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Transit systems are not well-integrated into local emergency plans

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 22, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Millions of people each day rely on transit, yet few urban area emergency plans have focused on its role in an emergency evacuation, says a new report from the National Research Council's Transportation Research Board. Transit ...


Study shows US lags behind in transit safety programs for female riders

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by UCLA professor Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris documents the gap between women's transit safety needs and programs in the U.S. that respond to them.


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High-tech solutions ease inaugural challenges

Technology / Hi Tech

created Jan 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Transportation and security officials on Inauguration Day will have a centralized, consolidated stream of traffic information and other data displayed on a single screen using software developed by the University ...


Ad agencies urge DOJ to okay Yahoo, Micorosft deal

Technology / Business

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Major advertising and marketing agencies are urging antitrust reviewers to approve a proposed online search partnership between Yahoo and Microsoft.


Researchers showcase automated bus that uses magnets to steer through city streets

Researchers showcase automated bus that uses magnets to steer through city streets

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 08, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The thought of a bus moving along city streets while its driver has both hands off the wheel is alarming. But a special bus introduced today (Friday, Sept. 5), steered not by a driver, but ...


Avatar's moon Pandora could be real

Avatar's moon Pandora could be real

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (27) | comments 10

In the new blockbuster Avatar, humans visit the habitable - and inhabited - alien moon called Pandora. Life-bearing moons like Pandora or the Star Wars forest moon of Endor are a staple of science fiction. ...


Taser issues advisory on use of stun guns

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

(AP) -- Taser International is advising police agencies across the nation not to shoot its stun guns at a suspect's chest.


Briefs: Motorola touts wireless security cameras

Technology /

created Dec 20, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Motorola is seeing its new wireless surveillance cameras as a major advance in the fields of security and law enforcement.


GTRI Develops New Technologies to Secure Cargo Containers

GTRI Develops New Technologies to Secure Cargo Containers

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) demonstrated two cargo container security systems at a recent event sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).


Bus scheduling algorithm picks up the slack

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 23, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A prizewinning paper by a USC Viterbi School engineer elegantly solves a basic transit scheduling problem, potentially meaning shorter waits and faster trips for riders.



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