700,000 daily riders would rank it 4th in the US. Pretty impressive in that respect, particularly given its size (14 miles, 17 stations).

Even if there weren't cones and the cop was blocking part of a regular travel lane (which he wasn't), HIS LIGHTS WERE ON! You don't miss that unless you are paying ZERO attention to the road.

Nope, most race bikes are OTS. Riders get to choose saddle, bars, stem, etc (from the sponsors' available selection)...but with very few exceptions they are the same bikes you can get at your local shop. Teams have too many riders and go through too many bikes (each rider usually requiring 5 bikes for a stage race…

IIUC, women aren't banned from driving per se, they just aren't issued drivers licenses...so theoretically, if caught by the actual police, they'd only be cited for driving without a license. Of course, it's more likely that they'd be caught by the religious enforcers and beaten, so the actual law is moot. The…

That was my vote too. I've not driven much around NYC, but driving the CBE (eastbound) was one of the most white-knuckle driving experiences of my life due to the terrible road conditions and relatively high speeds. I actually would've felt better had there been more traffic (westbound was totally clogged, btw) to…

Read the first 10 words and said "obviously Maryland." Suburban Maryland is the Florida of the mid-Atlantic.

And in case you were wondering, WMATA made it very clear that service was NOT interrupted.

"Finally, complaining about LA's lack of public transit is kind of like complaining about the U.S.'s lack of high speed rail. It is all about density. NYC has nearly FOUR TIMES the population density of LA."

"Cars greatly, greatly increase the total mobility of people (particularly poor people who wouldn't have had money for frequent train rides back in the days before cars) in ways that walking never can."

Maybe this was the only set of wheels they were able to produce, after spending $1 million to get the company up and running? It's like when pharma companies talk about how expensive their pills are "sure the second pill cost $0.30, but the first pill cost $200 million."

We made these as well...not very practical.

The Volt's plug-in feature would be useless for me as an urban homeowner with no off-street parking. So Chevy's audience is somewhat limited to suburbanites with garages. Also, based on economic data, the suburbs aren't doing so hot these days, so that even further shrinks the potential Volt market. I love the idea…

How can you tell he's crossing against the signal? The light facing the camera is red, which would seem to indicate he *may* have been crossing legally. At the very least, you'd think the cop would've seen the first car barely miss the guy and respond accordingly. Sadly, this is what happens when you equip police…

I have a fully functioning brain, so using my car and its proximity key hasn't been a problem. My keys usually go in my pocket when not in use, so with a proximity key they stay there instead of making the trip from pocket to dash. I don't understand why this is complicated for anyone.

"OMG, young people are abandoning this awesome old paradigm for a lame new one, the horror!" -Every generation ever

And only asshats ride Specialized....