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Why keep a repair journal?
Pablo Deferrari Transportation Technology & Automotive"Alright, everybody — JOURNALS!" It must've been seventh grade. Mrs. Zarrow began every third-period English class with that phrase ... and I had no idea what to put in it.
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Community severance: How the ‘barrier effect’ works
Lucy Wallwork Transportation Technology & AutomotiveA widely accepted definition of community severance is how the process by which the way a city is shaped leads to reduced access to goods, services and people. These obstacles are typically transportation infrastructure — notoriously highways, but also rail lines and even parking lots.
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Liege capitalizing on Amsterdam’s cargo woes
Matt Falcus Distribution & WarehousingLiege Airport is investing heavily to capitalize on problems being experienced with slots and capacity available to cargo aircraft at neighboring airports, including Schiphol in Amsterdam, by increasing its own capacity.
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Let it snow: Winter shoes for your Porsche
David Newton Transportation Technology & AutomotiveEvery self-respecting Porsche enthusiast should be educated on the fundamentals and importance of using quality snow tires. I bought my 2009 Cayman in the summer, and I was in awe of the superior handling delivered by an incredible mid-engine design coupled with extraordinary performance from the Michelin Pilot Sport PS2.
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Newark Liberty approved for $500 million redevelopment
Matt Falcus Transportation Technology & AutomotiveA third New York airport is now able to step forward in plans to drag the city's gateways out of the past and surge ahead with redevelopments following approval of almost $500 million in funding by the Port Authority.
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Seeing red in a special Porsche 968
Jeff Coe Transportation Technology & AutomotiveIf you have visited the 968 Register website, you know the 968 was available with 98 different interior options during its small four-year production run. Blacks, grays, blues and cashmeres are plentiful from a 968 perspective, but if you wanted a red interior you only had two choices. Both of those red choices cost big dollars back in the 1990s as they were not only full leather interior options but also special full leather!
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Demystifying mobility as a service
Lucy Wallwork Transportation Technology & AutomotiveMobility as a service (MaaS) could have emerged with a catchier name. But behind the obscure acronym, there lies an intriguing proposal. Projections for the future of transportation often focus on innovative new modes — whether that is driverless cars, Elon Musk's Hyperloop, futuristic hoverboards or personal jet packs. But the excitement around MaaS is the possibility it offers for integrating those modes — splicing public and private modes together into a personalized intermodal route for the individual user.
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Power plants are no longer the biggest polluter in the US
Scott E. Rupp Natural ResourcesThere's a new king of pollution in the U.S., and data suggests we might all be to blame. For the first time in 40 years, power plants have been usurped as the biggest source of U.S. greenhouse gas pollution. What's on top now? The transportation sector: cars, trucks, planes, trains and boats.
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Manston: The airport that refuses to die
Matt Falcus Transportation Technology & AutomotiveManston is one of the UK's most historic airfields. Used for flight training during World War I, it became a base during World War II for pilots engaging in aerial dogfighting in the Battle of Britain, and was one of the country's closest airfields to the enemy during the conflict.
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The green genie: A proper Porsche 968 pressure plate
Pablo Deferrari Transportation Technology & AutomotiveI'd had it. I was through driving this 968. Aside from the looks, handling and power, the thing had one quality that kept me enduring the agony of rolling on: the drop top.
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