http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:15:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2011/12/rail-concept-allows-passengers-to-transfer-between-moving-trains.html Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:30:12 +0000 The Moving Platforms idea can revolutionize the way we change vehicles. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/arduino-webcam-and-3d-printer-system-automatically-closes-windows-when-trains-go-by-video.html Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:15:02 +0000 Ed Rogers created his own system to minimize the noise from trains passing his apartment. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/wind-power-from-trains.html Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:18:23 +0000 The T-Box system harnesses wind energy from the existing motion of passing trains.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/03/monocolumn-japan-focus-jitters-in-the-east-and-continuity-in-the-west.html Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:56:16 +0000 If you happened to have been on any of the crowded bullet trains that left Tokyo for Kyoto, Osaka and Hakata last night, you might have thought that Japan was in the midst of a population boom.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/12/monocolumn-all-aboard-the-maid-cafe.html Mon, 13 Dec 2010 15:24:13 +0000 They are not your average train ticket inspectors. Picture a bevy of young ladies dressed in flouncy blue and white dresses, accessorised with over-the-knee socks, pretty hair bows and undimmable million-watt smiles.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/10/monocolumn-eurostar-%e2%80%93-less-french-more-european.html Fri, 08 Oct 2010 15:26:52 +0000 “Is there anything French left in your new trains?” That was the question that garnered guffaws in the Elgar Room at the Royal Albert Hall yesterday, where the CEO of Eurostar, Nicolas Petrovic, was hosting a press conference to announce a £700m investment in its fleet. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/03/am-jamz-crowdsources-commuting-playlists.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:42:59 +0000 Today, WNYC launched AM JAMZ, an invitation for daily commuters to share the musical accompaniment to their daily trip to work.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/the-renewed-interest-in-amtrak.html Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:17:02 +0000 Amtrak, America’s passenger rail service, is often chided by politicians as a waste in a country obsessed with automobiles, but current economic pressures and the incomparable luxuries of rail travel may finally be getting the attention it deserves.  The rail system in the US pales in comparison to European counterparts, mostly due to lack of public funds, but a writer for Triple Pundit recently tried train travel on California’s Coast Starlight route from LA to San Francisco. The trip cost $72, $50 less than a flight would have been, though the trip took an extra eight hours or so.  However,Read more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/02/obamas-8-billion-investment-in-more-sustainable-travel.html Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:05:13 +0000 One part of the new economic stimulus plan environmentally conscious americans are excited about is the $8 billion investment in a new railroad system. The investment, the largest in US history, is set to enliven and modernize the form of transport through the development of a high-speed rail system that will link cities across the nation. Treehugger explains: …The only sector in which Amtrak makes an actual operating profit on running trains is in the Northeast, where larger cities are closer together than in other parts of the nation, and the primary infrastructure has been in place for decades. ObamaRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/bullet-trains-stealing-passengers-away-from-airlines-in-spain.html Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:05:44 +0000 High speed bullet trains are eclipsing airplanes as the preferred method of intercity travel in Spain. Traditionally, air travel was the way to traverse the long distances (typically 300 miles apart) between cities in the large country. Barcelona and Madrid are 410 miles apart, which previously helped create the busiest air travel route in the world. But in February of 2008 the new 220 mph train system linked up the two cities, and ridership has boomed. With a faster travel time, less delays and a lighter ecological footprint, more people are getting on board the train system. Wired reports: AirlinesRead more...]]>