowing up old train cars to study exactly what happens in that worst case scenario.
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Monster Machines: World’s Fastest Train Will Float On Electromagnetism
The fastest train in America, the Amtrak Acela line running from Boston and DC tops out at 177km/h. Sure, that’s way faster than taking a Greyhound, but pathetically pokey compared to the 500km/h bullet of the Mag-Lev train currently being developed by Japan’s JR Tokai.