Posts tagged Auto Industry
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National links: Car ads should be more truthful
Should car ads go the way of tobacco ads? Quantifying the cost of highway construction in Atlanta and DC. Researchers at Georgia Tech are taking a new approach to traffic safety. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Washington region home sales fall in November
Washington region home sales down in November; high-interest rates, low inventory are blamed. Newly-seated Prince George’s County Council rejects several zoning provisions, proposes new ones. Maryland choosing, for now, not to tighten vehicle emissions standards after 2025. Keep reading…
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Drivers of large vehicles more likely to strike pedestrians when turning, study finds
SUVs and pick-up truck drivers are three to four times more likely to hit a pedestrian when they make a turn than the drivers of smaller cars, a new study finds. Researchers think it’s because of car design that increases blind spots. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Accumulation
Storm’s a-comin’; When was “peak car”?; Mixed results for mixed-income; Charge on I-95; More than one way to zero; School cuts; Redevelopment in trouble; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Strong Bonds
Bonds wins; Budget referendum passes easily; Regional transit system emerging in Maryland; Fewer offices, more Silver Spring housing; Bag fee for fewer stores?; Tesla blocked from Virginia; Every stadium deal has a subsidy; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Here comes the train again
Crack is whack for Metro; VRE going without Wi-Fi; Brookland development gets ANC OK; Traffic studies unbelievable but true; CaBi may soon get ads; Emergency pedicab regulations permanent; A strong core is key to health; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The new big thing
More signs for Chinatown?; DC getting a new tunnel; GM backpedals on anti-cyclist ad; New leader discovers MoCo problems; COG opposes airports takeover; DC eschews Superfund’s toxic stigma; Treehouse of horrors; Historic preservation a “black box”?; And…. Keep reading…
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Can blight, or even an auto ad, invoke opportunity?
The ads shown during Super Bowl XLV have generated a great deal of both positive and negative buzz. Chrysler’s two-minute spot for its new 200 model proved to be an emotional tour de force for many viewers, not only for Michiganders, but also for those hailing from across the Rust Belt. Keep reading…
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Breakfast Links: Learning to share
Bike sharing the social way; Healthy employees are happy employees; Prince William County goes to the dogs; There must be an app for that; P is for Portland, but not for pedestrian; Newspaper page rage. Keep reading…
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Weekend links and deep thoughts
Airport carts analogous to cars?; Boston vs. DC or resident vs. driver?; Park all evening but not for free; Two tracks, phew; Clunkers policy a clunker; Crash victim speaks; Sarles speaks, acts. Keep reading…