The Wall Street Journal looks into private railroad cars (or ‘office car’) making a comeback with private kitchens, dining rooms, and sleeping areas.
If corporate jets are your idea of sky’s-the-limit business travel, try riding a corporate train.
Every big American railroad has one for its bosses: a string of sleepers, dining .Read more...
USA Today examines the issues surrounding drugged driving and decriminalizing illicit drugs.
Drivers who die in crashes test positive for drugs 25% of the time, a new study finds.
Researchers examined data on more than 44,000 drivers in single-vehicle crashes who died between 1999 and 2009. They found that 24.9% tested positive .Read more...
The Wall Street Journal discusses the future of air travel as the airlines would have us believe:
A new generation of planes—including jets from Airbus and Bombardier Inc. and led by BoeingCo.’s 787 Dreamliner, which is slated to enter service with Japan’s All Nippon Airways Co. sometime this summer—promises to offer passengers a .Read more...
The book Nudge brought new attention to subtle changes that can improve everyday life. One such traffic-related nudge can be found in Chicago.
The curve at Lake Shore Drive and Oak Street in Chicago is a favorite nudge. The tight turn makes it one of the city’s most dangerous curves. To .Read more...
Christine Haughney from the New York Times looks at toll avoiders exploiting the E-ZPass system.
For eight years, Alfred Buono had made it a twice-weekly occurrence: He would drive his car across a bridge from New Jersey to Staten Island and not pay the toll — doing so a total of .Read more...
Fast Company highlights a new book about American facts and myths. The Real State of America Atlas by Cynthai Enloe and Joni Seager includes a look at vehicle-miles traveled per capita by state. Wyoming anyone?
Wired magazine looks at the future of black box technology, specifically black box technology in planes. New units could use ‘the cloud’ to prevent data loss in an accident.
The Iridium network, which covers the entire globe with 66 orbiting satellites, could probably accommodate the bandwidth needed to transmit at least .Read more...
The Syracuse.com headline reads, “Parish man, protesting motorcycle helmet laws, dies from head injury, troopers say.” John Mariana looks at the unfortunate and unusual case in the Post-Standard.
Philip A. Contos, 55, of 45 East St., Parish, was not wearing a helmet while driving a 1983 Harley Davidson motorcycle south on .Read more...
The Wall Street Journal looks at congestion on American roads and how to get things moving.
We have tremendous technology available that could help make transportation smoother and more efficient. Traffic signals that are centrally controlled by computer can optimize the flow of traffic. Electronic toll-collection tags let drivers pay without .Read more...
The New York Times reports on the new regulations from the Consumer Product Safety Commission regarding baby cribs. The author visits the testing laboratory for Delta Children’s Products.
The most pronounced change is that drop-side cribs, long a nursery staple, are prohibited from being sold. But manufacturers must also strengthen the crib .Read more...
Eric A. Morris from Freakonomics looks at the effects of rubbernecking and the possible solution in safety screen.
As we all know, terrific jams can be caused even when the wreck(s) is moved out of the traffic lanes, as passing drivers gape at the carnage. It’s been quite a long time .Read more...
Progressive Insurance is looking at new ways of approaching the car insurance business. Malia Wollan and Fast Company look at the new technology they are considering to change the policy pricing models of today.
When Glenn Renwick, the chief executive of insurance giant Progressive, sits down to dinner with his wife .Read more...
