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Tuesday, May 29, 2007
'Hypermilers' try to boost mileage, SAUK RAPIDS, Minn. -- The passion that burns in Laurie With isn't visible until she gets behind the wheel of her Honda Civic hybrid - and drives real slow. She accelerates gently when the light turns green, and coasts down hills to save gas. On highways, she stays in the right lane and watches the big SUVs zoom past. "When I see someone roar past me, I think, 'They just used enough gas to last me a week,'" she said. More >>
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Tipping-Point Shock, Confounding the Experts, A Poll Finds Prices Must Go Way Higher to Alter Driving, Even with high gas prices causing financial hardship for many Americans, most motorists still plan to stick to the roads at least until pump prices climb another dollar, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. More >>
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Mass-transit building boom begins in Manhattan NEW YORK -- The quest for a subway to carry commuters along Manhattan's Second Avenue long has bordered on the quixotic, the project beset by more fits and starts than a bus lumbering through rush hour. First proposed in 1920, the Second Avenue line near the East River was shelved by the stock market crash of 1929, by World War II in the 1940s, and then by the 1970s financial crisis that crippled New York City. More >>
Monday, May 14, 2007
Bush orders rules meant to curb greenhouse gases, WASHINGTON -- President Bush responded Monday to a Supreme Court ruling by ordering federal agencies to find a way to begin regulating vehicle emissions by the time he leaves office. In a Rose Garden announcement, Bush said he wanted to move ahead, pending any separate legislative approaches. The new rules will "cut gasoline consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles," he said. More >>
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Cities revisit needs of the elderly, Six days a week, County Express vans and buses roam the vast plains of northeastern Colorado. They pick up older residents of this rural region and drive them sometimes more than 100 miles to the town of Sterling. It has the only dialysis center in 9,600 square miles, an area the size of Maryland. The passengers get their treatment, board the bus mid-afternoon and cover the same ground in reverse. They're dropped off at their doorsteps before 5 p.m. More >>
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