Roads and Traffic
Man Who Swung Bat at Squeegee Workers in Baltimore Is Fatally Shot
A man who got out of his car and swung a bat at squeegee workers during a confrontation in downtown Baltimore was killed Thursday when one of the workers pulled out a gun and shot him, the authorities said. The man, who had a heated confrontation with the workers as he drove through the intersection […]
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‘Everything in Hong Kong Has Changed’: A Road to Reinvention
HONG KONG — On the day that Hong Kong was returned to China a quarter century ago, the noodle maker of Queen’s Road worked as he had done for days and decades before, mixing flour and water into sustenance for a city filled with refugees from the mainland. To satisfy the diverse tastes, he made […]
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Yellowstone Park, Staggered by Rain and Floods, Will Stay Closed for Days
Ms. Darr, 43, said that she was thinking about commuting to nearby towns where she could take up her former profession as a nurse. Her husband, she added, operated heavy equipment, and hoped that he might be able to earn some money assisting with recovery efforts. Anna Holloway, 45, runs a bookstore and cafe in […]
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How Safe Are Systems Like Tesla’s Autopilot? No One Knows.
Every three months, Tesla publishes a safety report that provides the number of miles between crashes when drivers use the company’s driver-assistance system, Autopilot, and the number of miles between crashes when they do not. These figures always show that accidents are less frequent with Autopilot, a collection of technologies that can steer, brake and […]
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Can A.I. All but End Car Crashes? The Potential Is There.
In Barcelona, Spain, a recent trial used computer vision technology on city buses to map places along the route where there were conflicts with vehicles, pedestrians and others, to identify where accident risks were highest. “When you collect that kind of data for an entire year with thousands of buses and thousands of streets, you […]
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Snow Closed the Highways. GPS Mapped a Harrowing Detour in the Sierra Nevada.
The road once carried stagecoaches during the Gold Rush, twisting its way through what is now a national forest and an area of the Sierra Nevada known for snowmobiling. In the winter, the rugged passage, known as the Quincy-La Porte Road or County Road 511 in Plumas County, Calif., is closed. But Wendy Becktold, an […]
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Rivian’s Electric Truck Is a Cutie and a Beast
The redoubtable Rivian R1T, the first crusher in a coming wave of electric pickup trucks, can soar unscathed over gnarly boulders, hitch an 11,000-pound load and scorch 60 m.p.h. in about 3.5 seconds. The truck brings everything and the kitchen sink, with outdoorsy options such as a rooftop tent and a track-mounted Camp Kitchen, which […]
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