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This tool lets you see how much time and money is wasted commuting

This tool lets you see how much time and money is...

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Enlarge / New York City has the slowest car travel in the country.Alan Schein/Getty Images Yet another annual traffic survey has found London firmly in first place—or worst place, perhaps—for 2022. This time it's TomTom's data that shows the Big Smoke is hell on wheels, with an average travel time of more than 35 minutes…
City planners are questioning the point of parking garages

City planners are questioning the point of parking garages

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iStock/Getty Images For the past century, the public and private sector appear to have agreed on one thing: the more parking, the better. As a result, cities were built up in ways that devoted valuable space to storing cars, did little to accommodate people who don’t own cars, and forced developers to build expensive parking…
I moved to Florida for cheaper housing and lower taxes, plus I’m avoiding downsides like traffic and crowds

I moved to Florida for cheaper housing and lower taxes, plus...

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Tony Stanol moved to Sarasota, Florida from California and prefers the East Coast oasis. He now pays $2,400 in rent compared to sky-high property taxes on his $1 million Calabasas home. He said some complaints about Florida's popularity, from traffic to crowds, haven't bothered him. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your…
What to Do When You’re Blinded by Another Car’s High Beams

What to Do When You’re Blinded by Another Car’s High Beams

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Photo: trambler58 (Shutterstock)Like everything else in the modern age, car headlights have enjoyed a steady advance in terms of technology and function. Back in the earliest days of cars, headlights used to be called headlamps because that’s what they were—gas-fueled flames inside a glass enclosure. Eventually, car makers migrated to electric headlights, and these have…
It might be possible to fight a traffic ticket with an AI ‘robot lawyer’ secretly feeding you lines to your AirPods, but it could go off the rails

It might be possible to fight a traffic ticket with an...

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The DoNotPay app uses AI and ChatGPT tech that consumers can use to do things like challenge bills. DoNotPay wants to put AI to the courtroom test, and plans to use it to advise defendants in traffic cases. Judges could alert bar associations to a rogue "robot lawyer" on the loose, legal experts said. Loading Something…
These Are the U.S. Cities Where Drivers Spend the Most Time in Traffic

These Are the U.S. Cities Where Drivers Spend the Most Time...

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Photo: Ground Picture (Shutterstock)When it comes to traffic, drivers can fall into a variety of categories. Maybe you’re someone who dutifully sends in reports to your map service provider. Maybe you actively try to employ driving strategies that make traffic less likely for other people. Maybe your concerns revolve less around arriving late to your…
Merge Properly, You Jerks

Merge Properly, You Jerks

Photo: Trygve Finkelsen (Shutterstock)When you’re driving down the road, and see that your lane will be closed ahead, what do you do? If you change lanes early, believing that you are doing the right and good thing and that anybody who drives right up to the merge point is cheating—you, my friend, are the asshole.…
Surge In Traffic Deaths In 2020 Linked To Drivers’ Risky Behavior During The Pandemic

Surge In Traffic Deaths In 2020 Linked To Drivers’ Risky Behavior...

Empty highways like this one in Los Angeles during the pandemic year may have enticed drivers to drive less safely and caused a spike in traffic deaths in 2020. Mark J. Terrill/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark J. Terrill/AP Empty highways like this one in Los Angeles during the pandemic year may have enticed drivers…
How to Teach Your Teenager to Drive

How to Teach Your Teenager to Drive

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Photo: Motortion Films (Shutterstock)Teaching a teenager to drive has never been easy. While it can be (or you want it to be) a fun and exciting rite of passage, it can also be stressful and panic-inducing for both of you. But even in a pandemic, the roads are open and teens are on them. So…
Vice Media is cutting its personnel by as much as 15% in the middle of missed out on income and a traffic downturn

Vice Media is cutting its personnel by as much as 15%...

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Nancy Dubuc, Vice Media's CEO who r eplaced Shane Smith in March, is making cuts at the digital publisher. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, Brooklyn-based Vice Media is lowering its headcount by 10% to 15% of its workforce and is on track to miss its revenue goals for this year. To…

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