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Transportation
Tesla Unveils a Long-Awaited Electric Sedan
• Technology ReviewTesla Motors, based in San Marcos, CA, unveiled its Model S sedan, a car that the company has been promising for years. The biggest change compared to the company's Roadster sports car, other than the appearance and price (the base price is half
World's cheapest car is launched
• BBCCosting just 100,000 rupees ($1,979; £1,366), the Nano will now go on sale across India next month, with deliveries starting in July.
DPS vs. Prof.: At Odds Over Cam Locations
• CameraFRAUD.comIf you’re part of the government/surveillance-complex in Arizona (the extensive collaboration of private companies corrupting law enforcement with the prospect of bucketfuls of money), it sure does seem like it’s hard to catch a break these days.
Rail Stimulus
• arcleinA city such as Los Angeles was built out on a grid system with traffic moving to the grid edges in order to move on out to another such grid. The operative idea was to avoid congestion within the grid boundaries. Not a bad plan for a small town, but
Why You Can't Buy a New Car Online
• Mother JonesAmericans can buy virtually anything over the Internet these days—sex, booze, houses—everything, that is, but a new car. If you want to buy a new car, you have to go down to your local dealership and haggle with the car salesmen
IL, TX Drivers Warned of Zombie Menace
• KSDK-TVTraffic warning signs are changed to zombie warning signs. [in various stories, this is the work of "remote hackers", a "UT computer genius", or, just plain hackers that crack the well-known password: DOTS]
Obama’s Order Is Likely to Tighten Auto Standards
• NY TimesPresident Obama will direct federal regulators on Monday to move swiftly on an application by California and 13 other states to set strict automobile emission and fuel efficiency standards, two administration officials said.
Recent Developments In The USA In Travel Data
• Papers PleaseThe USA is seeking to establish a global traveling norm requiring government-issued ID for all forms of travel, a life-time record for individual travel histories & mandatory government permission for all travel, particularly air or international tra
GM to Build Its Own Batteries
• Technology ReviewJust as the company makes engines, it will now make battery packs for electric cars.
Flying Car getting ready for first takeoff
• London TimesIs it a car? Is it a plane? Actually it’s both. The first flying automobile, equally at home in the sky or on the road, is scheduled to take to the air next month. If it survives its first test flight, the Terrafugia Transition, which can transform i
Surveillance cameras to be installed in New York cabs and limousines
• Daily NewscasterA new pilot program in New York City will install both forward and backward looking cameras in some of the city’s 13,000 cabs and limousines.
Trans-Texas Corridor Dead or in a Coma?
• Independent TexansIt appears today that TxDOT has come to its knees — at least for the moment, and we can claim a important though partial victory in fighting the mammoth Trans-Texas Corridor. To be sure, this is TxDOT spin, but it is clear that they are responding to
Speed Trap Cameras? Not Anymore, Meet ALPR from RedFlex
• RedFlex Corporate Site, Media ReleaseAdvanced Neural Network Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) Engine for Real-Time Notification of Vehicles of Interest.
AirTran apologizes for removing Muslim passengers
• APAirTran Airways apologized Friday to nine Muslims kicked off a New Year's Day flight to Florida after other passengers reported hearing a suspicious remark about airplane security. One of the passengers said the confusion started at Reagan Nation
Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski to pursue mileage tax with GPS Tracking
• gazettetimes.comA year ago, the Oregon Department of Transportation announced it had demonstrated that a new way to pay for roads — via a mileage tax and satellite technology — could work. Now Gov. Ted Kulongoski says he’d like the legislature to take the next st
Danish Supercar Sports 1,104 Horsepower
• WiredDanish boutique automaker Zenvo Automotive had exactly one goal in mind when it designed the ST1 hyper-exotic: build "a real supercar with excessive power."
US DOT Report Confirms Speed Not Major Accident Cause
• The NewspaperAs lawmakers around the country continue to consider speed limit enforcement as the primary traffic safety measure, the most comprehensive examination of accident causation in thirty years suggests this focus on speed may be misplaced.
Ford Bailout Money Unnecessary, Company Says
• Huffington PostBy shunning government loans, Ford Motor Co.'s top executives say they hope to buff up the automaker's image and set it apart from its cash-starved Detroit competitors
Coping with light-rail costs
• azcentral.comMetro light rail faces plenty of challenges running its new transit system. It has trains to take care of, schedules to meet and the complex demands of planning extensions. Just as difficult: juggling the money to pay for it all. The $1.4 BILLION sp
Ron Paul on the Auto Bailout
• Neil Cavuto - FoxNewsDecember 5th 2008
Big Three Automaker Bailout: Hearing, Statements, Video
• Huffington PostThe Big Three are back on Capitol Hill today. This time their talking to Congress about getting a multi-billion dollar bailout package.
Automakers plead for aid plan, but votes lacking
• Associated Press - MyWayImperiled automakers and their union worked feverishly Wednesday to sell a skeptical Congress on a $34 billion aid plan, promising labor concessions and restructuring.
Auto Dealerships Teeter as Big Three Decline
• New York TimesDays go by without a sale. His debts are mounting. His friends offer him cash to get by. “I’m trying to survive as a car dealer,” said Mr. Thomas, now 59, “and I don’t know if I can.”
GM board hasn't ruled out bankruptcy as an option
• Detroit Free PressGM spokesman Tony Cervone acknowledged today that the board has examined the possibility of bankruptcy as an option the automaker may need to pursue should it not receive its share of a $25 billion low-cost loan package the Detroit automakers are see
Road Rage: DPS Photo Enforcement Cameras Blocked with Post-It Notes
• Phoenix New Times (h/t Thane)I rang up DPS flack Lt. James Warriner, and he confirmed that Post-it note ninjas are at work in the Valley, with at least five incidents having occurred over the last few days on SR 51, I-10, and the Loop 101. Warriner says DPS has an investigator a
Chances Dwindle on Bailout Plan for Automakers
• New York TimesBut while Democrats said the stimulus measure would wait until President-elect Barack Obama takes office in January, some industry experts fear that one of the Big Three automakers will collapse before then,
Deutsche Bank sees GM stock shares as worthless
• MarketWatchA Deutsche Bank analyst on Monday downgraded shares of General Motors Corp. to sell from hold, saying the automaker was on the path to bankruptcy before the end of the year unless the U.S. government agrees to a bailout.
The Obama Administration and the Right to Travel
• Papers PleaseThe Obama Administration promises change, and invites suggestions for their agenda. Since they’ve asked, here are the first things we think they should do to restore our right to travel, and to address the issues of ID requirements and identity-based
GM shares down 30 percent after broker downgrades
• Reuters.comDeutsche Bank also cut GM to "sell" from "hold," and saw an equity value of $0 for the stock, according to a report on theflyonthewall.com. Reuters could not immediately verify the report.
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