Monday, December 27, 2010

Driving is a Distraction Period - Associated Content from Yahoo! - associatedcontent.com

Driving is a Distraction Period - Associated Content from Yahoo! - associatedcontent.com: FocusDriven.com: 'An estimated 1.4 million, 23% of motor vehicle crashes, involve drivers using cell phones.'
...The next stage of human civilization could include the development in the United States of an economy beyond oil and cars that goes beyond green and is able to return our nation to a position of real leadership in the world....
Stephen C. Rose

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Cars and Classes - Death by Car

  Cars and Classes - Death by Car: "The ruling ideology, distinctly including its academic manifestation, holds that automobiles are freedom machines and social equalizers. Cars-first transportation “unites [Americans] across class, racial, ethnic, and religious lines as few other aspects of our society can,” alleges Rutgers University transportation engineer James A. Dunn.

Of course, this familiar incantation is about as counter-factual as you can possibly get."