BOOM and BUST

It's a boom for the repo man!
The number of people more than 60 days late on their car payments has spiked to a 10-year high.

Join the Army-Get a Humvee!

Rail Investment Soars

So should the stocks.
http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/02/as-public-highw.html

Proof: CSX, " Earnings growth in 2007 was supported by Surface Transportation revenues that exceeded $10 billion for the first time in the company's history, and record Surface Transportation operating income of more than $2.2 billion. The company's operating ratio for the full year improved to its best level in a decade."

CHINA: Electric bicycles are selling by the millions despite efforts to ban them

Outlaw Chinese bikers.
http://spectrum.ieee.org/jun05/1213

Ohio Hub

http://www.gcbl.org/transportation/passenger-rail/ohio-hub-study
http://www.ohiohub.org/

Historic Bridge

Dedicated May 24, 1883

Solar Mobility

http://hegeberg.dyndns.org/acabion.com/en/solar_startpage_en.html

40 percent cut in Amtrak funding

Green Energy News

With fuel costs up and funding down, Amtrak is under pressure.

Oracle Cited as the Sole Leader in Transportation Management Systems by Independent Research Firm

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/AQM02311022008-1.htm

Secret Sauce: http://www.oracle.com/technology/pub/articles/lokitz-spatial-geoserver.html

Google's Patents Reveal Strategy To Beat Microsoft
"Google Maps has underlying technology that could compete with Microsoft’s PowerPoint."