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Will upgrades help improve O’Hare’s flight delay issues?
Matt Falcus Transportation Technology & AutomotiveAs it teeters just under the top position of busiest airport in America, Chicago O'Hare appears to be making all the right moves to address its difficulties and bottlenecks as it pushes ahead with upgrades.
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Doyle Thomas and his hamburger Corvettes
Michael Brown Transportation Technology & AutomotiveAs a teenager in the piney woods of East Texas during the 1960s, Doyle Thomas landed a part-time job on weekends. There wasn't a lot of glamour attached to his new position. As with an untold number of his friends and contemporaries around the country, he worked at a fast food restaurant. The location was part of a chain known primarily in the southeastern U.S. at the time: Whataburger.
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Air travel is now more popular than ever
Bambi Majumdar Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementThe wanderlust in us has never been more pronounced than it is today. Global travel is in the air — quite literally this year. A recent IATA report stated a record 3.78 billion global passengers will be traveling by air in 2016. Low fuel costs have not only triggered a record number of road trips, but they have also provided incentives for exploring international lands that have long been on bucket lists.
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Drone day afternoon: A closer look at the FAA’s new rules
Mark Huber Transportation Technology & AutomotiveWe'll soon see if the new FAA drone rules — the much heralded Part 107 — will bring some sky sanity when they take effect Aug. 29. More than anything else, the rules are designed to impose a safety mindset on the unmanned aircraft community.
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Fatal Tesla crash shows self-driving cars have a long road ahead
Ross Lancaster Transportation Technology & AutomotiveDuring the last two years, self-driving car technology has seen rapid development, billions of dollars of investment and offered the potential to shake up the trillion-dollar worldwide auto industry to an almost unprecedented level.
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Climbing the mountain of Porsche’s off-road history
David Hurth Transportation Technology & AutomotiveYou probably know plenty about the off-road capabilities of the Porsche Cayenne and Macan, but did you know the German performance car maker has a long history of off-road vehicles? Dating back to the mid-'50s vehicles produced by Porsche have proven capable when the pavement ends.
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Bursting at the seams, Washington Reagan turns 75
Matt Falcus Transportation Technology & AutomotiveOn June 16, a restored American Airlines Douglas DC-3 airliner sat on the tarmac at Washington Reagan National Airport while dignitaries and invited guests raised their glasses to toast the 75th anniversary of this popular airport at the heart of the nation's capital.
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Heading out on Highway 93
Michael Brown Transportation Technology & AutomotiveI'll admit right up front that I wouldn't have written about this years ago when our daughter and son were teenagers. It's about foolish things teenagers sometimes do with cars. Only the progression of age and the anointing of good luck at the time can grant reflection, which is tempered by wisdom.
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Toronto-area residents question benefits of The Big Move
Janet Piercey Transportation Technology & AutomotiveTransportation planners are gearing up for the next wave of the massive transit expansion project known as The Big Move to connect transit throughout the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). Ontario and the City of Toronto are planning to expand ridership with Metrolinx and the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) by expanding TTC subway lines and Go Train Stations, with a total of 200 projects already started.
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Porsche’s complex Type 547 ‘cammer’ engine
Dave Story Transportation Technology & AutomotiveCan you imagine taking three weeks to build a 1500cc automobile engine and as much as 12-18 hours just to set the timing. That is the engine that Ernst Fuhrman — later to become the Porsche AG chairman — came up with when Porsche asked him to design a high-performance engine for the 550 race car.
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