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Black Friday of Transportation: Fowl & Fun travel, cars
20 Nov 2017

Black Friday of Transportation: Fowl & Fun

Fowl Day. It’s the Black Friday of Transportation….. Nearly 51 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles from home during the five-day period fr…
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Robots, Traffic Lights & Autonomous Cars autonomous car
7 Nov 2017

Robots, Traffic Lights & Autonomous Cars

Johannesburg, photo by W. Riedel, 2011. Robots, traffic lights, and autonomous cars have a lot in common.  Ask a South African about Robots, and they …
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Amusing Ourselves to Death: Driver Distraction autonomous car
4 Oct 2017

Amusing Ourselves to Death: Driver Distraction

“Amusing Ourselves to Death” is the visionary title of a book by former NYU Professor and media guru, Neil Postman. Postman was writing about film and…
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It  Takes An Island: Hawaii & Smartphone Distraction cell phones
1 Aug 2017

It Takes An Island: Hawaii & Smartphone Distraction

HDOT- 2017 It takes an island to do something about transport and smartphone distraction. Visitors to Hawaii often take home a colorful shirt or bikin…
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Distracted Driving Needs a Slogan- MADD II cell phones
20 May 2017

Distracted Driving Needs a Slogan- MADD II

We don’t get in cars with drunk drivers, but why do we persist in driving with someone talking on a cell phone? April was ‘Distracted Driving Month’ a…
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April: Springing Up Distracted Drivers cell phones
12 Apr 2017

April: Springing Up Distracted Drivers

April is National Distracted Driver Month, but drivers’  may be too distracted to have noticed that. The National Safety Council began this public ser…
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Synergy: Autonomous Cars and Cell Phones autonomous car
15 Feb 2017

Synergy: Autonomous Cars and Cell Phones

  Synergy is a simple way to describe the relationship between  cell phones and autonomous cars. The more we use our cell phones, the more we nee…
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Autonomous Cars & Bicycle ‘s Best Friend (BFF) autonomous car
6 Jan 2017

Autonomous Cars & Bicycle ‘s Best Friend (BFF)

  A recent headline noted that Uber’s autonomous cars may be a danger to bicyclists. But, that was  short-lived. Autonomous cars are on track to …
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NASCAR To Steer Autonomous Vehicle?? autonomous car
13 Dec 2016

NASCAR To Steer Autonomous Vehicle??

NASCAR might need to steer the Autonomous Vehicle.... This past year the sport continued to loose sponsors and viewers, despite the crowds at the Driv…
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The Collectible Car As Endangered Species autonomous car
12 Nov 2016

The Collectible Car As Endangered Species

classic cars The collectible car may become an endangered species. It is not for lack of Bugattis, gullwing Mercedes, and air-cooled Porsches. The rea…
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Jane Gould, PhD

Jane Gould is a recognized expert on new trends in communications and future mobility. She teaches, writes, and publishes on transportation & telecom tradeoffs. She is also the founder of ‘DearSmartphone ‘an interactive site that explores how smartphones change our travel behaviors and daily routines. Find more at www.janegould.com and www.dearsmartphone.com

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