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Google's self-driving car faces competition from Europe
Google isn't the only one with a self-driving car up its sleeve. Last week, the SARTRE project, a joint venture among seven European companies, took a convoy of three self-driving cars and one self-driving truck for a 124-mile test drive on a Spanish...
Tags: Human Mishaps, Volvo, Road Transportation, Travel, Media Industry
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Undermining L.A.'s subway plans
There's an urban legend that you can derail a train by putting a penny on the tracks, but in reality, all you end up with is a wasted (and very flat) penny. There's a lesson in that somewhere for Beverly Hills. Egged on by community activists who fret...
Tags: Laws, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Subway Transportation, Zev Yaroslavsky, Science and Technology
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New technology may reduce TSA pat-down searches in U.S. airports
The federal government says it has plans to use advanced technology to dramatically reduce the number of pat-down searches performed at the nation's airports.
The Department of Homeland Security recently put out a request for technology companies to come...Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, National Security, Science and Technology, Air Transportation, Air Transportation Industry
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Man About Town: A full-bore pub crawl via subway
Frappy, funky Hollywood, where locals like us seldom go unless the in-laws are in from Buffalo and want to bop around town in hopes of spotting one of the Gabors, or maybe even that pistol Kelly Ripa. Visitors from B-list cities always seem to prefer...
Tags: Angie Dickinson, Dining and Drinking, Subway Transportation, Ed McMahon, Foods and Beverages
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Metro to run Westside subway extension under Beverly Hills High
Despite vociferous objections and legal threats, Los Angeles County transportation officials Thursday approved a plan to tunnel beneath Beverly Hills High School as part of a long-awaited Westside subway extension from downtown to the Westwood area....
Tags: James Dolan, Subway Transportation Industry, Subway Transportation, Travel, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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Metro approves subway extension under Beverly Hills High
Despite strong objections and threats of legal action, Los Angeles County transportation officials on Thursday approved a plan to tunnel beneath Beverly Hills High School as part of a long-awaited Westside subway extension from downtown to the Westwood...
Tags: Schools, Subway Transportation, High Schools, Travel, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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Metro to force riders to pay on Purple and Red lines by Dec. 1
L.A. NOWTransportation officials plan to soon lock the gates to Los Angeles subways and force all commuters to pay for their ride. The subway system has operated without locked gates for years, allowing an open secret about taking a trip: you...... -
U.S. prods California lawmakers to take quick action on bullet train
PolitiCalTransportation Secretary Ray Lahood pressures California lawmakers for quick action on bullet train.... -
On Location: Virgin Group faces challenges filming at 35,000 feet
British tycoon Sir Richard Branson has made a career out of bucking conventions — opening a recording studio in a country estate, building an affordable, premium airline service with soft violet mood lighting and seat-back entertainment screens, and...
Tags: Janeane Garofalo, Virgin Group, Ltd., FedEx Corporation, Sofia Coppola, Air Transportation
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Letters: Subway horrors
Re "Video paints grim subway scenario," May 7 The video by activists opposed to tunneling under Beverly Hills High School for the Westside subway extension raises issues that do indeed need to be applied to the school. Abandoned oil wells are not...Tags: Subway Transportation, Travel, Ross Stores Incorporated
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Metrolink plans to raise fares up to 9%
The Metrolink commuter rail service plans to increase fares as early as July to help reduce a $13-million budget deficit largely caused by rising fuel and labor costs, railroad officials said Thursday.
If approved, the proposed increase of 5% to 9%...Tags: Politics, Public Finance, Railway Transportation, Travel, Volleyball
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Atlantic on the move
The 5600 block of Atlantic Avenue doesn't look like much at first glance, especially if you're zipping through at 45 mph. A dry cleaner, a pupuseria, a T-shirt shop and a medical marijuana dispensary line the low-rise street in the North Village Annex...
Tags: Automotive Equipment, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Rick Caruso, Cycling, Foods and Beverages
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