Here’s another representation of the world’s air traffic over a period of time – in this case 24 hours. Similar to the simulation of Europe’s air traffic after the eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano, each yellow dot in this video represents an airborne flight. It’s amazing to see the number of night time flights, and almost [...]
Remember when Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano erupted a few weeks ago, violently spewing ash and debris into European skies? It grounded most flights across the continent for several days. The video below is an aggregation of actual flights (or lack thereof) during that time period. What’s amazing is the volume of flights as atmospheric conditions improved. [...]
There’s been a lot of discussion recently relating to the deployment of regional American high speed rail systems. The president, via the Recovery Act, has committed an initial $8 billion to the program through which several potential high speed rail corridors have been identified. And while the thought of “bullet” trains blazing across [...]
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