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Induced demand is the term used by economists to describe how increasing the supply of something (such as roads) makes people want it even more. Though some traffic engineers noticed this phenomena as early as the 1960s, it wasn't until recently that social scientists gathered enough data to illustrate how it happens almost every time we create a new route.
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Jurors for the case will be selected over the course of 10 days in mid March and the trial is scheduled to begin by April 7.
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US safety regulators are continuing their investigation into complaints that Tesla’s giant touch screens can fail and cause the cars to lose the rear camera display and other functions.
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An appeals court shot down R. Kelly’s latest bid for freedom Tuesday, ruling that a federal judge acted appropriately in denying the R&B singer’s repeated bail requests. “We perceive no clear error in the district court’s determination,” wrote the three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals Second Circuit. “The government has demonstrated by clear …
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it had opened an investigation into 63,000 Tesla Model S cars after reports of media-control unit failures that led to the loss of the use of touchscreens. The auto safety agency said the preliminary evaluation, covering 2012-2015 model year vehicles, comes after it received 11 complaints alleging premature …
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It’s an unacknowledged peculiarity that police are in charge of road safety. Why should the arm of the state that investigates murder, rape, and robbery also give out traffic tickets? Traffic stops are the most common reason for contact with the police. I (allegedly) rolled through a stop sign in the neighborhood and was stopped. It …
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A judge Friday denied R. Kelly‘s bid to dismiss two counts of his Brooklyn federal indictment — including one that stems from allegations the R&B singer gave a woman herpes. The indictment alleges that Kelly, 53, transported one of his victims across state lines to engage in sexual activity in violation of a 1943 New …
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A Brooklyn federal judge Friday denied R. Kelly’s third bid for freedom amid the coronavirus outbreak, ruling that the jailed singer is still a flight risk and poses a danger to the community. In the R&B singer’s latest request, his lawyers argued that he’s now prediabetic and could be at grave risk if he contracts …
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Viral claims circulating on social media claim that billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has traveled to Jeffrey Epstein’s island multiple times. While Gates and Epstein had met in the past, this claim, based on flight logs recently subpoenaed, is untrue. One example reads: “Flight records confirm that #BillGates went to #Epsteins child sex trafficking island, 17 …
Induced demand is the term used by economists to describe how increasing the supply of something (such as roads) makes people want it even more. Though some traffic engineers noticed this phenomena as early as the 1960s, it wasn't until recently that social scientists gathered enough data to illustrate how it happens almost every time we create a new route.
