As someone who used to travel through Houston’s airports on almost a weekly basis, I am sad to see that Harris County will be discontinuing its EZTag option for the parking garages.  The ease of use was awesome and it prevented me from losing those little tickets that you get when you check it.  Now I totally understand that they were losing significant $$ over the program and it had to...

http://www.good.is/post/the-fake-freeway-sign-that-became-a-real-public-service/   Perhaps not the preferred method of creating change but seemingly effective.  An artist named Richard Ankrom designed and installed a simple directional tool to help drivers on one of California’s Interstates prepare for the upcoming exit that was previously unmarked.

Here’s a rundown of how this blog post was supposed to go. It was going to be all about how you don’t need a fancy, expensive bike to comfortably and safely undertake a bike commute to work. You don’t need things like carbon fiber frames, carbon forks, or BB30 bottom brackets. You don’t even have to know what those things are — all that matters is that they’re expensive. Like this:...

I have often debated with certain loved ones of mine, my perception that their approach to parking was “erratic and unpredictable”.  Perhaps it can be explained through research.   http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/12/29/on-gender-and-parking/

In the spirit of TEI’s support of all means of transportation, I’m biking to work and living to blog about it (and getting lots of stares in the elevator thanks to the bike and accompanying attire). It’s a 16-mile trip from my home in Eastwood to the office in Sharpstown. And how’s this for an anticlimax: I’ve already started, and I’ve done it 4 or 5 times. So I can say confidently and...

Traffic Engineers, Inc. believes that transportation involves more than just moving cars – even in Houston, where the family car, like the family dog, is very much a member of the family. Just stand out on Westheimer one afternoon and look around: there are cars, sure, but there are also buses, bicycles, and people who have discovered their own set of feet and legs. These alternative transportation...