Wow. Take a deep breath. New car sales in Japan has dropped 13.1 percent to the lowest level for October, 2008 in 40 years. The Japan Automobile Dealers Association says 233,922 vehicles other than mini-cars were sold in October, a decline for the third straight month.

Olympic transport measures in Beijing were a great success, but the British capital may still have some important lessons to teach the Chinese capital about managing traffic.

by Murad Qureshi

On the roads, anarchy exacts a penalty.

Need to "create jobs for the less-educated workers who have been hit hardest by the transition to an information economy?" Give that man a shovel!

A Greener Way to Vote
John Zimmer, founder and COO of Zimride, an online carpool community, has contacted us to let us know about their Facebook app called "Carpool to the Polls". It allows U.S. voters to find rides on election day so they can go vote, and do while burning as little fuel as possible.

Photo by Brian Solis, (www.briansolis.com and bub.blicio.us)

According to a tipster, who told another Tipster, who heard it from their cousin, who overheard it from their dentist, who has a patient who talked to the ghost of Elvis... Okay, truth be told, we heard it from Left Lane News who has their own source at Tesla, who dropped the bomb several hours ago that the Tesla Corporation currently has about $9 million left in their bank account....

Photo by Brian Solis, (www.briansolis.com and bub.blicio.us)

According to a tipster, who told another Tipster, who heard it from their cousin, who overheard it from their dentist, who has a patient who talked to the ghost of Elvis... Okay, truth be told, we heard it from Left Lane News who has their own source at Tesla, who dropped the bomb several hours ago that the Tesla Corporation currently has about $9 million left in their bank account....

A Greener Way to Vote
John Zimmer, founder and COO of Zimride, an online carpool community, has contacted us to let us know about their Facebook app called "Carpool to the Polls". It allows U.S. voters to find rides on election day so they can go vote, and do while burning as little fuel as possible.

Photo by Phillip Ritz

Photo by Phillip Ritz