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A Sustainable City With Cars And Low-Density Homes? It's Possible

Eric Jaffe | The Atlantic Cities | June 28, 2013

The core problem of creating sustainable cities is as well-known as it is tricky. On the one hand, everyone who's thoughtful about urban sustainability admits the environmental, economic, and social problems of sprawl and auto-dependency. Read More »

Commuting’s Hidden Cost

Jane E. Brody | New York Times | October 28, 2013

My twin grandsons, now 13, walk nearly a mile to and from school and play basketball in the schoolyard for an hour or more most afternoons, when weather and music lessons permit.... Read More »

From Open Source Mapping To Improving Your Car's GPS: The Future Of 3D Navigation

Ginny Skalski | opensource.com | October 22, 2013

Having a built-in navigation system in your new car is pretty commonplace [...]. These days many new car owners can just type in the address of where they want to go in to their in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) system and a 2D map will pop up with some simple graphics showing them how to get there, or possibly a 3D map if you have a luxury vehicle... Read More »

Your Car Is About To Go Open Source

Lucas Mearian | Computerworld | October 9, 2013

Automakers want to standardize on a Linux-based OS that would make vehicle infotainment systems act more like smartphones Read More »