TransitMiami.com endorses out of the box thinking, innovative transportation alternatives and fun. That stated, we leave it to our readers to assess these six new vehicles, presented to us by Cracked.com :: “These are the baffling contraptions that remind us that while thinking outside the box is cool and all, you should probably make sure [...]
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The Games Traffic Engineers Play
Okay, this one was sent to me from Dave Hull, via the Association for Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals’ listserv. The University of Minnesota’s Intelligent Transportation Systems Institute has released a “Gridlock Buster” traffic game, which helps students understand the “fundamentals” of controlling gridlock. Says the Institute of its new product:
“Gridlock Buster” is a traffic control [...]
Would This Entice You To Take The Bus?
Click here to see some truly whacky, innovative, and odd bus stops.
Transit Humor with “Weird Al”
This is dedicated to those of you who climb on the bus every day to get to work. “Weird Al” Yankovic singing his song ”Another One Rides the Bus” to the tune of “Another One Bites the Dust” by Queen. He starts singing at about 1:04 if you want to skip the intro.
Livable Streets Education Flashback: 1950
This Disney cartoon from 1950 (!) places Goofy in a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde scenario whereas Mr. Walker (pedestrian) is perpetually threatened by Mr. Wheeler ‘s (driver) quest for roadway supremacy.
Sadly, not much has changed…
Thanks to Felipe Azenha for the tip.
Transit Humor: The Duplex
- Via Go Comics
Transit Humor: Shoe’s Carbon Footprint
Via: Go Comics
Transit Humor: Pedestrian Monkey Bars
Via Go Comics…
Transit Humor: Knocking the H2, Digitally
Not that we condone this sort of behavior or anything, but FUH2 is actually a pretty humorous website…
Transit Humor: Hits
Via It’s Knuttz…
Transit Humor: The Dog Sack
While many of you nominated The Onion’s recent article regarding DOT’s new “reckless driver” lanes, we felt that highlighting this article so late in the week would be redundant, especially considering Streetsblog’s and Planetizen’s coverages. Instead this week, we bring you the Dog Sack:Via It’s Knuttz…
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Transit Humor: Treacherous Bike Lanes
At the request of a loyal Transit Miami reader, Rick, we’re going to be starting a new weekend segment to bring some humor to an otherwise uncomical subject. If you’d like to contribute an image or any other story feel free to email us: movemiami@gmail.com. To kick things off, here is Rick’s submittal [...]
