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Guns Now Kill More People Than Cars in 10 States

Richard Schiffman | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Gun Violence, Highways, Trayvon Martin, Car Safety, Gun Control, Handguns, Nra, Senator Chuck Schumer, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Guns, Politics News
Richard Schiffman

The evidence is clear -- the more guns are out there, the more likely they will be used to take a life. To cut these escalating death rates, we need to strictly restrict access to handguns, as they do in virtually every other advanced nation on earth.

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Why Are Lovebugs Flying Around My Car?

Mark Hostetler | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Cars, Insects, Pests, Automobiles, Highways, Bugs, Flies, Weird Science, Lovebugs, Weird News News
Mark Hostetler

If you live in Florida or in the Southeast, you are currently being inundated by swarms of lovebugs flying around your vehicle. You may be thinking, "Do these critters have a death wish?" Well, there is a reason for everything.

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What's in the Highway Bill?

James Kotecki | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Funny, Jokes, Highways, Transportation Bill, Shovel-Ready, Humor, Government Spending, Highway Bill, Transportation, Political Satire, Comedy News
James Kotecki

Next week, House and Senate lawmakers will begin negotiating a massive new transportation bill. Where does all the money go?

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Potential Light Emerges On Key Infrastructure Bill

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Highway Spending, Highway Bill, Congress, Video, Highways, Transportation Bill, Transportation Infrastructure, Congress Highway Spending, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Defying expectations, Congress has reached the homestretch on a major overhaul of federal transportation programs that is critical ...

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New PBS Show Examines Nation's Travel System

Yul Kwon | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Pbs, Infrastructure, Mass Transit, Highways, America Revealed, Yul Kwon, Tv Travel, Travel Shows, TV Shows, Travel News, Travel News
Yul Kwon

As the host of the PBS series America Revealed, which focuses next Wednesday night on our nation's travel infrastructure and how it works, I've had the opportunity to get an up-close look at our roads, rails, buses, air travel systems -- even ferries.

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In the Public Interest : Led by Youth Americans Are Driving Less, But When Will Lawmakers Notice?

Phineas Baxandall | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Infrastructure, Social Media, Green Infrastructure, Driving, Highways, Youth, Biking, Public Transportation, Texting While Driving, Drivers Licenses, Transportation, Texting and Driving Ban, Politics News
Phineas Baxandall

More than older generations, they say that they will sometimes choose to take alternative transportation as a way to help the environment. Will our leaders notice this important trend? You wouldn't know it looking at Congress.

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Driving Fast and Slow on I-70

Miller Hudson | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Highway Congestion, Denver Mass Transit, Mass Transit, Denver Politics, Highways, Advanced Guideway System, Denver News
Miller Hudson

Five studies each reached the same conclusion -- that the preferred solution would require the construction of an Advanced Guideway System that provides rapid transit service around the I-70. Yet, much of Colorado remains unconvinced.

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Michael McAuliff

Billion-Dollar Bill Heads For Another Shutdown Showdown

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Video, Mark Begich, Highways, Barbara Boxer, John Boehner, Government Shutdown, Barbara Boxer Transportation Bill, Highway Bill, 112th Congress, Chuck Schumer Transportation Bill, John Boehner Transportation Bill, Transportation Bill, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Senate leaders pleaded Wednesday for the House to pass a transportation bill before funding for thousands of projects across the country...

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PHOTOS: Touring The Caribbean's Best Highways

Dwight Brown | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Casinos, Church, Caribbean, Shopping, Rainforest, Surfing, Tennis, Cuisine, Hotels, Golf, Highways, Ecology, Restaurants, Beaches, Museums, Nature, Vacation, Slidepollajax, Road Trips, Travel Blogs, Travel News
Dwight Brown

Sometimes Puerto Rico feels like a Caribbean island, other times more like America's 51st state.

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What's Driving The Creation Of America's Roads?

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Highway Spending, Job Market, Congress, Video, Highways, Road Construction, Business News, Jobs, Government-Job-Creation, Job Creation, Congress Highway Spending, Business News

WASHINGTON — The lure of roads, bridges, buses and trains isn't enough anymore to drive an expensive transportation bill through Congress. So to...

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Transportation Bill May Be On The GOP Chopping Block

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: House Transportation Bill, Video, Highways, Highway, Transportation Bill Republicans, Federal Transportation Grants, Highway Bill, Highway Transportation Bill, Transportation Bill Gop, Transportation Bill, Transportation, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Facing a revolt in their ranks, House Republicans leaders are considering significantly downsizing a bill that was supposed to prov...

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Catalytic Paint a Pollution Solution For Manila Street Artists

Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Manila, Video, Catalytic Paint, Highways, Art Meets Science, Tapio Snellman, Smog, Street Art, Cars, Paint, Pollution, Smog-Eating Paint, Boysen, Toxins, Arts News

Manila is one of the five most polluted cities in the world, and a paint company recently decided to try a unique approach to combatting airborne toxi...

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House Transportation Bill Would Worsen Traffic

Rob Perks | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Traffic, Congress, Highways, Oil Drilling, Oil, Roads, Transit, Congestion, Transportation, Transportation Bill, Transportation Legislation, Green News
Rob Perks

In their "Pledge to America," after taking control of the House, the GOP promised it would not package unpopular legislation with must-pass bills. They've done the exact opposite with the Transportation Bill.

