mass transit

We'd be remiss if we didn't nod to the Vancouver Olympics, opening today, and highlight their heavy reliance on mass transit to move spectators and athletes around the scenic seaside region. In particular, we note that electric vehicles play a major role. Take, for instance, the city's streetcar system. Streetcars are clean by definition, since they run on electricity and emit nothing other than the occasional scent of unwashed passengers. Canadian mass-transit maker Bombardier (they also make snow machines and personal watercraft) donated two low-floor articulated trolleys, which they...