Driving in a Free Society
Yaron Brook from the Ayn Rand Institute answers a question form Ronnie, “How would a free society deal with the absence of car licenses and car age restrictions?”
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Call Me Stormy
Finding righteous currents in turbulent times
Archive for the tag “transportation”
Federal Waste Slows Transport
How can we improve the American transportation system and build infrastructure during the age of sequester? Robert W. Poole, the Reason Foundation’s director of transportation policy, says privatization is the answer to increasing efficiency and allowing the sector to grow. He cited several areas where federal dollars are being wasted, including airports, air traffic control, highways, urban transit, ports and inland waterways.
“We have a lot of distorted investment in infrastructure, which is exactly what we don’t need,” says Poole. “We need to put it all to the highest and best use.”
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Pilots Must Pass Body Odor Test
As a part of its interview process for potential pilots, Hainan Airlines in China has inspectors sniff under the candidates’ armpits for body odor. Those that stink are rejected on grounds that they might not be able to properly handle stress and also could turn off passengers. H/T Geobeats
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Who’s Behind the Wheel?
Dan Neil, automotive columnist for the Wall Street Journal, reports on the latest technological breakthroughs paving the way toward driverless cars. Neil says the advent of these vehicles will quadruple the carrying capacity of our existing network of roads and highways. Autopiloted vehicles also could mean less loss due to automobile accidents, which now cost Americans $300 billion annually.
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