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  • July 2008

    • The Good in $4 Gas

      Time  |  Jul 2, 08 12:03 PM CDT

      The Good in $4 Gas

      (Newser) - The rest of the world may have thought it would never happen, but energy prices are beginning to change Americans' behavior. Time notes some positive aspects: Jobs lost to globalization return, because energy costs make international shipping unattractive. Suburban sprawl is slowing as people choose to live closer to cities. Many firms are switching to four-day workweeks—the practice saved Florida's Brevard College $268,000 over a summer session. Less pollution as motorists drive less … …and more frugally, both in how they drive and what they drive. More »

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      gas prices  • oil  • obesity  • gas  • traffic  • commute  • auto insurance

  • June 2008

    • What if Oil Hits $200?

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 28, 08 3:35 PM CDT

      What if Oil Hits $200?

      (Newser) - Wall Street has predicted $200-per-barrel oil for months, but what if it really happens? Not only drivers would be hurt by such a spike, the Los Angeles Times reports: Inflation would skyrocket as oil-derived products turn pricey and "the purchasing power of the American people would be kicked in the teeth so darned hard that they won't have the ability to buy much of anything,” one energy expert predicted. More »

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      oil price  • oil  • inflation  • $100 a barrel oil  • commute

    • The New Generational Shift: Suburban Flight

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 17, 08 3:53 PM CDT

      The New Generational Shift: Suburban Flight

      (Newser) - Changes in lifestyles, economic conditions, and demographics are leading to a reversal in urban flight, The Wall Street Journal reports. Four-dollar-a-gallon gasoline and the subprime crisis have driven many to cities from suburbs, where commutes are longer and houses have lost the most value. Boomers are simplifying their lives with urban condos, while millennials seek to abandon their cul-de-sac upbringings.  More »

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      air pollution  • traffic  • public transportation  • commute  • suburban sprawl  • light rail

  • April 2007

    • Bay Area Overpass Collapses

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Apr 30, 07 5:50 AM CDT

      Bay Area Overpass Collapses

      (Newser) - A speeding 8,600-gallon gas tanker smashed into a guardrail early yesterday on a Bay Area highway, causing a fireball that melted an overpass above it. The driver sustained minor injuries, and no one else was hurt. But the collapsed overpass, which carried traffic eastbound from the Baby Bridge, closed I-880 and I-580 indefinitely. More »

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      California  • San Francisco  • earthquake  • Arnold Schwarzenegger  • traffic  • Bay Area  • commute

    • Virtuoso Snubbed in Train Station

      Washington Post  |  Apr 15, 07 1:10 PM CDT

      Virtuoso Snubbed in Train Station

      (Newser) - Washington Post reporter Gene Weingarten put world-renowned violinist, Joshua Bell, in a subway station in Washington DC one rush hour morning to see if people would notice him. Mostly, they didn’t. More »

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      music  • Washington DC  • commute  • violin  • Stradivari

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