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How Sochi Prepared Its Transportation System for the Winter Olympics
The Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics is Friday night, and hundreds of thousands of people have already flocked to Sochi, Russia, where the sports will be held this year. But just a few years ago, the small city was hardly prepared for the traffic that accompanies the more than two-week-long worldwide event. Sochi, which […]
February 6, 2014
Construction Equipment
Volkswagen turned its Amarok pickup into a glacier-climbing monster truck and it’s the best thing at the Winter Olympics (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
The 2014 Winter Olympic Games kick off today (though opening ceremonies aren’t until tomorrow) and while that normally has nothing to do with equipment or trucks, Volkswagen has given us reason to smile this morning. You might not have known this, but just about five years ago Volkswagen won the bid to become the “official […]
February 6, 2014
Roadbuilding
Squats for Train Tickets
Need a train ticket but don’t have any cash on you?  Just squat for it. [youtube ojo9M1cPSPI nolink] In exchange for knocking out 30 squats, you can score a free subway ticket – worth about a buck – at Russia’s Vystavochnaya station, west of Moscow, according to a Wired report. Why the free fare? The […]
November 19, 2013
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