Two-thirds of rural Americans – 60 million people – have inadequate access to public transportation
In 1969, 42 percent of students walked or biked to school, by 2001 that number had fallen to less than 16 percent.
The federal government owns nearly 650 million acres of land – almost 30 percent of the land area of the U.S.
From Western Transportation Institute Biennial Report 2008-2010
I think this would be a good way to save “trees” by purchasing ebooks via Google Books (hopefully some free books as well).Here is the link. Enjoy!!
FHWA just released a new document on regional traffic signal operations program – link.
http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/arterial_mgmt/index.htm
http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/arterial_mgmt/pubs.htm
The Traffic Signal Timing Manual is available at http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop08024/index.htm.
In addition, a few more useful sites…
Link to the Mid-Atlantic Innovation Showcase is here. There are audio files for the sessions.
In-car safety sensor can recognize drowsiness of driver and react to wake the driver up. More story is here.
Fujitsu is conjuring up a sophisticated sensor system that can actually detect when a driver gets drowsy or begins to sink into a deep, dark wonder-world of sleep. Put simply, the system would detect specific changes in the motorist’s heart rate via the steering wheel, and once it determined that you weren’t exactly “with it” any longer, the car could then roll its own windows down, blast the stereo or jolt the wheel in order to get your attention. In our minds, the biggest issue here is to not cause an accident by spooking a sleepy driver out of their slumber, and we presume that’s exactly what the company is working on in its R&D labs.
About $180 million in venture capital will be raised this year for algae research, according to industry research group Cleantech. Algae could be used as a nonfood biofuel source, once researchers crack the puzzle of growing algae on a large scale. The current cost of $10 to $100 per gallon for algae fuel would have to decrease before it becomes a cost-effective alternative to gasoline. Seattle Post-Intelligencer/The Associated Press.
Study finds 21 pecent of H1-B applications violate the rules. Here is the story.
See more story at http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/mLoYrmvonxpSwUCibSfXpIVJ?format=standard.
