We all know how much it stinks to be driving down the road when you suddenly realize that you have a flat tire. Equally as annoying is when you stop in at a gas station to use the air to fill up your tires only to realize that the machine is “out of order”. Well, [...]
I own a Jeep that I purchased back in 2007, so when the news hit that Chrysler was going down like the Titanic, I naturally wondered how (and if) it would affect me. It turns out that it isn’t going to affect me at all. Secretly, I think I was hoping that Chrysler would cut [...]
When I think about public transportation, I worry about whether or not the bus, train or taxi cab is a) going to be able to figure out where I live and b) get me to where I need to be on time. That being said, the last thing on my mind (as well as the [...]
Could auto manufacturers have come close to achieving the fuel efficiency standards target more than a decade ago? According to a recent article published by the Canadian Press, it was a very real possibility.
According to the published article,
With the CEOs of major carmakers standing behind him, Obama proposed a target of 35.5 miles per U.S. [...]
You heard it right. Ever since the government announced that it would take over GM, recent news stories about GM’s plummeting stock have been swirling around as the once “Giant” of the auto industry continues to fall. However, not all hope is lost; rapper Eminem is there to the rescue.
Help for the Auto Workers
According to [...]
According to an article published on CNBC.com, the after effects of GM and Chrysler going bankrupt will more than likely spawn other “Bankruptcy Babies” ranging from suppliers to dealers. The White House declined to comment on the decision by some General Motors Corp. (GM) executives to sell their shares in the struggling auto maker after [...]
Back in 2007, NPR’s All Things Considered ran a story about how honking your horn in Ghana had been transformed into music. According to the story, a union of truck and taxi drivers in Accra, Ghana turned the mundane sound of honking your horn into music. You can have a listen here.
Music to Your Ears
The [...]
-because everything else is expensive. Recent reports have shown that the price of oil has dropped to around $70 a barrel, dropping 53% from July of 2008 when it was a record $147 a barrel. This is, by far, the lowest it has been in 14 months, so then why aren’t we hitting the [...]
When will it end? The number of people who are involved in vehicular accidents due to cell phone use is growing every year. In 2001, Transportation Statistics Annual Report distributed by the Bureau of Transportation it was reported that by 2001 nearly 120 million Americans subscribed to a cell phone service. and according to the [...]
Remember the days when you were a kid and you were taught about “sharing” things with others? Well, it seems that now that concept is coming back to modern day times with the idea of bike-sharing. According to a recent article by Time, cyclists are being born everywhere:
In the mid-1990s, when public bike-sharing [...]
