Amtrak steadily continues upgrading Wisconsin stations for level boarding - improving access and travel time
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Around the world in eighty days ... sustainably
21st century version of the Jules Verne classic. No new carbon added to the atmosphere. Piece of cake? Impossible? Doable? Discuss...
21st century version of the Jules Verne classic.
No new carbon added to the atmosphere.
Piece of cake? Impossible? Doable?
Discuss...
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China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past eighteen months, analysis finds
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Club versus country rows often cause friction, but Soren Lerby found a way to satisfy both in 1984. He played for Denmark and Bayern Munich on the same day, in different countries.
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“The Edmund Fitzgerald - First divers on the Fitz”
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As the US and the West races to break China's stranglehold over rare earths production, some firms are betting that Greenland will become a new mining frontier
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Norwegian public transport operator Ruter has shared the results of a comprehensive cybersecurity test of electric buses, conducted in an isolated mountain environment
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Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives three days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag
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Europe's animal welfare overhaul is on life support – Denmark's farm minister thinks he can still revive it, one compromise at a time
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A 'death train' is haunting south Florida
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Not all Norwegian folk tales are friendly stories of trolls turning to stone or gnomes stirring porridge – the story of ‘Draugen’
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In-car sat nav? Without a satellite? In 1971? | Tomorrow's World | Retro tech
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Printable aluminum alloy sets strength records, may enable lighter aircraft parts
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The hidden engineering of Niagara Falls
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The genius logic of the NATO phonetic alphabet
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Chinese criminals made more than $1 billion from those annoying texts
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Norway to phase out electric vehicle VAT exemption from 2027 – intends to increase the one-off registration tax for fossil-fuelled passenger cars
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After more than a century of various proposals and planning, Norway has once again officially abandoned the ambitious Stad Ship Tunnel project
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Shipping emissions mandate led to spike in global temperatures
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Helsinki is turning to drones and artificial intelligence to help tackle one of the city's trickiest challenges - keeping traffic moving smoothly
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Eliminating contrails from flying could be incredibly cheap
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Los Angeles Metro's K Line extension to Torrance
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Wall Street’s big bets on AI are driving interest in huge parking lots
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The first ever World Tramdriver Championships
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Hydropower, heat pumps and electric vehicles made Norway a climate darling. Oil and gas exports made it rich. The paradox shaping this country's future – and the world's energy transition.
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How Copenhagen gave cyclists a green wave – traffic lights are synchronised so a rush-hour cyclist at 20km/h can catch green lights all the way
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British Columbia rescuers use helicopter-mounted cell tower to find missing man
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For more than ten years, experts have been painstakingly planning to move three 1,000-year-old vessels—the Oseberg, Gokstad and Tune—about 115 yards to their new home in Oslo
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The country with Europe's most radical climate plan – an interview with Petteri Orpo, prime minister of Finland
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Via, Waymo team up to bring robotaxis to public transit systems
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Fossil fuel decline, though still nascent, is already hitting countries leading the electric vehicle boom like China and Norway
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China’s CATL, the world’s biggest electric battery maker, starts trading in Hong Kong this week, after a $4.6 billion IPO, the biggest so far this year
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"Trucks and Tuks" - A presentation by Christopher Herwig
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Canadian crops beat global emissions—even after seventeen trips across the Atlantic
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Viking longship to sail through Tower Bridge – the Saga Farmann departed Tønsberg in Norway and has been sailing around Europe (with a few land transport gaps)
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Pet store owner builds mini subway station for his cats
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The Finnish capital Helsinki went a whole year without a traffic fatality. Data-driven city planning helped.
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Do GTA5's street signs comply with California law?
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A short post on short trains
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Aerophobia is having a moment
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China massively overbuilt high-speed rail, says leading economic geographer
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Why free buses in New York City could backfire horribly
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Transit passes are better but free fares are good too
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China is hoovering up market share in electric vehicle-friendly Norway, posing significant competition to Tesla and other Western auto giants
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Air India 787 crashes after takeoff in Ahmedabad, India
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New train route to link Prague, Berlin and Copenhagen from 2026 in another boost for European travel
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What dashcam do you use?
My last dashcam was a total dud and wasn't even operational for 6 hours. I'm hoping to get some community recommendations on reliable units with good image quality. If you would also share the...
My last dashcam was a total dud and wasn't even operational for 6 hours. I'm hoping to get some community recommendations on reliable units with good image quality. If you would also share the approx. length of time you've had/used it that would be a huge help as well. Thanks in advance!
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Houthi rebels launch deadly attack on Red Sea cargo ship
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Gothenburg's experience with congestion pricing has been notably less triumphant – a cautionary tale about tolling downtown drivers
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I can’t explain this bug
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