Door to Door: The Magnificent, Maddening, Mysterious World of Transportation (41 page)

       
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Traffic violations started 42.3 percent of police car chases

       
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Stolen vehicle: 18.2 percent

       
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Driver believed to be intoxicated: 14.9 percent

       
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Violent felony: 8.6 percent

       
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Nonviolent felony: 7.5 percent

       
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Other misdemeanors: 5.9 percent

       
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Assisting other departments: 2.6 percent

       
Thirty-five to 40 percent of these chases ended in a crash.

       
Facts and Information About Vehicular Police Pursuits
, PursuitSafety, March 2013.

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Addis Ababa, 67

Afghanistan War, 92

Africa, 9, 70, 74, 77

agriculture, 66, 152, 158

air bags, 122, 131

air cargo, 24, 205, 234–35, 244–49

aircraft components, 208

airplanes, 47, 86–87, 90, 104, 125, 147, 266, 311

   
recycling, 48

airports, 147, 255–56

airstrips, 153

air-traffic control, 146–47

Alabama, 107

Alabama State Highway 253, 112

Alameda Corridor, 172–73, 176–78, 180, 186, 225

Alaska, 24

Alcoa, 46–53, 226

AltaSea research center, 188

alumina, 49–52, 66

aluminum, 26, 43–60, 116

Amazon, 141–42, 153, 187, 228, 230, 236, 247, 252

American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety, 106

American Revolution, 64, 92

American Society of Civil Engineers, 156

American Trucking Association, 286

Amish, 302

Amtrak, 156

Anaheim Landing, 197

Angels Gate, 7–8, 17, 193–96, 204

antilock braking systems, 122

Apollo program, 280–81

Apple, 20, 25, 28, 148, 151, 265, 289

Arctic, 190

Ardent Mills, 137–38

Arkansas, 137

Armstrong, Neil, 28

Army Corps of Engineers, 174

Arroyo Seco Parkway (Pasadena Freeway), 152

Asia, 9, 11, 68, 205

asthma, 88, 185, 240

Atlantic Ocean, 68

ATSAC (Automated Traffic Surveillance and Control), 3–4

Auburn Hills, Michigan, 98

Austin, Texas, 25

Australia, 25, 42, 52, 57

Authement, Shane “Shaggy,” 120

Automobile
, 292

autopilot, 104, 266–67

aviation fuel, 145

backup cameras, 125

Bahrain, 78

Bakken shale deposits, 143–44

Ball Metal Beverage Container Corporation, 42, 53, 56

banking, 21, 235

Banning, Phineas, 173–74, 176, 197

Banquet frozen foods, 28

bauxite, 43, 45, 48–49

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), 255–56

Bayer, Carl Josef, 49, 51

Bayers, Amanda, 117

Bayers, Brian, 117–19

Bayers, Jackson, 117

BCOs (beneficial cargo owners), 205

Bed Bath & Beyond, 158

beef, 66, 158

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., 225

beverage cans, 43–60

Beyond Traffic policy, 147–49, 259–61

bicycle highways, elevated, 151

bike lanes, 80–81, 241, 254, 272, 283, 294–99, 303–4, 314–15

bike sharing, 295

biking, 4–5, 15, 21, 80–81, 84, 193, 254, 292, 302–4, 314–15

   
car accidents and, 96, 98–99, 115, 292–94

   
pedestrians and, 299–300

Blair, Bob, 214–18

blind zone, 117–18

Bloomberg, Michael, 295–96

Blystone, Jeremy Jonathan, 119

BMW, 253

Bosch company, 265, 267, 289

Boskovich Farms, 137

Boston, 156, 273

Boston Tea Party, 64

bottling plants, 55

Brainerd, Minnesota, 130

Brainstorm Green, 46–47

Brawley, California, 138

Brazil, 66, 68, 70, 72–73

bridges, 12–14, 16, 58, 153–55, 218, 238, 257

Bristol Farms, 226

Brock, Cynthia, 123–24

Buffett, Warren, 225

Bumble Bee, 165, 169

bunker fuel, 180–82, 313

Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway (BNSF), 187, 225

buses, 15, 79, 253, 292, 309–11

   
driverless, 286

   
pedestrian fatalities and, 127

bus lanes, 310–11

cable cars, 151

cabs, 252, 286

California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), 141

California Department of Transportation, 124–25

California Highway Patrol (CHP), 88, 99, 104, 124

California State Water Project, 10

California Transportation Commission, 187

Calypso
(research vessel), 166

Camarillo, California, 62, 74, 77

cameras, 82, 286

Canada, 10

canals, 149, 151

Can Opener, 214, 218

car battery, 46

carbon dioxide

   
coffee and, 63, 76–77

   
carbonation and, 55, 58–59

carbon emissions (greenhouse gases)

