Forget escalators! Check out the subway slide!

(via The Infrastructurist)

The inventor of the patented iPad Steering Wheel Mount claims that “you’re absolutely not distracted in any way from the road.”

What is nice is that the iPad display rotates as the steering wheel turns, although he notes you probably shouldn’t be reading during a turn.

Wow. I wonder what Ray LaHood would say about this.

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The above video is a good present day example of a future friendly rush hour in Utrecht, Netherlands. Coming soon to a North American city near you and me?

SG

The Flipper Bridge, via Kottke:

In Hong Kong, cars drive on the left while in the rest of China, they drive on the right. If you’re building a bridge between the two, you’ve got to come up with a clever way to switch lanes without disruption or accident.