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Meet the 98% Recyclable Subway Car – Coming in 2012 (Video)

Good public transportation is an increasingly important element for any city, especially as the trend towards urbanization continues its steady march. As we all know, mass transit relieves congestion, reduces air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, and saves a good deal of energy. So whenever I catch wind of a project that goes beyond the already-green parameters of typical transit, I can’t help but get a little tingly. Poland, for instance, has announced it will be bringing what may be the greenest subway cars yet to the Warsaw underground: Not only are they… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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New York City Just Gives Up on Subway Service

Did you hear the great news? The MTA will not raise fares! Or cut service! Wonderful! Except none of the headlines say “for just one year.” Or “not counting the existing fare increase and de facto service cuts.” The new $11 billion operating budget is actually just an ominous warning that in a year—or maybe a few months—the Transit Authority will once again cite the need to hike fares in order to strong arm Albany in finding a newer, more regressive way of funding operating costs. They have basically promised it already: In addition to the 2010 budget, the MTA released a four-year fiscal plan

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