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Audi Calculates How Frustrated Drivers Are In Your City At Any Given Moment

Given the weather, the traffic, and the general attitude of the drivers, you can now measure how annoying it will be to get on the road at any given moment.READ»

Can Pay-Per-Mile Driving Programs Work?

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood got a spanking when he suggested one, but test programs have received positive responses from drivers. Like it or not, with gas tax revenue declining it may be the only option. READ»

ParkingAuction: Sell Your Spot When You Leave To Reduce Congestion And Pollution

Instead of driving aimlessly looking for a spot, pay a few bucks to have someone give you theirs.READ»

Mapping The Real State Of America

A new atlas gives a sense of what's truly happening in America. We look at a few excerpts to see how much we're driving and what we're eating.READ»

Drivers Who Brake With Their Brains

You might think you have lightning reflexes, but the time between thinking you need to brake and your foot pushing the pedal can be life or death. What if we eliminated the (literal) middle man?READ»

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Four Strategies To De-Suck Your Commute

Raise your talking game, attain peace with your fellow man, and get some extra shut-eye--all before you reach the office. These four tips make transit time actually bearable.READ»

Can The Simple Flywheel Replace The High-Tech Electric Battery?

It's an old technology for storing energy that's finally getting an update, and it's appearing everywhere from power plants to Formula One race cars, and will soon be hiding in your wheels, helping save you fuel.READ»

iOnRoad Wants You To Check Your Cell Phone While Driving

You thought you weren't supposed to use your phone while driving. But Israeli startup Picitup uses augmented reality to warn you of dangers on the road ahead.READ»

Peeling Out Sessions: MIT's Robotic Co-Drivers Can Save Your Skin In Emergencies

Before we get self-driving cars and road-trains, MIT researchers think emergency co-drivers that only take control in dangerous situations are the near-future for robot driving. At least while we still have fallible human drivers driving around like maniacs.READ»

Your Job Is Why You're Fat

Add boring desk jobs to list of seemingly unavoidable reasons why Americans are gaining weight.READ»

Drivers More Affected By Rush Hour Pollution Than Bikers: Study

You're inhaling tailpipe fumes when you're on a bike, but they don't hurt you as much as the ones you inhale while stuck in traffic.READ»

Driving Is Why You're Fat

Our car culture may be to blame for skyrocketing obesity rates.READ»

iGuardianTeen App Spies on Your Kid's Driving Habits

An Android app that acts like Big Brother for new drivers.READ»

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Study: Biking Infrastructure Projects Create More Jobs Than Auto-Based Initiatives

A new study claims that building bike infrastructures creates up to twice as many jobs than auto-based infrastructure projects.READ»

Transportation Secretary Muses on Idea of Blocking All Cellphones in Cars

Could 5,000 road deaths be avoided each year if the motoring industry were forced to put cellphone-blocking equipment in every car?READ»