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• Time for podcars? N.Y. city wants to be first
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 Ithaca ...
• In many airports, guns are OK outside security
Jon Allen, a spokesman for the federal Transportation Security Administration, said the TSA has not taken a position on guns in airports and has no authority under federal law to ban them. The issue has led to clash in Georgia between a new state law ...
• Aging suit’ helps develop cars for older drivers
Department of Transportation's New England Transportation Center, said automakers have a "long way to go." With a baby boomer turning 62 every 7 seconds, he said, the auto industry "has to take a new look at old age." Engineers at the Nissan Technology ...
• Porno’ proves to be tough sell in movie’s ads
Rina Cutler, Philadelphia deputy mayor for transportation, said the stick-figure posters were cute and clever but unacceptable for bus shelters where schoolchildren would see the word “porno.” “If they want to call the movie ‘Zack and Miri ...
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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 ...