Fiat 500 driver’s Naples U-turn fiasco goes viral The High Five Should We Replace the Term ‘Congestion Pricing’? – Readers offer their suggestions — with road fare emerging as a top choice. Retirement lessons from Pope Benedict - If you’ve got a job for life, when should you call it quits? Cities have hundreds of empty schools for … Continue reading »
London Mayor Boris Gets Stuck on Zip Wire Can Light Rail Carry a City’s Transit System? We often think of light rail as a single component of a larger transit system, but if it’s done right it can just as soon serve as the foundation. Since 1981 a dozen American cities have built … Continue reading »
Snoop Dogg becomes Snoop Lion Punctuation Nerds Stopped by Obama Slogan By CAROL E. LEE, Wall Street Journal The. Obama. Campaign. Slogan. Is. Causing. Grammarians. Whiplash. “Forward.” is the culprit. It was chosen to reflect the direction Mr. Obama promises to take the country if re-elected. It also is designed to implicitly convey the opposite: … Continue reading »
New Jersey ACLU Releases App for Recording Police By: Government Technology The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Jersey announced the release of a new smartphone application called Police Tape. As the name suggests, the application is for covertly recording video of police during a stop or arrest. The ACLU-New Jersey said the goal … Continue reading »
Watch: Twilight fans cry over Kristen Stewart affair bombshell Typeface Spells Trouble in Michigan By JOSEPH B. WHITE, Wall Street Journal LANSING, Mich.—Just how big is 14-point type? That’s one of the hottest political disputes in Michigan as the state Supreme Court ponders whether a ballot question about fixing the state’s troubled cities and schools should go before voters. … Continue reading »
Innovation Almost Bankrupted Lego — Until It Rebuilt with a Better Blueprint A redefined purpose at Lego — to become the world’s strongest brand among families — has helped the company to innovate in a constructive way By KNOWLEDGE@WHARTON | July 23, 2012 It was 2003, exactly 56 years after Ole Kirk Christiansen bought the first plastic-injection … Continue reading »
How Americans Get to Work? American Public Media today released a nifty map breaking down by state how Americans get to work. Alaskans lead the way for walking, Oregonians love their bikes and New Yorkers are big on public transit. Meanwhile, however, driving alone remains the primary means in all 50 states. Thanks to Next America … Continue reading »
