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How Not To
Over the Thanksgiving holiday I had the opportunity to travel back to my home town, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. I was right back in ‘motordom’, putting several hundred miles on a rental car driving between New York, Pittsfield and the Boston suburbs (and back). I was interested to note that North Street, the main street in town,…
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Open Thread for December 1-7, 2013
A few things: TriMet has a few bus schedule adjustments to tell you about. Michael Anderson asks: What if you could auction off a parking spot in front of your home? Anna Griffin takes a look at Powell Boulevard–particularly the parts east of I-205.
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What Driverless Vehicles “See”
A few weeks ago we had a comment thread debate about whether autonomous vehicles would drive more safely than humans. The question was posed whether a driverless car could ‘see’ a pedestrian in dark clothes on a rainy night. This tweet claims that Google’s vehicle gathers about 1GB of data each second. I’m pretty sure…
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Thanksgiving 2013 Open Thread
Have a happy holiday, everyone!
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What Are We Going To Do With All That Parking?
It’s an interesting juxtaposition. As reported on Bike Portland, the City of Portland is trying to determine how much parking we need in corridors and centers. At the same time Atlantic Cities is reporting on efforts by architects to figure out how to re-purpose unneeded parking into other uses, with the theme that we need…