“Hot Rods,” a 1953 Terrytoons theatrical cartoon featuring Mighty Mouse, directed by Ed Donnelly, with music by Philip A. Scheib.
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“How Car Chase Scenes Have Evolved Over 100 Years,” a video by Movies Insider.
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The Höga is a modular, assemble-yourself elecric-powered concept for an urban car. If Ikea and Renault had a baby, it might look like this, shipped as 374 pieces, complete with a 3mm hex wrench, for €5,300 ($6,467 USD). This is a thesis project created by transportation design student Ryan Schlotthauer.
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Expanding highways doesn’t do what you think it does. A Vox video.
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“What’s Up With That: Building Bigger Roads Actually Makes Traffic Worse,” Adam Mann, Wired
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Perhaps believing there aren’t enough unemployed delivery drivers in Texas, Domino’s Pizza will deliver pies via Nuro R2 autonomous robot vehicles in Houston. Domino’s selling point to customers: no tipping.
Houston traffic. Robot cars with a top speed of 25 MPH. Texan gun ownership rate. What could possibly go wrong?
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“Nuro’s self-driving robot will deliver Domino’s pizza orders to customers in Houston,” Kim Lyons, The Verge
“Houston, we have a robot: Nuro, Domino’s team up for autonomous pizza delivery,” Brian Straight, Modern Shipper, via FreightWaves
“Beep Beep: Domino’s Is Testing a Self-Driving Delivery Car,” Jenny G. Zhang, Eater
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If they want to work, shop for groceries, or visit, most Americans have to drive. Why? Laura Bult explores. A Vox video.
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It’s an evolution, and comments on the latest revision are open until March 15th.
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Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways (MUTCD)
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“Driving Home For Christmas,” written and performed by Chris Rea. Another version is here. Despite 24 albums and 72 hit singles in the UK, the British artist is not well-known in the USA.
2020 note: Stay the hell home this Christmas. COVID-19 is not an appropriate yuletide gift.
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“Pa, I Need a Car,” written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Freddie Gorman, recorded by The Contours, 1963.
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Irene Kim outlines the the rise and fall of Cadillac, once America’s 4-wheeled measure of luxury and success. A Business Insider video.
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