   
airplanes and, 86–87

   
aluminum and, 47, 52

   
cargo ships and, 181–82, 313

   
cars and, 58, 86, 285

   
China vs. U.S. and, 182

   
products compared, 36

   
reducing, 312–13

   
trucks and container shipping, 210

   
U.S. households and, 79, 87

car centrism, 5–7, 129–30, 251–55, 291–94

car-free lifestyle, 5, 15, 84, 252, 273, 302–4

Cargill, 138

cargo and container ships, 7–9, 31, 57–58, 82, 133–34, 158, 161–62, 169–73, 180–84, 194–226.
See also
ports;
and specific companies and ports

   
carbon footprint, 313

   
design of, 219–22

   
fleet capacity, 163

   
mega-ships and, 217–18, 221–22

   
pollution and, 180–83

   
port overload and, 207–12

   
port pilots and, 213–19

   
port queues and traffic control, 194–212

   
rail links and, 172–73

   
recycling and, 48

   
unloading, 219–26

   
UPS and, 235

   
warehousing and, 199

Carmageddon, 1–6, 14–15, 84, 142, 147, 151, 251–53, 257, 296, 301, 308

carpooling, 305

carpool lanes, 301–2, 310

car rental and sharing, 80, 252.
See also
ridesharing

cars.
See also
car centrism; car-free lifestyle; commuting; drunk driving; parking; traffic accidents; traffic congestion;
and specific types

   
alternatives to, 15

   
aluminum in, 46–48, 52, 58

   
carbon footprint and, 13, 52, 86–88, 181

   
cargo shipping and, 213

   
connected, 284–85

   
costs of, 13, 85–86, 91, 259

   
dependence on, 82–92, 142–43, 291–92

   
fuel efficiency and, 47, 58, 86

   
hidden subsidies and, 14, 257

   
idle hours of, 13, 58, 86

   
landscape built around, 15, 83–84

   
last-mile problem and, 235

   
mass transit vs., 255–57

   
miles driven every hour, 6

   
mobility and, 252–53

   
number of, 58

   
reduced use of, 5, 258–59, 314–15

   
recalls and design flaws, 131, 189–90

   
sales of, 15, 143

   
size of, 7, 114–17

   
smartphone apps and, 21–22

   
speed limit device, 132

   
toxins and, 86

   
transportation footprint of, 10–11

Carson, California, 226

Carter, Jimmy, 260

Casey, Jim, 236

Central America, 77

Central Valley Project, 152

Ceylon, 70

Chauvin, Louisiana, 120

Chavez, Debbie, 7, 194–95, 204–7, 210, 226

Chicago, 156, 184

Chicken of the Sea, 165, 169

China

   
aluminum and, 52

   
carbon emissions and, 182, 312

   
electricity and, 10

China (
cont.
)

