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15 May 12 - Transportation Automobile News
Fort Worth would benefit from rail station near Baylor All Saints Medical Center
They do not wish to be automobile dependent but want to live and work in the urban core with easy access to mass transportation. They want clean air and quiet in their neighborhoods, which is accomplished through the reduction of auto traffic.
Seamless connections: Leipzig, Germany has multiple transportation modes, and ...
Outside the Hauptbahnhof station, there are sidewalks, bike lanes, automobile lanes and tracks for a modern, electrified tram.
Feelings mixed on Car-free Sundays
Feelings mixed on Car-free Sundays. Ward 5 Councillor Paul Sharman said Car-free Sundays have historically produced a 30 per cent increase in business.
AAA Projects a 1.2 Percent Increase in Memorial Day Travel as Americans Stay ...
Of those, 695000 are expected to travel by auto (1.1 percent increase) and about 41000 by air (5.7 percent decrease). There will be 34000 people traveling by other modes of transportation, a 13.1 percent increase over 2011. In Indiana, gas prices are ...
Review: 'Engines of Change' by Paul Ingrassia details key cars
It doesn't begin with the very first car ever invented, which is a subject of dispute. Rather, it kicks off with the car that first made automotive transportation simple, affordable and practical - the Ford Model T, which cost $850, got almost 20 ...
Exhibit tells of America's transportation, migration history
... Humanities Council, explores how transportation and migration helped build our nation. Images, audio and artifacts tell the many journey stories of America across its history and the transformations brought by the railroad and the automobile.
Cheaper gas or money to fight pollution? Court could decide
"Assuming we are correct, then the state has benefitted from 23 years of collecting this tax unconstitutionally," said Sidney Tribe, an attorney representing AUTO. But environmental groups accuse oil and gas interests of bullying the Legislature and ...
An interview with ODOT Director Matt Garrett (Part 1)
The director of the Oregon Department of Transportation, Matt Garrett, in his office in Salem. During the Oregon Active Transportation Summit last month, I had the opportunity to sit down with Matt Garrett, the director of the Oregon Department of ...
Lexington converting car spot into bicycle parking on weekends
The automobile parking spot at 1720 Massachusetts Ave. will be converted into a parking area for 15 to 20 bicycles on Saturdays and Sundays during pilot program, which will run from this Saturday, May 19 through Oct. 28.
Mass. congressman pushing for tax benefits for mass transit users
(NECN: Kristen Doucet) - Gas prices have fallen in recent weeks but from Worcester, Mass. to Washington DC, a lot of people are still turning to public transportation. On Capitol Hill, US Congressman Jim McGovern of Worcester is pushing for more tax ...
Auto Club CEO Thomas McKernan Retires, Becomes Chair of the Board
LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - May 14, 2012) - Thomas V. McKernan, CEO of the Automobile Club of Southern California, has retired after serving 46 years with the organization and 21 years as CEO, the organization announced today.
When rescuers damage your vehicle, will insurance pay?
Eric Lai answers readers' auto questions every week for Wheels Q: I have an insurance question regarding “damage done with permission” as it were.
AJAC Eco-Run proves saving fuel starts with the driver
The event also outlined the importance of choosing a vehicle best suited to the majority of your driving. Electric cars are viable transportation - they're certainly not just oversized golf carts - but they're primarily for commuters who travel a ...
Bicycle Lanes, Seat Belts and Democracy
They are public expenses that simply offer alternative choices to the necessity of transportation by motorized vehicle. As roads since the middle of the 20 th century have been largely developed for the private vehicle, and all of their associated ...
Is all this technology making driving really safer?
Don't get me wrong, we all know that vehicle safety has come forward in leaps and bounds, but what worries me is that the single most important component in the quest for road safety is actually going backwards.
The 100 Deadliest Days For Teen Drivers
In 2007 The Center for Health Statistics cited motor vehicle crashes as the leading cause of death for 15 - 20 year olds. (The latest mortality data available.
Opinion: Scuttle the shuttle
Stephen Wray is an executive in the container-shipping field, a cyclist and an avid follower of urban-transportation issues.
2012 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution MR
For the first time, I was happy to find an automatic transmission in an Evo as I was in desperate need of minimum-effort transportation. Thus equipped, it actually proved to be a remarkably laid back chariot, with credit going to its light steering, ...
NYC's First Car Accident In 1896 Involved A Bicycle
New York City's first automobile accident occurred on May 30, 1896, when Henry Wells of Springfield, Massachusetts, struck cyclist Ebeling Thomas on the "Western Boulevard" (better known to us as Broadway).
VW Hover Car Is "Back to the Future" in Multiple Ways
May 10, 2012 | Volkswagen of America, Inc. By David Green, Correspondent | Published May 10, 2012 A new Volkswagen concept floats along in magical solution to urban transportation - theoretically, of course. The Hover Car is one of three ideas chosen ...
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