Via Scoop.it – Transportation Today CHICAGO — Animal rights group PETA wants Illinois to install highway signs in memory of 20 cattle killed when trucks hauling them flipped in two separate wrecks. Illinois Department of Transportation spokesman Josh Kauffman says the request will likely be denied because the state’s Roadside Memorial Act specifies that only relatives who lost loved ones in highway crashes may request memorials. Via www.huffingtonpost.com
Via Scoop.it – Transportation Today Gotta love this beautiful street art by artist Mark Jenkins.. Click here for more of his work: http://www.xmarkjenkinsx.com/ (via Reddit) Via i.imgur.com
Via Scoop.it – Transportation Today China plans to put laboratories in space, collect samples from the moon and prepare to build space stations over the next five years. China also plans to launch manned-vessels and freighters into space during the coming half-decade, according to a government white paper. The country’s eventual goal in the longer term is a manned lunar landing.
“With economic progress, also comes the need for scientific development and exploration,” said Jiao Weixin, a professor at the School of Earth and Space Sciences at Beijing University. “By investing in space exploration, China wants to contribute and be a major player in the world on more than one level.” Via edition.cnn.com
Via Scoop.it – Transportation Today Denmark plans to build a 20-kilometer tunnel under the Baltic Sea to Germany in what would be the largest infrastructure project in Europe and one of the world’s longest undersea tunnels. “It’s an enormous, groundbreaking project: nearly 20 kilometers (12.5 miles) long, 40 meters (130 feet) wide, nearly 10 meters high — and expected to cost at least €5.5 billion ($7.2 billion). Four tubes are planned: two for the highway, each with two lanes, and two for the railway, each with one track. The tunnel would consist of huge concrete elements assembled on land and lowered by boats into a colossal trench on the Baltic seafloor. It would be one of the longest immersed tunnels ever built.” Via www.spiegel.de
Via Scoop.it – Transportation Today Not sure how far imitating @WMATA will get you with Cheese sales. Well, at least we have to appreciate the creativity.. (Via Reddit)
Via Scoop.it – Transportation Today Senate Democrats expect to pass a long-delayed surface transportation bill soon after they return to Washington next month. Senate Democrats expect to pass a long-delayed surface transportation bill soon after they return to Washington next month. Via thehill.com
Via Scoop.it – Aviation Good grief.. This beats the Red-Light enforcement racket. If you drive in the District, AAA Mid-Atlantic has some numbers that will crush your holiday spirits. • In the fiscal year of 2011, D.C. gave out 1.6 million parking tickets … an average of 126,720 a month, 31,680 a week, 5,280 a day, 352 an hour, and nearly six per minute. Jesus. This is far higher than what was granted in the previous year: 1.54 million tickets. • Since the fiscal year of 2012 began in September, D.C. has given out 315,000 tickets for the first quarter. • AAA predicts that the city will receive more than $80 million for all the tickets given in the fiscal year of 2011, higher than ever before. • Parking violations are legion and include distance from the curb to parking in a crosswalk to parking in an emergency route. With close to 17,200 parking meters, the District is ready to hit you with its fines. • Parking enforcement personnel are busy, according to AAA: “The average fleet-footed, eagle-eyed parking officer issu[es] around 26.5 parking tickets each day.” Via www.tbd.com
Via Scoop.it – Aviation New helicopter-style drones with 1.8 gigapixel colour cameras, capable of following 65 separate targets, are being developed by the US Army. Via www.bbc.co.uk
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! Thank you for a great support you showed for Transportgooru during the year and looking forward to serving you more interesting content in the days, weeks, months and years ahead. Now, let’s kick back and enjoy Jorian’s Santa stunts.. Isn’t he brilliant!
The owner of a 2000 Jeep Cherokee Sport decided to get creative when his vehicle got stolen from his work parking lot and put together this awesome poster and placed it around the town. Thanks to fellow redditor hottest_man_alive, we now got to see this on the web.. Hope the owner gets his truck back soon! I like the message at the bottom right hand corner “Really? At Christmas Time? Not Cool Man, Not Cool.” Whoever that Grinch is, please return this man’s Cherokee. Oh, the sweet irony is the license plate – OHHSNAP!
