The US went from having 356 to 10,000 roundabouts in 2 decades, and a transportation engineer explains why they're so much better than traffic lights

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A roundabout has less potential conflict points than an intersection.

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Burning Man attendees are expected to 'leave no trace,' but people fleeing the mud and rain left abandoned vehicles, furniture, tents, and trash

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Dumpsters are overflowing as Burning Man festival-goers make the trek home.

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A Tesla stopped working and got stuck in the middle a busy road for 9 hours because it couldn't be moved, report says

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A Tesla Model 3.

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Police in England installed an AI camera system along a major road. It caught almost 300 drivers breaking the law in its first 3 days.

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The AI camera system detects offenses and flags them for police.

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How your drive to work could be the one big thing harming your sleep, fueling depression, and wasting your time and money

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Morning commuter traffic backs up on Interstate 80 westbound in Berkeley, Calif. Tuesday, April 6, 2021.
Morning commuter traffic backs up on Interstate 80 westbound in Berkeley, Calif. Tuesday, April 6, 2021.

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Steven Soderbergh Is Releasing a Sci-Fi Web Series Next Week and Here's the Trailer

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When the disembodied head of Michael Cera tells you to get into a clothes dryer and travel into the future, you do it.

The wild traffic hack that could pave the way for self-driving cars

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Autonomous vehicles are stupid — so an engineer has figured out a way to make streets smarter.

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A freelance SEO expert explains 5 steps to drive search traffic on a limited budget

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Ryan Darani is a freelance SEO professional.

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Truckers waste over a billion hours sitting in traffic every year, making shipping even more expensive. See the 10 worst bottlenecks.

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The intersection of I-95 at SR 4 in Fort Lee, New Jersey has been the most congested bottleneck for trucks in the US for five years in a row.

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Some of the widest highways in the US have more than 20 lanes — but widening them won't solve traffic congestion

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Construction vehicles at the site to widen Interstate 66 in Virginia.
Construction widening the I-66 in Virginia.

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