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too big to miss (tackling the global freight industry)

Posted on October 28, 2010 by markvallianatos — No Comments ↓

Streetsblog Los Angeles posted some reflections I had on the Moving Forward Together conference that THE Impact Project held last weekend.

Tagged with: freight, globalization, goods movement, logistics, moving forward together
Posted in Global Trade and Freight Transport, Globalization

good trains, bad trains

Posted on September 20, 2010 by markvallianatos — No Comments ↓

Trains. The word summons up an image powered by some of America’s favorite mystiques: our childhood infatuation with the little engine that could and Thomas the Tank Engine; nostalgia for the age of steam and manifest destiny; and the promise…

storing harm

Posted on July 13, 2010 by markvallianatos — No Comments ↓

Storing harm: warehouses in the L.A. region Before reaching the shelves of the nation’s stores, the contents of millions of containers imported into the ports of L.A. and Long Beach are stored in warehouses along transportation routes from the ports…

Containerized

Posted on July 29, 2008 by markvallianatos — No Comments ↓

The most significant technological development of the past 50 or so years may be integrated circuit, or microchip, that power computers and other electronic devices. Another technology that’s almost as critical in its shaping of the economy and geography of…