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Street network patterns reveal global trend towards increasing urban sprawl

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New research from McGill University and the University of California, Santa Cruz has found that the local streets of the world’s cities are becoming less connected, a global trend that is driving urban sprawl and discouraging the use of public transportation. SNDi for streets added years 2000 to 2014. Barrington-Leigh and Millard-Ball.

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City of Gdynia orders 30 Solaris Trollino trolleybuses with Li-ion battery packs for off-wire driving

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This will support a zero-emission ride of around 15-20 kilometers without connection to traction. Modernization of trolleybuses begins this spring, while the supply of the trolleybuses to Gdynia will begin in September this year and shall be completed by spring 2019. Among others, in 2014 the Przedsi?biorstwo

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Study finds ride-sharing companies biggest contributors to growing traffic congestion in San Francisco

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In 2016, TNCs were 15% of all intra-San Francisco vehicle trips, which is 12 times the number of taxi trips, while in New York in 2016, TNC ridership equaled that of yellow cab and doubled annually between 2014 and 2016. Simulations show that ridesplitting has substantial potential to reduce congestion. Science Advances Vol.

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Toyota Mobility Foundation and partners to launch Rama4 project to ease traffic congestion in Bangkok

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million) from Toyota Mobility Foundation to Chulalongkorn University, is scheduled to last about 18 months from November 2019 through early 2021. The Toyota Mobility Foundation was established in August 2014 to support the development of a more mobile society.

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Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads

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This article was written more than 10 years ago, when the forecasts were we would have personal and public robotaxis galore. Several of these firms confirmed their progress at Silicon Valley Connected & Charged Symposium, hosted by software giant SAP. Cars will drive themselves and connect with others. billion by 2025.

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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

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That was the first time he had met a person with a limb difference. In 2014 he and another graduate student, Mary Nguyen, partnered with the Range of Motion Project , a nonprofit that provides prosthetic devices to people around the world who can't afford them. Pierre , 2018–2019 U.S. ARM WRESTLING WITH A BIONIC HAND!?!?!?!

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The Human Factor: Why Call Centers Should be More than Just Phones

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Over the past 15 years, call centers have evolved from being perceived as simple channels that resolve customer concerns via phone to powerful sources of connectivity and service delivery for digitally transforming industries. However, not all contact centers are created (or run) alike. billion market globally.

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