Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Videos of Phoenix Trolleys Obliterating Motor Vehicles (Some Large)

AZcentral.com posts a running gallery of train-vehicle collision videos captured on the trains' own cameras. Every collision either involves a vehicle running a red light or attempting an illegal u-turn in front of train.

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Friday, March 27, 2009

On Land Planning in Phoenix

ROW 5 OF AN A320, BANKING SHARPLY RIGHT FOR FINAL APPROACH TO PHOENIX SKY HARBOR. AS THE PLANE LEVELS ITSELF, THE PICTURE OF SPRAWL VIEWED THROUGH ITS WINDOWS APPEARS TO CONTINUE INFINITELY, UNTIL FINALLY THE HORIZON IS SEEN.

RB: (to female Harvard Law grad student seated at his right) Non-optimized land usage.

ONE-L FROM YUMA: Totally optimized land usage! There are no stairs anywhere!

FIN.

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