ROAD KILL CARPET

这地毯血腥了点,其实它很有爱心。由于出品方是设计了树枝U盘(Wooden USB Stick)的荷兰Studio OOOMS,我很相信OOOMS这次又是在发挥对自然的热爱——地毯上那只血肉模糊的狐狸,是设定为被飞驰的汽车谋杀而死。那么你不妨将这地毯送给你粗心大意而又迷恋疾速驾驶的朋友,提示他以后通过野生动物栖息地的时候,将车速放慢些,眼睛睁大些。当然,如果他听取了意见,你也不必反对他拿狐狸尸体的那部分当做枕头,躺在这地毯上打盹。2009年春季上市,纯手工,纯羊毛制造。尺寸:165×240cm/65×94.5inch     

Assessing the long term benefit of banning the use of hand-held wireless devices while driving

An increasing number of legislative efforts have been undertaken to prohibit the use of hand-held wireless devices while driving. As of July 2012, ten states and the District of Columbia enforce laws banning the use of hand-held cell phones while driving. Thirty-nine states and the District of Columbia have banned text messaging while driving. Recent studies of driver behavior suggest that hand-held wireless device usage negatively impacts driver performance. However few studies at the aggregate level address the plausible link between the use of hand-held wireless devices while driving, increased risk of automobile accidents, and government legislative efforts to reduce such risk. This paper analyzes data at the aggregate level and builds a regression model to estimate the long term accident rate reduction due to a hand-held ban. This model differs from previous studies, which consider short term accident rate reduction, by considering time trends in the accident rate due to the ban. Additionally, counties considered in this analysis are placed into groups based on driver density, defined by the number of licensed drivers per centerline mile of roadway, and a separate analysis is performed within these groups. This approach allows one to better quantify the effect of hand-held bans in counties of different driver densities. Results from this paper suggest that bans on hand-held wireless device use while driving reduce the rate of personal injury accidents in counties with high levels of driver density, but may increase accident rates in counties with low driver density levels. These results can inform transportation policymakers interested in reducing automobile-accident-risk attributable to the use of hand-held wireless devices while driving.     

Fuel saving and ridesharing in the US: Motivations,limitations, and opportunities

Ridesharing can reduce the fuel consumed in noncommercial passenger highway vehicles by grouping individuals into fewer vehicles and reducing the number of miles that vehicles must travel. We estimate the potential fuel savings that could result from an increase in ridesharing in the US. If no additional travel is required to pick up passengers, adding one additional passenger for every 100 vehicles would reduce annual fuel consumption by 0.80–0.82 billion gallons of gasoline per year; if one passenger were added in every 10 vehicles, the potential savings would be 7.54–7.74 billion gallons per year. However, ridesharing may require extra travel to pick up additional passengers, which can reduce and possibly eliminate potential fuel savings. The tradeoff between saving fuel and spending time to pick up additional passengers is investigated, finding that, on average, ridesharing may not be attractive to travelers, but can be made more attractive by increasing per-vehicle-trip costs such as parking and tolls.     

加拿大风景长廊——风光大道 风光无限

无论大瀑布千军万马的咆哮，还是多伦多融美食、艺术和自然于一体的城市景观，抑或金斯顿那神出鬼没的旅馆，还有西方殖民者入侵前一直作为印第安原住民居住地的渥太华，都让这条宽广大道在美景、历史、文明、神话的熏染下出落得亭亭玉立美艳无方。