cities
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Los Angeles Is Hiring A Sound Artist To Help Make Its Streets Safer
After years of decline, the number of deaths on American streets are starting to rise again, a troubling statistic for many cities that are working hard to get more people walking and biking. Now Los Angeles’s Department of Transportation (LADOT) is trying something new: Enlisting a sound artist to bring attention to the city’s traffic…
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You Might Not Able To Buy A Petrol-Powered Car In Norway After 2025
The oil-rich nation of Norway could be the first country to ban petrol-powered cars for good.
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A 109 Kilometre Hiking Trail Just Opened Through LA’s Urban Mountains
Los Angeles is a special place, geologically speaking: It’s one of a handful of large metropolitan areas that’s bifurcated by mountains. Not just a few big hills — an actual mountain range named the Santa Monica Mountains runs east to west across much of the city — and this week, a 109km trail connecting the…
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Google Is Opening A Detroit Office To Poach Auto Talent
Just few weeks after Google got us all excited about its impending fleet of autonomous Chrysler minivans, the company’s Self-Driving Car project announced that it’s packing up at least part of its operation and moving it to Detroit. Ford, hide your engineers!