Uber, Lyft, reduce car ownership and car travel

Traffic congestion is one of the negative sides of the car-dominated transportation system.  The road system wasn’t built to handle the amount of traffic currently on the roads.  Building more roads is not the solution since traveling in that direction simply leads to more sprawl because of geometrical requirements placed…

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Elon Musk pushing for ridiculous I-405 widening project

Elon Musk may be a smart guy, but that doesn’t mean he can’t do dumb-ass things.  Over on InsideEV’s it’s reported that Musk said that “getting rockets into space is easier than navigating the I-405 freeway” and is calling for a widening of the highway.  The LA Times quotes him…

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