Transportation | Mary Catherine O'Connor

All Aboard Orlando’s Bid to Be a Transit Hub

June 28, 2017 by mcoc

A new terminal, designed by Fentress Architects, is coinciding with a new rail service to Miami. What can Orlando show other cities about multimodal integration and high-touch terminal design? Architect June 28, 2017 Larger than John F. Kennedy International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, and Miami International Airport combined, the Orlando International Airport (MCO) is the country’s […]

Categories: Energy, Technology, Transportation • Tags: Briteline, Curtis Fentress, Fentress Architect, MCO, Miami, multimodal, Orlando, Orlando International Airport

How to Reason with the Climate Denier in Your Life

April 26, 2017 by mcoc

A new book by two philosophy scholars imagines conversations with skeptics and deniers. Here are four lessons we learned from it. Outside Online April 26, 2017 Everyone working to address climate change, from activists to scientists, knows that success depends in large part on their ability to convert climate change skeptics (or even straight-up deniers) […]

Categories: Climate Change, Energy, Food and Agriculture, Lifecycle, Oceans, Policy, Transportation • Tags: climate change, climate change denier, climate skeptic, Evelyn Fox Keller, Philip Kitcher, The Seasons Alter

Guardian: How to Visit America’s National Parks Without the Congestion

August 27, 2016 by mcoc

Traffic congestion has become part of the experience of visiting popular national parks in the US. Now, more parks are beefing up their public transport options. The Guardian If you’ve ever visited an iconic national park like Yellowstone, Yosemite or Glacier, your first glimpses of arresting, postcard-perfect vistas were probably framed by a car window. […]

Categories: Climate Change, Policy, Recreation, Transportation, Wilderness, Wildlife • Tags: arcadia national park, bus, climate change, island explorer, National Parks, National Parks Centennial, public transit, transportation, Yellowstone, Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System

A Norwegian company’s plan to make ice cubes out of glaciers unsettles some

April 4, 2015 by mcoc

A tiny coastal town in Norway is about to become home to an ambitious enterprise that will turn a diminishing glacier into a high-end cocktail cooler. Is there cause for alarm? The Guardian April 4, 2015 Glomfjord, Norway, is a coastal town of 1,120 residents just north of the Arctic Circle. For decades, it was […]

Categories: Climate Change, Energy, Lifecycle, Oceans, Policy, Transportation • Tags: climate change, glacial melt, glaciers

Mary Catherine O'Connor

Independent Journalist

Category Archives: Transportation

All Aboard Orlando’s Bid to Be a Transit Hub

How to Reason with the Climate Denier in Your Life

Guardian: How to Visit America’s National Parks Without the Congestion

A Norwegian company’s plan to make ice cubes out of glaciers unsettles some