http://www.metafilter.com/tags/jacksonville Posts tagged with 'jacksonville' at MetaFilter. Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:51:56 -0800 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:51:56 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/62273/Gross%2DMisconduct <a href="http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/061807/met_178250725.shtml">Man fired for saving life.</a> Follow-up <a href="http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/062107/met_179065537.shtml">here.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.62273 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:51:56 -0800 business firing florida gun jacksonville Snyder http://www.metafilter.com/40934/Were%2DGoing%2DWhere%2DYoure%2DGoing <a href="http://faculty.washington.edu/~jbs/itrans/">Alternative Rapid Transit</a> Looking for a funky way to get around town? Try Detroit's <a href="http://www.thepeoplemover.com/default.htm">People Mover</a> (warning, embedded earworm). For 50 cents you can travel 2.9 miles through 13 stops in 15 minutes, and see some <a href="http://www.thepeoplemover.com/artstations.htm">fantastic art</a> along the way. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_mover">People movers</a> and modified <a href="http://faculty.washington.edu/~jbs/itrans/PRT/">Personal Rapid Transit</a> systems were built in various cities in the 1970s, such as <a href="http://faculty.washington.edu/~jbs/itrans/miami.htm">Miami</a>, <a href="http://web.presby.edu/~jtbell/transit/Jacksonville/">Jacksonville</a>, and at <a href="http://faculty.washington.edu/~jbs/itrans/morg.htm">West Virginia University</a>. The <a href="http://www.cprt.org/">dream</a> of true Personal Rapid Transit has not yet been achieved, and its <a href="http://www.lightrailnow.org/facts/fa_prt001.htm">viability</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_rapid_transit#Engineering_economics">economic benefits</a> are still up for debate, but the People Mover, at least, is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomorrowland_Transit_Authority">still hanging on</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.40934 Sat, 02 Apr 2005 21:02:30 -0800 art Detroit disney Jacksonville Miami PeopleMover PersonalRapidTransit PRT transit WestVirginiaUniversity livii