Tag: efficiency
20 Minutes Max!
On Monday the TTC announced it was increasing service across the routes. Their goal is to have a maximum waiting time on routes of 30 minutes or less, following the subway hours of operations. The goal is to reduce this to 20 minutes over the next five years. This is an attempt by the TTC [...]
Posted: November 26th, 2008 under Sustainable Infrastructure, Transportation, public transportation, technology, toronto, ttc.
Tags: bus, efficiency, environment, public transportation, Subway, toronto, transity, ttc
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Sustainable Search Engine
Meet blackle.com, the energy efficient search engine from google. Developed in 2005 by Heap Media, an Australian Company, Blackle is a reminder that we all need to be more energy efficient. Completely dependant on our computers it is the little things that count.
Everytime you load a page from blackle you are given an energy efficiency tip. A list of energy [...]
Posted: November 13th, 2008 under Congestion, Energy, sustainability.
Tags: efficiency, Energy, google
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Round and Round We Go
My friend Natalie is obsessed with roundabouts. And why not? They improve road safety, keep traffic moving more efficiently and reduce both air and noise pollution.
North America has been slower to adapt the roundabout, our focus has been the signalized intersection. But in Europe the roundabout is widespread.
Ontario is about to start construction on its first roundabout [...]
Posted: October 27th, 2008 under Congestion, Intersection, cars, highway.
Tags: Driver Safety, driving, efficiency, Intersection, roundabout, Safety
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