Topic – Cars
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Houston faces tough quality of life issues
According to Rice study
Housing costs, transportation woes, and poor health are a few of the reasons why a study from Rice's Center for Sustainability reports problems with livability.
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Americans drove less again last year
Eighth straight year
The Federal Highway Administration has reported continued drops in American vehicle-miles traveled since '04, signaling underlying economic and cultural shifts.
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Brent Toderian
Vancouver's urban design
The most important urban design decision Vancouver ever made
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Millennials saving money by delaying major purchases
Later car and home ownership
Young Americans have avoided accumulation of debt better than their predecessors, by abstaining from car and home ownership.
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Google’s self-driving car hits Texas streets
Impresses TxDOT conference
A prototype of Google's self-driving car was tested at a TxDOT conference in Austin, revealing how inept current laws are for dealing with such technology.
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Austin makes list of top 10 US car share cities
Comes in at #8
The online walkability calculator Walk Score has released a list of the best US cities for car sharing, and Austin made the cut.
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LA getting creative with parklets
Encourage complete streets
Downtown Los Angeles has embraced the practice of replacing urban parking spots with mini parks and public amenities.
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Norman Garrick and Chris McCahill
Cars and robust cities
Cars and robust cities are fundamentally incompatible
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Gasoline expenses take largest share of income in three decades
An unsustainable pattern
Gas prices are continuing to rise, and a new report claims that gas expenditures last year took the biggest share of household incomes since the early 1980's.
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