At some point in the near future, solar will be cheaper than the power from the grid. At that point, it won't be a do-gooder energy choice, it will be the smart thing to do. New maps pinpoint when that day is coming to your city.READ»
As climate change continues unabated, growing crops in Maine will soon be like growing crops in South Carolina. Who better to teach Maine farmers how to adapt than the folks who already do it?READ»
With the addition of crowdsourced traffic data from Waze, your morning traffic will be a lot more clear, and that can't do anything but make your life easier and cheaper.READ»
As tradition dictates at the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles (better known to many as SCI-Arc), each year an architect builds a temporary pavilion to house the school's graduation, which is held in ...READ»
50 years ago, a shiny, postwar Los Angeles was a model of the new American Dream. The nascent suburban plan promised single-family homes and grassy yards for all. A glossy Oldsmobile in the driveway navigated down ribbons of ...READ»
If you’ve visited L.A. recently, you know that food trucks are as insufferably pervasive as caterers with headshots. They’re so ubiquitous, in fact, that soon, you’ll be able to visit a mobile kitchen the moment you step off the ...READ»
Next week, a major L.A. highway will close for two straight days. Traffic app Waze is offering its user-generated traffic information to the city's TV stations in hopes of easing congestion and attracting new users.READ»
"Nobody walks in LA," sang the Missing Persons, and you know it's true if you've ever driven in Los Angeles (while everyone else also tries to drive in Los Angeles). The Texas Transportation Institute continually ranks Los Angeles as ...READ»
New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, and Houston are all expected to have higher than average electric vehicle sales over the next six years--brace for grid strain. READ»
There might be no greater proof of how unsustainable our urban planning has become than the commute times into and out of America's major cities. In short, if you gripe about spending 30 minutes in your car every morning, consider ...READ»
The Government Services Administration announced this week it's moving its 15,000 employees to Google Docs. But in the battle for the public sector, Microsoft is still ahead.READ»
Do you "like" Facebook? But really, do you "like like" Facebook? A new lawsuit filed may soon end adolescents ability to "Like" things online. How will the teens ever survive without "Like," a word so crucial to their vernacular ...READ»
Even with its miles of beaches and mountain ranges within city limits, Los Angeles ranks dead-last among major urban areas in green space. Downtown Los Angeles, an area struggling to draw residents to its redeveloped blocks, is ...READ»
