Pedal-powered carts selling everything from mandarins to cigarettes roam the streets, or people sell chocolate to people waiting for red traffic lights. It seems anyone can set up a stall at a local market, and people selling different kinds of goods tend to hang around their competitors, so...
Traffic congestionWhile the basic configuration of the Los Angeles region is residential and commercial development was based on fixed-rail transportation, it is now generally credited as being the first major urban region shaped by the automobile. In...
which is very rare on non-freeways. This was really a great treat for bicyclers. The only problem is that I had to contend with thunderstorms, and it was looking threatening. However, I managed to make it most of the way to Frederick without being rained on. The mountains were as ...
but I was wary of driving there. In fact, I was downright terrified. Negotiating the DMV to get my license, switching to Left Hand Drive, the traffic on the freeways, the crazy drivers and the drama
But this isn’t just “climate defeatism.” That doesn’t capture what MnDOT is doing by rejecting further study of removing the I-94 trench. The traffic engineering professionals at MnDOT are claiming that an expanded freeway with more lanes and more cars will produce less pollution than ...
and I was thinking back to my walk home from work in Los Angeles. Hardly anyone walks in LA – everyone drives, but I was wary of driving there. In fact, I was downright terrified. Negotiating the DMV to get my license, switching to Left Hand Drive, the traffic on the freeways, the...
Traffic was a nightmare today [killme]! Two car accidents in different freeways + the fact I was sooo sleepy made driving hell. Uni was okay. Maggy, Steph + I complained as to how cold it is in the classroom! Seriously, it*s like 30 degrees in there + then you walk out to the ...
synth-pop driven journey in Los Angeles’s back alleys and its concomitant back room dealing. From warehouses to freeways, from Beverly Hills to San Pedro, the movie presents an off kilter portrait of two Secret Service Agents pushed to the limits in their quest to take down an infa...
1966: National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act The leading cause of death for Americans under the age of 44 in 1965 was automobile accidents. President Lyndon B. Johnson decided enough was enough and on Sept. 9 of the following year signed into law the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle...
In the instance of a traffic stop, once a driver is aware that a police officer has signaled for him/her to pull the vehicle over, the driver can activate the system10, as by pressing the button24. Upon pressing the button24, a third-party technician can connect to the system10in real...