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An interesting graphic. Hopefully the share of Transit rises in the years ahead along with other non-car options. What is most appalling is that biking has only 0.99% share of the pie. LA needs to go a long way in moving its people away from cars.
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As a former devil who rode on two wheels, this video makes me gasp for air. The balance and control required to pull off the moves with this degree of difficulty by French stunt ace Jorian Ponomareff is simply breathtaking. This video has all the ingredients to make it go viral (it has already registered a 445K hits on YouTube – incredibly beautiful slow motion camera work, nice music and a lot of extreme motoring talent. Add to the mix a smattering of French (heard in the making of the stunt) and a beautiful blonde girl strutting her style with a pair of jean shorts – now you have everything to make this a compelling video! If you still find a few minutes, check out other stunt videos on Jorian’s Facebook page.
Some may argue this as fun, but this is nothing but stupidity and hands down dangerous (not just for him but also for any driver trying to navigate his vehicle through these flooded roads).
(Source: Reddit)
A tractor trailer hauling printer ink rolled over on the morning of March 9, 2011 spewing its contents across the highway and forcing the closure during the morning’s rush hour of the ramp linking Route 128 and Interstate 95 in Peabody, MA. Here is what it looks like – a beautiful colorful mess. Read more here.
Image Courtesy: Reddit.com
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What happens when the temperatures keeps rising during the work hour and there is no place to take refuge from the searing heat? One genius idea to handle the situation is demonstrated in this image below. Pretty clever use of hydraulics!.
(Source: YouTube via Reddit)
Police Officer Donnie Williams shows who is the boss on the saddles – Grand Prairie Police Motorcycle Rodeo – April 30, 2011
(Source: The City Fix Blog)
As the much-feared and talked about Carmaggedon weekend in LA is almost here, our friends at The City Fix blog brought to our attention this beautiful video by Ross Ching, a filmmaker. This video gives you an idea of what LA without cars would look like and I must admit it looks different (i.e., read as beautiful). The footage, edited by Ross, is from “LA with no cars,” and it is a series of time-lapse clips edited to make it seem like the roads are empty. On his website, Ching explains how he achieved the effect. Watch the video below
Running on Empty from Ross Ching on Vimeo.
Inspired by Matt Logue’s Empty LA.
Read more about this video at http://rossching.com/running-on-empty
(Source: Reddit)
After watching this, I shudder to think how an elderly driver would understand the flow of traffic and negotiate this intersection? Especially, if he she had lived in the area for a while and now had to face this new re-designed nightmare that will make for one heck of an interview.
All joking aside, I’m definitely interested in learning more about efficiency (volume, throughput, etc) and accident metrics (before vs. after) for this particular intersection. If anyone can find interesting reads/studies/publications on this issue, please share it in the comments section below.
Though it may look efficient (saving an full signal cycle) and creative on the video, I sense there is something inherently wrong with this design. Accommodations for pedestrians and bicyclists seem very minimal. And the most important question above all – how did they manage to get the community’s buy-in before going forward with spending $$ on this complex mess? IF anything, I find it quite interesting to see how the average citizen react to this unique design by observing the comments posted on Reddit.
(Source: YouTube Via Jalopnik)
Jalopnik reports that this funny accident happened this weekend during the fourth stop on the 2011 French Road Racing Cup Promosport, a formula series for amateur riders at Magny-Cours. The good thing is that both riders escaped serious injury from the fall and even better did not get run over by the other speeding bikes still flying on the track.
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The only question I have – how many times did this driver get pulled over by police after erecting this monumental bill board? A before vs. after comparison would be priceless.