   
infrastructure and, 153

   
iPhone and, 23–24, 25

   
outsourcing to, 17, 23, 157, 159, 163, 202, 222, 261

   
rare earth and, 25

Chrysler, 239

Chubbuck, Don, 245, 249

Churchill, Winston, 199

City of Industry, California, 227

Civil War, 64–65, 78, 91, 92, 156

clean-trucks program, 184–85

Clean Water Act (1972), 168

Cleveland, 112

climate change (global warming), 86–88, 155, 190, 312

“close-in” growth, 147

coal, 52, 65, 313

Coast Guard, 187, 195, 199, 203, 204

Coca-Cola, 59

Coffea arabica
, 69–71, 73

Coffea canephora
or
robusta
, 72–73

coffee, 8–11, 61–79, 202

   
decaffeinated, 67, 68

cold ironing, 182–83, 185

collision avoidance systems, 311

Colombia, 70, 73, 75, 202

Colorado, 25

Colorado River Aqueduct, 10, 152

Colton, California, 138

common carriers, 226, 235

commuting, 12–15, 19, 142–43, 193, 274–75, 301–4, 315

   
time-shifting, 307–9

computer microprocessors, 28

ConAgra, 138

Confederate Army, 92

congestion pricing, 308

Conroe, Texas, 98

consumer economy, 153, 163, 196, 204, 218, 247

container deposit law, 56

containerization, 16, 31, 153, 305

containers, air shipping, 245–46

containers, marine shipping, 13, 44, 133–34.
See also
cargo and container ships; air cargo; ports

   
loading and unloading, 196, 220–21

   
moving, out of ports, 224–26

Continental company, 265

Copenhagen, 315

Corning “Gorilla Glass,” 25

COSCO, 13

COSCO Denmark
(ship), 208

Costa Mesa Freeway (CA-55), 123

Costa Rica, 61, 67, 73, 75

Costco, 6–10

Cousteau, Jacques, 166

Cox, Vanessa, 95

cranes, 159, 195, 221–24

Crayola, 187

Crispino, Reid, 203, 210–12

crossover vehicles, 115–16

crosswalks, 129

crowdsourcing, 272, 281

cruise control, 266

Cupping Lab, 76

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, 221

Dallas, 137

dams, 153, 155

Delphi company, 265, 267

Denver, Colorado, 97, 111

Depression, 110, 152–53

Dermalogica, 226

Desert Hot Springs, California, 107

diesel fuel, 172, 210, 242, 313

diet soda, 60

dirigibles, 82

distribution centers, 226–28, 241, 247

Djibouti, 67

Dominguez Family, 226

Domino's pizza, 136–40, 152

Donna, Texas, 107

Donnelly, Troy E., 120

drainage projects, 153

drayage trucking, 184–85, 225–26, 228, 235

driverless cars, 15–16, 140–41, 252, 263–90, 305–6, 313

drones, 141–42

drunk driving, 119–23, 126, 132

   
driverless cars and, 267, 269, 271, 277

   
lockout devices and, 122–23, 132, 312

East Coast ports, 159, 183–84

Easter products, 208

Ebola, 126

e-commerce, 149, 235, 252, 247, 262, 305

Edison, Thomas, 151

Ehrhardt, Mark R., 120

electrical grid, 156–57, 182–83, 313

electric cars, 26, 275, 277, 279, 313

electricity, 10, 51–52, 152

electrolysis, 50, 52

El Salvador, 74

environment, 14, 31, 35, 46, 52, 85, 162, 168–72, 179–86, 224–25, 225, 240.
See also
carbon emissions; climate change; pollution

Ethiopia, 67–69, 79

Europe, 11, 24, 205

   
coffee and, 66, 68, 70

   
infrastructure and, 153

   
traffic safety and, 111–12

ExxonMobil Torrance refinery, explosion, 144–45

Exxon Valdez
disaster, 203, 211

Fairfield, California, 53

Fauver, Ben, 227

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), 146–47

Federal Express (FedEx), 4, 24, 189, 236, 245

feeder trucks, 234, 245, 247, 249

Field of Dreams
syndrome, 15

Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, 303

Finland, 66

Firebaugh, California, 137

fireworks, 50

Flagstaff, Arizona, 101

Flint, Michigan, 156

flour, 137–38

Floyd, Mike, 292

fluid catalytic converter, 144–45

Flushing, Queens, 99

Fontana, Don, 136

Foothill Freeway, 241

Ford, Henry, 64, 82, 143, 151

Ford Motors, 170, 267

   
F series pickups, 47, 150

   
Model T, 82, 85

foreign conglomerates, 163

foreign corporate earnings tax, 148

Forsyth County Georgia, 100–101

Fort Hancock, New Jersey, 166

Fortune, Trenton, 98–99

forward-looking collision avoidance systems, 125, 139

fossil fuels, 277, 313.
See also
specific fuels

Foxconn, 24

Foxx, Anthony, 147–48, 259–60

fracking (hydraulic fracturing), 143

France, 70

Free Port Fight, 174–75