Posts Tagged: infrastructure


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Nov 09

Daily Links for November 11th through November 13th

All excerpts are quoted from the respective link(s).


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Sep 09

Daily Links for September 4th

All excerpts are quoted from the respective link(s).

  • Labor Day by the numbers – Note that all numbers are current as of September 4, 2009.
  • American Vice: Mapping the 7 Deadly Sins – We're gluttons for infographics, and a team at Kansas State just served up a feast: maps of sin created by plotting per-capita stats on things like theft (envy) and STDs (lust). Christian clergy, likely noting the Bible Belt's status as Wrath Central, question the "science." Valid point—or maybe it's just the pride talking.

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May 09

Daily Links for May 15th

  • Why trains run slower now than they did in the 1920s. – By Tom Vanderbilt – Slate Magazine – Less rail capacity (and rail quality) has coincided with a dramatic rise in freight traffic in recent years, owing in part to a buoyant economy and in part to trains' improving (and now superior) fuel efficiency to trucks—particularly as diesel fuel prices have risen. Despite recent infrastructure spending, bottlenecks are routine, as passenger trains typically yield to passing freight trains.


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Apr 09

Daily Links for April 26th through April 27th


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Feb 09

Daily Links for February 25th


16
Jan 09

Daily Links for January 15th

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