BART seeks input on solar carport project
BART is moving forward with plans to install a solar canopy over part of Lafayette Station’s parking lot to help power the station’s electric needs. Original post
Miscellaneous
NYC subway riders love their countdown clocks
According to a new survey, NYC subway riders at stations with countdown clocks rated service higher than at stations without real-time information. Original post
If You Could Pick One Thing For Congress To Do Regarding CyberSecurity, What Would It Be?
A friend who is a former Representative and a respected advisor of many senior politicians recently asked me for some thoughts on cyber legislation. In general, people ask my thoughts because of time I’ve spent working strategic cyber issues in the Cyber Conflict Studies Association (CCSA) or because of my history at DoD’s Joint TaskRead… Read more »
Where do you think Social Government should go ?
In many ways, Government is as skilled or even leading private industry in applying social technologies to transform itself. Government already makes heavy use of social media channels such as Twitter and Facebook to communicate with constituents and is pushing into new spaces with efforts to better communicate during emergencies or to facilitate reporting ofRead… Read more »
weddings at City Hall
by Carla Hansen, SF2012 I have the privilege of working for the Department of Public Works within San Francisco City Hall. I’m two months into my Fellowship and every morning this building still takes my coffee breath away. The innovative, socially-responsible policy made here and the beauty of a building built in 1915 is, ofRead… Read more »
GovLoop Member Map Visualization
Recently at GovLoop we’ve been scouring through our data and a lot of interesting findings about the community make up of GovLoop have come to light. In an effort to share our data with you (our members) we put together a sample video of GovLoopers by location. Let us know what you think. The videoRead… Read more »
Grandma, Grandpa, Holidays Coming
OLDER ADULTS, COMPUTERS AND GRANDCHILDREN by Greatgrandpa Mike Moldeven Don’t let the keyboard intimidate you. Here are models that you can adjust to suit your situation. ‘Grandma and Grandpa have moved to a house that is far from where you live. We will still see you as often as we can, but sometimes the waitRead… Read more »
UC Davis Opens Net Zero Energy Community
It’s the largest planned net zero community in the United States, and has a self-described goal to “demonstrate, for the first time, that zero net energy is practical on a large scale.” Read more about the community at CEILeadership.org. Original post
There’s no such thing as a FREE Lunch….or is there?
Well….the old adage, “There is no such thing as a Free lunch” is still true, but you can download Free (or low cost) Food Related Publications from Publications.USA.gov. Publications.USA.gov is a great resource to find official publications on Cars, Consumer Protection and even, ‘Going Green’. Pubs on Computers are especially helpful too, check this siteRead… Read more »
Can social networks unite bus riders?
TBD On Foot writes about a suggestion from Rail~Volution last week to use social networks to bring together people who ride the same bus route. Original post