BOULDER PHEVS
ONE HUNDRED and forty two families in Boulder, Colorado, received Toyota Prius Plug-in hybrids for 9-week stints. Scads of data collected over two years on recharge strategies, trip length, user … Continue reading
BROWN PALACE HOTEL
“AND THEY’LL all want lifts to Brown’s Hotel, ’cause lots o’ them been travelin’ for quite a spell.” Just as Judy Garland sang “On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa … Continue reading
ZEV AND US
THOSE OF us residing in California—and in 14 other states more or less following its lead—will soon be into ZEV 3, the third phase of this state’s Zero Emissions Vehicle … Continue reading
ARTFUL VULTEE BITS
JUST ABOUT every U.S. pilot in World War II trained in a Vultee BT-13 or one of its variants. I share a dual affinity with these aviators, first through friendship … Continue reading
THE SCIENCE OF ARMED FORCES SONGS
I ENJOY Sirius XM satellite radio, everything from Radio Classics (channel 82) through Met Opera Radio (channel 74) to ’40s on 4 (you guessed it, channel 4). Likely because of … Continue reading
LA PYRAMIDE F. POINT
THE FATHER of nouvelle cuisine, Fernand Point located his restaurant in the town of Vienne, 20 miles south of Lyon, about halfway between Paris and the Riviera. One of the … Continue reading
INTEROP
WHEN I send an e-mail from my PC to someone using an iMac, or when the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads met at Promontory Summit, Utah, we both counted on … Continue reading
MOUNT EQUINOX F3
RACING A really small car up a really big hill may not seem like the most logical activity for the likes of me, but it was certainly a ball. The … Continue reading
BAEDEKER’S HANDBOOKS FOR TRAVELERS
I LOVE Baedeker’s handbooks, especially those published during their glory years of 1900 to the onset of World War I. Pocket sized—provided one’s coat has generous pockets—these little red guidebooks with … Continue reading
CROSS-COUNTRY TRAVEL TAKES OFF, SORT OF
TRANSCONTINENTAL Air Transport, TAT, for short, initiated the first scheduled coast-to-coast travel on July 7, 1929. Only a portion of the 48-hour trip was by air, but it still beat … Continue reading
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