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

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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.