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Streetline app aims to end the hunt for a parking space
Thu, Oct 11, 2012 1:39 PM by Jim Motavalli
Imagine having your cellphone tell you where to find a parking space in a crowded city. Actually, it's already available — and it's free. Streetline isn't everywhere, but the service is growing.
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Holy cow: All-time record $4.66 gas prices in California
Tue, Oct 09, 2012 7:30 PM by Jim Motavalli
For residents of the Golden State, it's 2008 all over again, only worse. Some people have paid $5.79 a gallon. This 'perfect storm spike' is expected to be short, but it's painful.
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Shai Agassi out at Better Place: Like Tesla without Musk, or Apple minus Jobs
Thu, Oct 04, 2012 11:31 PM by Jim Motavalli
In a shocker, Better Place's board has dismissed the man who imagined the company, raised hundreds of millions for it, and relentlessly drove it forward. What's next without the visionary founder?
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Battle of the brands: Ford takes on Toyota in new hybrid ads
Thu, Oct 04, 2012 11:33 AM by Melissa Breyer
The Detroit automaker gets a touch of campaign fever with new marketing aimed to take down the competition.
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Japan shows bomb-detecting plane ticket reader

Wed, Oct 03, 2012 12:06 PM by Agence France-Presse

The new detector sucks in air around travelers and scans for any explosive substance residue. The entire process only takes one or two seconds.
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Why your car can't read your CD tracks
Wed, Oct 03, 2012 9:57 AM by Jim Motavalli
Ever encounter the annoying 'Unknown Album' listing when you pop a CD into the car player? There's a reason why, and it's not pretty. Gracenote, the CD track listing company, explains the problem.
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'Carmageddon 2' fails to be a nightmare [Photos]
Mon, Oct 01, 2012 10:50 AM by Catie Leary
A 10-mile stretch of Los Angeles' 405 Freeway — the most heavily trafficked road in the country — was shut down this weekend as part of a $1 billion freeway improvement project.
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How to create a bike corridor
Fri, Sep 28, 2012 3:22 PM by Shareable.net
A closer look at the bike friendly 4th Street in Los Angeles offers ideas for making other city streets a better place for cyclists.
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Toyota's go-slow message on electric cars
Fri, Sep 28, 2012 12:03 PM by Jim Motavalli
Some automakers are cutting back on electric cars because the early-stage EV market is moving slowly. The big hurdles are high cost and range anxiety.
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Carmageddon 2 looms over Los Angeles this weekend
Wed, Sep 26, 2012 12:40 PM by John Platt
A 2-day shutdown of the 405 Freeway could lead to massive traffic jams. Or not.
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Road cleared for self-driving cars in California

Tue, Sep 25, 2012 5:05 PM by Agence France-Presse

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill clearing the way for self-driving cars to be tested on state roads.
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Why plane windows don't roll down

Tue, Sep 25, 2012 12:13 PM by Life's Little Mysteries

Here's an explanation why plane windows don't open, despite Mitt Romney's concerns that it's 'very dangerous' that they don't.
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Bicycle commuting: How does your state (and gender) compare?
Mon, Sep 24, 2012 3:35 PM by John Platt
Washington, D.C., has the highest percentage of bicycle commuters. Across the nation, 74 percent of bike commuters are men.
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Self-driving cars will take over by 2040
Mon, Sep 24, 2012 11:25 AM by Jim Motavalli
The push toward autonomous cars is gaining critical mass, with the disabled and the visually impaired perhaps benefiting first from vehicles that steer themselves. Kids who hate driving are also a factor.
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Midttrafik makes mass transit look cool
Mon, Sep 24, 2012 8:00 AM by Melissa Hincha-Ownby
A Danish mass transit commercial has gone viral.
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