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• Ithaca, NY, wants to be America's 1st podcar city
To Jacob Roberts, podcars — or PRTs, for personal rapid transit — represent an important component in the here-and-now of transportation. "It's time we design cities for the human, not for the automobile," said Roberts, president of Connect ...
• Step-on scanner lets air travelers keep shoes on
The current version, produced by Israeli firm Ido Security Ltd., costs about $5,000. The U.S. Transportation Security Administration is assessing MagShoe's feasibility for American airports and several other countries have expressed an interest, the ...
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Nationwide, household budgets have also been squeezed by rising transportation costs. Gasoline has nearly tripled since 2002 from $1.38 a gallon (36 cents a liter) to $4.05 a gallon ($1.07 a liter) this year. Brennan said households are likely to face ...
• Feds go forward with NYC airport experiment
WASHINGTON - Federal officials are pushing ahead with an experiment to reduce rampant flight delays around the nation by auctioning off takeoff and landing times at New York City-area airports, where most delays begin. Transportation Secretary Mary ...
• Fatal crash highlights lure of casinos for seniors
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The casinos run by American Indian tribes in Northern California work to attract lonely seniors on fixed incomes by offering cheap transportation on charter buses like the one that crashed over the weekend, killing eight people ...