Sustainable transport

For the better or worse, our culture today is very car dependent. There is minimal walking. People drive, carpool, take a taxi or train. An old widow, Elizabeth Grimes ran a red light striking 17 year old, Katie Bolka on her way to school. Five days later, Katie died in the hospital. USA TODAY says “For drivers 85 and older, the fatality rate skyrockets to nearly four times higher than that for teens.” That being said, drivers over 75 should not be allowed to operate a motor vehicle or be…

Beyond the Silver Lining Lehigh University: a private, relatively small school, rich in tradition and ancestry. While walking on campus, there is a strong sense of community and unity. Every student, both undergraduate and graduate, is here to improve their education and experience all that Lehigh has to offer. While nearly all Lehigh students would agree to those facts, I would also coincide by saying Lehigh is an institution like no other. However, with all of these positive reflections,…

While on patrol, I was dispatched and responded to the clubhouse of Sand pebble (located at 4740 Bay Blvd, in reference to a complaint of criminal mischief. Upon arrival, I made contact with a witness (identified as Arthur Giammarino). Arthur is a resident of the Sand Pebble community. Arthur stated that, when he arrived at the clubhouse this afternoon, at approximately 12:15 P.M., he observed that a "no skateboards" sign, that is normally display on the clubhouse entrance railing, was broken…

“Every 12 minutes someone dies in a motor vehicle crash, every 10 seconds an injury occurs and every 5 seconds a crash occurs” As time goes on researchers have found that mobile communications is tied to a great increase in distracted driving. The definition of distraction is when drivers divert their attention from driving and their mind is elsewhere. The world has become a nation of distracted drivers. Driving is becoming a bigger issue among the population and should have a more serious…

We took the first step inside. That was a big mistake. I should've known it would go downhill from here. We trudged through the winding paths of the maze. Every other minute, I would look around to make sure that she was still near me. I called out her name just to make sure, “Allyson?” “Boo,” she said, “are you getting scared already?” We laughed. We would need more laughs for what we were about to see. As we pranced on through the maze, we stopped abruptly and we were face to face with…

We walked up to the roof. He gave me a hug. Why? He handed me a folded up note, the paper wrinkled and yellow. He smiled at me. What was going on? He walked away from me, closer and closer to the edge. “I love you,” he whispered. And he was gone. Before I could fully realize what was happening, I was dialing 911 into my phone. A man picked up. My voice shook as I said the words. “M-my b-b-brother. He j-j-jumped off the roof. A couple s-seconds ago. H-h-h-he might be dead.” I told the…

The future of truck driving will be driven by efficiency. Economically, the inefficiencies are related to scheduling/brokerage, energy consumption, and humans as a driver themselves. According to TechCrunch, “Shippers, brokers, and carriers all suffer from an extreme lack of modern technology. The entire industry is run on an archaic 15-year-old software, almost no data is captures, none of the software systems can communicate with each other.” It also noted that two-thirds of shippers don’t use…

The technology that my group chose for our project was the self-driving car. I found this technology to be extremely interesting throughout my research. The self-driving car utilizes many different technologies in order for it to operate. Through the use of cameras, sensors, radar, and scanning laser range finders, the software that operates the car can build a better picture of the world around it. The advantages of this technology are that it will greatly reduce traffic accidents, improve the…

One day on a cool crisp October day the most awful thing happened to me I never stayed outside after dark ever again. It was the most unexpected thing to ever happen to this small town boy. It was October the leaves were starting to turn the colors of Autumn, I was walking home from school and it seemed fairly normal I was taking my usual route home from school but little did I know that something unexpected would happen to me. I heard footsteps behind me stepping on the unraked leaves…

There is a gas station, way in the deserts of Nevada, where life stands still. Where no one passes by to fill their car, and the gas turns stale. Every gust of wind will slather the station in red clay, and in the absence of wind dust will settle instead. A man works and lives In this gas station, alone. But he is not alive, nor is he dead. He spends his years, pump in hand, waiting for a car to come down the vacant road, but one never does. He has only a clock to measure what time has passed…