transportation
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Scientists Dream Of A Future Where Flying Cars Fight Climate Change
The flying car has been years away for, well, years. The predictions aren’t getting more optimistic under U.S. President Donald Trump, but now science is offering a surprising new reason for us to make flying cars a reality: We might need them to fight climate change.
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Train Stranded In Oregon For 36 Hours Honestly Seems Pretty Chill
News broke this afternoon that an Amtrak train near Oakridge, Oregon on its way to California had been stranded with 183 people or over 30 hours. And many people reasonably assumed that it would be an apocalyptic situation by now. But aside from some modest inconveniences, it actually sounds pretty relaxed now 36 hours in.
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Uh Oh, Uber Might Be Thinking About Self-Driving Scooters And Bikes Now
Uber — the company that had to pull its self-driving cars off the road for most of 2018 following a lethal accident that allegedly came after warnings of routine accidents — is hiring for a program that may work on self-driving “micromobility” devices, TechCrunch reported on Sunday.
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The Northeast And Mid-Atlantic Just Announced A First-of-Its-Kind Plan To Put A Dent In Automobile Emissions
Nine states between Virginia and Vermont are taking steps to clean up their biggest source of carbon pollution. On Tuesday, they along with Washington, D.C., announced they’re building a regional cap-and-trade system to cut vehicle emissions and reinvest in low-carbon transit.