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Category Archives: Transportation
Zipcar is here!
The Rowan University Facebook account recently posted some not-so-clear messages announcing the arrival of Zipcar on campus. I was thrilled to hear the news! Having a cheap rental car nearby has prompted me to reconsider owning two vehicles. I live just … Continue reading
RULost? I hope not.
Fellow Rutgers grad Jim Barry shared with me a link to a press release on the RULost iPhone app. While I was initially excited to see Rutgers come out with an app to aid students in navigating the huge New … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Mass Transit, Technology, Transportation, Web Mapping
Tagged HTML5, iPhone App, RULost, Rutgers
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Geotagging a short bike ride
Brought my Blackberry with me on a bike ride around Glassboro and Pitman. I used beGPS One, a Blackberry GPS logging application to record my location every 30 seconds as an NMEA sentence. I then used GPSBabel to covert the … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, Technology, Transportation
Tagged Flickr, geotagging, gps, Twitter
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Denoting Landmarks in Driving Directions
Bing Maps now incorporate landmarks in their driving directions. This is a really great feature, as it will tell you what to look for while driving in unfamiliar territory. I experimented with incorporating landmarks into Google Maps driving directions about … Continue reading
Lack of a pedestrian realm
Walking two miles (or more) might be considered ridiculous for those with access to a car, however biking two, three, five or miles in Florida can be considered recreation. Continue reading
Posted in Cars, Planning, Transportation
Tagged design, Florida, pedestrian, Southwest Florida, walkability
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Google hits deer, posts pictures on web
A Google Street View car hit a deer while imaging a road in upstate New York. You can still see the deer in the driveway in this Street View. The Register has the pictures of the incident. The pictures have … Continue reading
Posted in Cars, Google, Google Earth, Technology, Web Mapping
Tagged Google, Google Maps, Redacted, street view
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Unsold cars requiring more and more space
Automobile manufacturers are cutting back on production as they cannot sell what they have on hand. This results in the staging areas at the ports becoming crowded with new cars that have nowhere to go. I find this ironic (in … Continue reading
The Blue Comet
In my previous post, I mentioned the Central Railroad of New Jersey. The Blue Comet is likely the most memorable service from that fallen flag. Running from the Communipaw Terminal in Jersey City, across southern Newark Bay into Elizabeth, then … Continue reading
Posted in Google Earth, Mass Transit, Planning
Tagged Atlantic City, Blue Comet, Google Earth, New York, Winslow Junction
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ACES begins operating on February 6th
ACES, the express rail service between New York and Atlantic City begins operations on February 6th. NJ Transit is operating the service. The service will actually cross the river into Pennsylvania and get as far south as North Philadelphia before … Continue reading
Posted in In the News, Mass Transit
Tagged ACES, Atlantic City, Atlantic City Line, Delair Bridge, Mass Transit, new jersey, New Jersey Transit, New York, rail, train
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