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New York pedestrians treated to haikus in an effort to improve safety

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New York City transportation officials are hoping that colorful signs, coupled with smart, short poems will help get the message across to pedestrians to look out for themselves.
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Electric car technology coming back into popularity

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The 21st century race to create a zero-emissions vehicle mimics the scramble to develop engine technology in the 1900s.
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Feds open investigation into Jet Blue tarmac delay over the weekend (with video)

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The Department of Transportation will investigate Jet Blue's tarmac delays from this weekend, which left some passengers stuck on the tarmac of an airport in Connecticut.
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California turns to Chinese company, labor to build most of new Bay Bridge span

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Much of the actual construction of San Francisco's new Bay Bridge was actually done in China. The bridge was then shipped to San Francisco for assembly.
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Hackers' next target could be your automobile

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As it becomes harder to hack computers, criminals are looking for new targets and they just might have found it in your garage. The latest target for hackers may be your car.
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NYU professor studying the way humans use transportation

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Transportation systems in America are incredibly hard on the environment — between cars and airplanes and the like — but a professor in New York says that doesn't have to be the case.
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Locals in Indonesia making a living as rented carpool riders

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Some streets in Indonesia are restricted to cars with three riders, so Indonesians are making a living by renting themselves out as riders.
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Congress reaches FAA deal

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The weeks-long partisan impasse kept 4,000 FAA workers off the job, and tens of thousands out of work in airport construction.
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FAA stalemate costing US government millions

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The federal government is losing nearly $30 million in uncollected airline ticket taxes every day due to FAA shutdown.
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Failed negotiations cause FAA shutdown

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The federal government is loosing $200 million per week, as the FAA shutdown makes it unable to collect taxes on airline tickets.
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