http://www.approximity.com/cgi-bin/blogtariAgile/index.rb Approximity: smart stuff en-us http://www.approximity.com/ http://www.approximity.com/public/images/apxBlue_s.png http://www.approximity.com/cgi-bin/blogtariAgile/index.rb/Transport/DualModeBus.rdoc What do you get when you cross a bus with a train? A dual-mode vehicle that has the versatility of a bus, the speed of light rail and fuel economy vastly better than either. <p> Good wired article! </p> <p> <a href="http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/05/half-bus-half-t.html">blog.wired.com/cars/2008/05/half-bus-half-t.html</a> </p> <p> <img src="http://blog.wired.com/cars/images/2008/05/27/dmv_graphic.jpg"> </p> http://www.approximity.com/cgi-bin/blogtariAgile/index.rb/Transport/ParisMetro.rdoc (Sourc: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk">register</a>) Wireless Internet access will soon move beyond railways and onto the roads if RATP, the company which runs the Paris Metro and the capital&#8217;s bus services, has its way. <p> The organisation will next week show off a Wi-Fi enabled bus at the Paris-hosted Public Transport Exhibition 2004. It will also launch a public trial of the technology, on the number 38 bus, which runs between North and South Paris. Buses on the route have already been equipped with Wi-Fi, RATP said. Travellers will be able to connect their (suitably equipped) PDAs and notebooks with the bus&#8217; on-board access point. However, Internet connectivity is only provided at Wi-Fi speeds when the vehicle passes within range of a fixed hotspot - at a major terminus, for example. For the rest of the journey, connectivity is maintained through a GPRS link. <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/11/paris_wifi_bus/">link</a> </p>