More than eight in ten people still drive to work.
It’s been said a thousand times, but we’ll say it again: Driving is in decline.
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ET3 Indiegogo campaign to make tube transport technology a reality in California
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Both Evacuated Tube Transport Technologies (ET3) and Hyperloop want to compete against California High Speed Rail (HSR). So, ET3 has begun an Indiegogo campaign to fund the legal research and drafting of a California proposition that will remove the obstacles holding back ET3 and Hyperloop from competing to deliver a next generation ground transportation system that the traffic and smog ridden residents of California deserve.
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The decline of driving in the U.S.
Americans began taking their foot off the gas pedal well before the recession.
Energy an urban-planning nerds have been pondering a very interesting question these days – has the U.S. passed peak car? Ever since the recession, Americans have been driving less, getting fewer licenses, and using less gas. But is that just the work of the recession, or something more permanent?
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Can you guess which city has the worst gas-guzzling used cars?
71.2 percent of used cars in metro Detroit get 22.5 mpg or less.
If you are in the market to buy a used Toyota Prius, don’t go shopping for one in Detroit. According to a new study by iSeeCars.com, the Motor City has the worst fuel economy among used cars.
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World’s deepest underwater railway tunnel opens in Turkey
The Marmaray Tunnel, İstanbul, Turkey
An underwater railway tunnel has opened in Turkey that links Europe to Asia and the east and west sides of Instanbul. The system was one that was proposed 150 years ago by an Ottoman sultan.
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Competing for the World’s Largest Infrastructure Project: Over 100 Million Jobs at Stake
Elon Musk and Daryl Oster, competing for what could become
the world’s largest infrastructure project
Futurist Thomas Frey: When Tesla Motors CEO, Elon Musk, mysteriously leaked that he was working on his Hyperloop Project, the combination of secrecy, cryptic details, and his own flair for the dramatic all contributed to the media frenzy that followed.
The benefits and barriers of self-driving cars
Some day in the near future, cars will drive themselves.
A study by the ENO center for transportation has been done to see what needs to be done to prepare for a nation where cars will be driving themselves sometime in the near future. (Videos)
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Top 10 stealth economic trends that are changing the world
Cheap solar is a new trend changing the world.
It’s hard to keep up with what’s going on in the world these days. Some facts are familiar to anyone who reads the news. Unemployment is high. Growth is slow. Shale gas is a big deal. But beyond the headlines, shifts are changing the U.S. economy and reshaping the global financial order. Here are ten that have surprised.
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Is there a “need for speed?” Why the U.S. Postal Service should get behind the hypertube
A system of tubes contemplated for the U.S. Postal Service.
Raymond Alvarez: Travel in the 19th Century was dusty, smokey and slow – very slow. But commuters these days may be wondering if it was better. In Beijing, the roads have become so snarled that commuters abandon their vehicles in traffic that doesn’t move for days. Here in the U.S., many young adults don’t even contemplate owning a vehicle. They prefer cycling or walking.
The world’s weirdest vehicles
Here is a vehicle for all couch potatoes out there: the Couch Bike
Some cars can be made without wheels, tracks or skis (and still get places just fine, thank you), others may not even require an engine, while some vehicles are so strange that can hardly be called “cars” anymore. On top of all that, some car designers must have something against drivers, judging by profoundly befuddling and non-user-friendly setups they come up with. In most cases, though, these experimental machines do get around quite well (sometimes even more efficiently than traditional vehicles), and almost certainly turn into prized collection items. (Photos)
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Land Airbus could be coming to China (Video)
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A few years ago, a public transit concept from China was making the rounds. It has resurfaced recently in a video that suggests someone is taking it seriously.
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Top 10 cutting-edge technologies in development
Tube transportation is the future of transportation.
You shouldn’t give up on flying cars or hoverboards just yet. As technology continues to march on, everything will go into development sooner or later—as demonstrated by the existence of these things, which we’ll almost certainly see within our lifetimes.
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