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As the Auto Industry Sputters, Is Car Culture Dying?
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailySeveral trends point to the beginning of the end of car culture in the United States. But are Americans seriously ready to embrace alternatives to automobiles? It's been a bad few years for cars in America. First, there was the auto industry bailout to the tune of $110 billion. Then, two of the three big carmakers -- GM and Chrysler -- went through bankruptcy. Finally, just when we thought that the future lay in turning Japanese, even the beloved Prius went off the road (literally) and Toyota has recalled nearly 9 million of its vehicles in the last few months. ...
High-Speed Rail: Great for Europe, but Less So for the U.S.?
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyAs climate change negotiations in Copenhagen stumble and threaten to dissolve, at least one aspect of "green" living looks set to rev up: high-speed rail. But even as enthusiasm for it spreads from Antwerp to Tallahassee, critics warn that it may not be all it's cracked up to be. If you look at what's going on in Europe this week, it seems pretty obvious that high-speed rail is the new, new thing. On Monday, four different countries ushered in modifications to their high-speed services, slashing travel times between inter-continental routes like Paris and Amsterdam and Brussels and Cologne. ...
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