Vacca Watch: Traffic and Parking �ber Alles

This double Q & A in City Hall News with Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and City Council Transportation Committee chair James Vacca has a lot of revealing moments.
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There’s Vacca’s desire for better cross-Bronx bus service, combined with his assessment that the MTA will have to “do more with less” and his observation that [...]

Source: http://www.streetsblog.org/2011/07/21/vacca-watch-traffic-and-parking-uber-alles/

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The Spectre 341 Challenge: We Return to the Fast, Dangerous, and Fairly Cheap Hill Climb You Can Do Yourself

Last year we sent former executive editor Mark Gillies off to Virginia City, Nevada, to run a Dodge Viper ACR in the Spectre 341 Challenge, a 5.2-mile wide-open-throttle hill climb up twisty Nevada state route 341, in the rocky hills about 20 minutes east of the state capital in Carson City. Gillies managed to duck [...]

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INCREDIBLE 10 Year Old Starts Twitter Campaign To Help ?Mr. Mike? Harmon: ?Driving For Marrissa?

Mike Harmon - Photo Credit: Catchfence.com Senior Reporter: Marty TylerIn this day and age most of us face some sort of hardship at one time or another, if not on a daily basis. That can, and often does, affect every aspect of our lives. Now try to imagine, if you can, the heart wrenching struggles...more»

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July 30 Fan Appreciation Day to Feature Junior Johnson; Carnival Also Added to Festivities

Junior JohnsonBRISTOL, Tenn. (Thursday, July 21, 2010) ? Bristol Motor Speedway?s Fan Appreciation Day July 30 will feature rides around the track ? and rides of a different kind just outside the World?s Fastest Half-Mile. A carnival has been added to the festivities, opening Tuesday, July 26 and running through July 30. The carnival will...more»

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Da Costa penalised for collision

Antonio Felix da Costa was penalised 30 seconds for causing an avoidable collision with rival Kevin Magnussen in the third British Formula 3 race at Paul Ricard on Sunday.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/3rdparty/da-costa-penalised-for-collision/

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Grosser Gravy: 10 Things You Didn?t Know About the Mercedes-Benz 600

In our August issue, we took a short look at the life of Karl Middelhauve, the Wisconsin man who makes his living restoring Mercedes-Benz?s 600 Grosser limousine. In addition to being a world-renowned authority on one of the most fascinating cars ever built, he?s a fantastic storyteller. When we put the print issue to bed, [...]

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High-Tech Midtown Traffic System Will Ignore Pedestrians and Buses

From inside DOT's traffic control center, engineers will now be able to tweak Midtown traffic lights in response to real-time conditions. They'll only be getting information about automobiles, however. Photo: Jill Colvin/DNAinfo.
The Department of Transportation is rolling out a response to Midtown traffic congestion that is as high-tech as it is intellectually outdated. Microwave sensors, [...]

Source: http://www.streetsblog.org/2011/07/20/high-tech-midtown-traffic-system-will-ignore-pedestrians-and-buses/

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