It's about time.In these days of longer commutes and simmering tempers, nothing seems to set off already-testy motorists like the left-lane camper -- the guy or gal who drives in the passing lane and bars faster drivers from easily passing. Web sites have cropped up to educate other drivers, or to vent. There's a (somewhat painful) YouTube song called "Keep Right." Even bigwigs get frustrated.
Showing posts with label highways. Show all posts
Showing posts with label highways. Show all posts
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
European car or European vacation? Why not both?
Posted on 9:41 PM by jackline
The Chronicle's David Ellison discovers an obscure program whereby American purchasers of European luxury cars can go "directly to the source" to get their cars - and enjoy a vacation at the same time:Through a well-established but little-known program casually known in the industry as overseas delivery, buyers of a BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Porsche, Volvo or Saab can pick up their new car at the
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Replacing urban freeways
Posted on 9:42 AM by jackline
If this looks like something I've written about before, it's because I have. Rather extensively, in fact:Oklahoma City is doing what many cities dream about: saying goodbye to a highway.More than a dozen cities have proposals to remove highways from downtowns. Cleveland wants to remove a freeway that blocks its waterfront. Syracuse, N.Y., wants to rid itself of an interstate that cuts the city in
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Gas tax holiday
Posted on 11:29 AM by jackline
Other bloggers (local as well as national) have already written about this, but I feel compelled to add my voice to the chorus: the summer "gas tax holiday" being promoted by presidential candidates John McCain and Hillary Clinton is a stupid idea and is little more than cynical, transparent political pandering of the worst variety.The average national gas price is currently hovering right above
Friday, March 21, 2008
Lowering the drinking age?
Posted on 9:38 PM by jackline
I can honestly say that I wasn't aware of this movement:Debate over lowering the drinking age is heating up in several states, fueled in part by legislators who contend that men and women who are old enough to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan are responsible enough to buy alcohol legally. Legislation introduced in Kentucky, Wisconsin and South Carolina would lower the drinking age for military
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Shockwave Traffic Jams
Posted on 9:42 PM by jackline
If you've driven along the freeways of a large metropolitan area for any length of time, you've probably encountered them: traffic jams that seem to appear out of nowhere, for no apparent reason. These rogue slowdowns are especially frustrating to drivers, since the only thing more annoying than a traffic jam is a traffic jam that seems to occur for no reason, i.e. it's not rush hour and there's
Monday, February 4, 2008
Too far to drive, too close to fly
Posted on 4:27 PM by jackline
That's the conundrum I face when I have to attend meetings with our client in San Antonio.A general rule of thumb regarding short business trips (in this part of the country, at least; along the East Coast, the rules are probably different) is this: there's a 200-mile cut-off between driving and flying. Any trip shorter than 200 miles - from Houston to Austin, for example, or Lake Charles - you
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
RIP, Dave's Jeep
Posted on 10:56 PM by jackline
My brother David was involved in a pretty major traffic accident last weekend in the mountains of Colorado. He lost control of his Jeep in icy road conditions (yeah, the same one that took us up to Jones Pass last summer) while trying to make his way to Winter Park. David hit his head hard enough to require staples; his friend Fred, who was riding with him, suffered a broken leg just below the
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Late August randomness
Posted on 2:22 PM by jackline
August is mercifully coming to a close. I get to spend the final week of it up here in Dallas; nothing to do but work and wait for Friday, so that I can fly back home and decide which sports bar I'm going to go to on Saturday to watch the Coogs play Oregon. I'm not expecting the Cougars to win this one (which, in the eyes of at least a couple of hyperbole-prone posters on one particular UH sports
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Friday, January 12, 2007
Random January thoughts
Posted on 7:04 PM by jackline
I've always found January to be a rather boring and dreary month. Perhaps it's a natural reaction to the passing of the festive holiday season, but January is my least favorite month of the year behind August.Anyway, I'm sorry about the lack of recent posting activity. I'll try to put up some new material (inlcuding my recap of the college football season) over the weekend. In the meantime, here
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Blood on the highway
Posted on 12:55 AM by jackline
We are approaching the fifth anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks. 3,000 people lost their lives on that horrible day. Could you imagine what it would be like if the United States suffered a September 11th - like event every 25 days or so?In terms of the number of lives lost, that is exactly what is happening on our nation's highways every year. According to the National Highway
Thursday, June 29, 2006
The Interstate turns 50
Posted on 7:59 PM by jackline
On June 29, 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Federal Aid Highway Act into law with the hope of improving the mobility of people, goods and services (military as well as civilian) in rapidly-growing postwar America. Perhaps he could not have imagined at the time that his massive roadbuilding project would not merely make travel within the United States easier, but would instead come
Sunday, April 30, 2006
US gas prices since 1945
Posted on 9:12 PM by jackline
This CNN graphic tracks American gasoline prices, adjusted for inflation, since the end of World War II. As you may expect, gas is as expensive today as it's ever been. And, if the Energy Secretary is to be believed, motorists aren't going to see any relief for several years.This is when I am thankful that a) I don't live or work in the distant suburbs, and b) I don't own an SUV.
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Analyzing your daily commute
Posted on 9:10 PM by jackline
Via Planetizen: I found this sort of interesting: a guy who lives and works on the northwest side of Houston performed a statistical analysis of his daily commute to work to see what variables affect his daily commute and how, if at all, he can minimize the time he spends in his car on his way to and from work everyday.He discovers that two of the most relevant variables in his daily travel time
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