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...Urban Mobility Report 2009 By the Texas Transportation Institute 134 pages...
...Gist: It's the small silver lining to the twin scourges of high gas prices and economic turmoil: traffic congestion has eased. But only a little. One of the nation's most comprehensive studies of traffic delays and "urban mobility" found a slight drop-off in traffic tie-ups in 2007, the latest year for which data are available. In its study of 439 urban areas around the country, the Texas Transportation Institute, part of Texas A&M University, found American that travelers are spending about one less hour per year in traffic. But we still spend plenty of time...
...tremendously good job of finding their way and using landmarks. At some point, my students and I had the idea of trying to do some similar experiments with human beings. Compared to any animal that I've ever studied or read about, I would say that the average urban person kind of wanders around in a semi-lost state. In traditional way-finding cultures like the Inuit in the Arctic or the Australian Aborigines, getting lost meant losing your life. And that's usually not the case with us. (Read "A Brief History...
...five siblings in a rough working-class neighborhood of Long Beach. The port city south of Los Angeles is a polyglot of Cambodians, Latinos, African Americans and Anglos. Incomes in this inner city neighborhood are low, violence sometimes high, but Long Beach boasts one of the best urban school districts in the nation and Sokhoeun is one of the stars. A 4.35 GPA honor student, Sokhoeun has been admitted to UC Irvine and has received a financial aid award of $13,000, which includes a Cal Grant of $3,500. The daughter of parents who fled the Khmer Rouge...
...allure is its sheer contrast with the rest of Gaza, which has been ravaged by three years of economic blockade, a fratricidal war among Palestinians and, seven months ago, a full-bore Israeli air, land and sea assault that lasted 22 days. After traversing Gaza's blasted urban landscape, you arrive at the hotel like a desert wanderer plunging his head into oasis waters. With its cool shadows and an inner courtyard trapping pools of light, the Al Deira has an Ottoman elegance. You're led to your room along corridors where a wisp of sandalwood incense plays...