Blog Heap o'Transport Links 4 October 2010
Blog-Heap links regarding transportation and related infrastructure,
also energy, because it takes energy to transport,
and virtuality, because telepresence saves on transpresence.
Transport
USAToday.DriveOn Mon 2010 Oct 4, 10:40pm
James Winner, who came up with the famous steering-wheel lock that's known simply as "The Club," died earlier this week in a car accident...
It's ironic, in an Alanis Morisset kind of way...
USAToday.DriveOn Mon 2010 Oct 4, 10:33pm
So the manned helicopter crashes but the driverless Audi went through its paces just fine and wasn't involved in the mishap? Hmm. So maybe robots really are taking over the world. They certainly seem to work better sometimes....
Des Moines Register (not public or not available now) Mon 2010 Oct 4, 10:24pm
Not all transportation is about speed!
State officials are urging motorists to be careful as the fall harvest begins....
State officials are urging motorists to be careful as the fall harvest begins. .. The Iowa Department of Transportation said there were 208 crashes last year involving farm equipment. ...six people died ...14 major injuries reported. .. Officials said motorists must be patient....
Laura Summers, Tulsa World Mon 2010 Oct 4, 10:07pm
BARTLESVILLE — Valter Dellanebbia wants to make the skies friendly and affordable for younger aviation enthusiasts... “We are trying to bring young people back to aviation,” Dellanebbia said as he showed off a Jabiru J-230 LSA model... This is made in Tennessee and the engine is from Australia. We wanted to make aviation affordable. You can buy one of these aircraft for one-tenth the price of others." .. For those looking to buy aircraft, the Jabiru model in Bartlesville carries a price tag of about $100,000. .. If the price is too steep, don’t worry. Dellanebbia has models available from $50,000 on up....
Just random links galore, along with snarky comments 
probably to be regretted later.
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