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McDonnell Touts Virginia Highway Improvements

AP | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Virginia, Infrastructure, Video, Highways, Sean Connaughton, Roads, Bob Mcdonnell, Highways and Infrastructure, Robert Mcdonnell, DC News

RICHMOND, Va. -- State officials say Virginia is making significant progress in a push to improve highways and bridges. Gov. Bob McDonnell said Wedne...

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Surprise! It's I-695: New Highway Route Suddenly Appears In D.C.

The Huffington Post | Michael Grass | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: DC News, Video, Highways, District of Columbia, I-395, Interstate 965, I-695, 11th Street Bridge, Southeast Freeway, DC 695, I-295, DC News

WASHINGTON -- With the opening of the new 11th Street bridge span over the Anacostia River, drivers might have spotted something new: signs for Inters...

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Move the Money Home

Sen. Claire McCaskill | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Helmand Province, Kandahar, Infrastructure, Infrastructure Investment, Senate, Highways, Afghanistan, Bridges, Claire McCaskill, Afghanistan War, Politics News
Sen. Claire McCaskill

If America is going to build roads and bridges, I believe they ought to be built here, not in an unstable war zone.

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Pacific Standard Time At LACMA: The Untold Story

Harris Silver | Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Suburbs, Military Industrial Complex, Moca, Nuclear Missiles, Mulholland Drive, Malibu, Peterson Automotive Museum, Lacma, Culture, Nuclear War, Infrastructure, Pst, Sci-Arc, Case Study Houses, Highways, Art and Architecture Magazine, The Case Study House Program, Bel Air, 10, California Design 1930-1965: ?Living in a Modern Way?, Charles and Ray Eames, KB Homes, La, Museum Exhibit, Harris Silver, Los Angeles, Eames House, Art, Levittown, Wwii, John Entenza, Freeways, Missile Site, President Eisenhower, Getty, 405, Pacfic Standard TIme, Culture News
Harris Silver

Pacific Standard Time is a sprawling cultural initiative with 68 major museum shows and 125 gallery exhibitions including California Design 1930-1965: 'Living in a Modern Way.'

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Los Angeles From 500 Feet

Steven Nereo | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Helicopters, Photos, Los Angeles, Highways, Dtla, Los Angeles Photos, Los Angeles News
Steven Nereo

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Matt Sledge

Shovel-Ready Projects: They Exist, And We May Need Them For A Long Time

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Infrastructure, Aashto, Jobs Creation, Economic Stimulus Package, Highways, Shovel-Ready, Great Recession, American Jobs Act, Recession, Business News

NEW YORK -- As President Barack Obama pushes for his American Jobs Act, some on the right and in the press have claimed there are no "shovel-ready" pr...

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Making the World Safe for...?

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Internet, Baby Boomers, Obama, Highways, Future Generations, Children, World News
Mark Goulston, M.D.

Louis Brandeis is famously quoted as saying: "Sunlight is the best disinfectant." An updated version might be: "the Internet is the best disinfectant."

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Seattle Rallies Against Fossil Fuel Use

AP | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Energy, Highways, Fossil Fuels, Bicycles, Clean Energy, Public Transit, Lake Union Park, Seattle Fossil Fuel Rally, Seattle, Mike Mcginn, Fossil Fuel Rally, Paddleboards, Green News

SEATTLE -- A few hundred people in Seattle have joined citizens around the globe in rallying against fossil fuel use and in support of alternative mea...

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Matt Sledge

Offshore Drilling: House Republicans Offer Old Idea As New Infrastructure Solution

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Infrastructure Bank, Infrastructure, American Jobs Act, Highways, Oil Spill, American Infrastructure Financing Authority, Offshore Drilling, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Responding to President Obama's call in the American Jobs Act for increased infrastructure spending, House Republicans are offering up a...

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In the Public Interest: Americans Are Driving Less, Washington Should Pay Attention

Tony Dutzik | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Infrastructure, Jobs, Public Transit, Culture, Transportation, Infrastructure Jobs, Highways, Driving Habits, Modern Transit, American Driving Habits, American Transportation, Job Creation, Politics News
Tony Dutzik

An accumulation of evidence suggests that the days of rapid, steady growth in vehicle travel are over. Why then is Washington arguing about how much to spend building our grandfather's transportation network?

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Matt Sledge

With I-95 Plan, Rhode Island Mulls Turning Itself Into A Toll Road

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Newport Rhode Island, Route 95, Ripta, Highways, Gas Tax, Public Transportation, I-95 Tolls, Rhode Island I-95 Tolls, Rhode Island, Ray Lahood, Department of Transportation, Providence-Rhode Island, Politics News

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- "One of the greatest engineering achievements of the last century was the completion of the Interstate Highway System," Michael Le...

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Bloomberg, Schwarzenegger: U.S. Must Modernize Its Infrastructure

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Infrastructure, Ed Rendell, Highways, Michael Bloomberg, Baf Fund, Trains, High Speed Rail, Building America's Future, Job Growth, Arnold Schwarzenegger, US Infrastructure, Job Creation, Business News

With GDP languishing and job-creation rates well below what’s needed to put the economy back on track, the key to recovery lies with American infras...

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