Fast Company magazine profiles the new ‘Flipper’ bridge that joins Hong Kong to mainland China:
One of the most vexing aspects of traveling between mainland China and Hong Kong is the car travel: People in the former drive on the right side of the road; people in the latter drive .Read more...
Tropical Storm Alex is the first named cyclone of 2010.
From CNN International:
Tropical Storm Alex could strengthen into a hurricane Monday but is heading away from the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm could become a major hurricane and .Read more...
Our friends at the MSCRecon Blog highlight a recent study of commercial truck seat belt usage:
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) released a study showing seventy-nine percent of commercial truck drivers in the Western US were using their safety belts in 2009. This region has the highest .Read more...
Chris Bangle, the chief of design for BMW Group, shares his thoughts on cars and art. From the TED website:
American designer Chris Bangle explains his philosophy that car design is an art form in its own right, with an entertaining — and ultimately moving — account of the .Read more...
Just as summer construction projects are ramping up, news of a shortage of traffic paint is surfacing. The New York Times reports on the acrylic paint shortage:
The Associated General Contractors of America, a major industry trade group, warned state and federal transportation officials last week that the .Read more...
Sidewalk at 22nd and 5th in New York City.
Photo by Mark Arms
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill continues to dominate the headlines. The Wall Street Journal adds:
Earlier Thursday, undersea robots completed a second cut of the fractured pipe connected to the deep-water oil well, paving the way for engineers to install the containment device that officials hope will send .Read more...
The airport in Gibraltar is the only major airport runway that doubles as a traffic intersection for vehicle traffic. Cars are brought to a stop so planes can land and then are allowed to drive across the runway. This interesting roadway is set to be replaced .Read more...
