Consumerist
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travel
39 Million People Are Traveling Today
If you're traveling today, you'll have some company: 39 million other people, according to USAToday:
"An estimated 38.7 million people will travel at least 50 miles from home this Thanksgiving, an increase of 1.5% over last year, according to AAA. Most, about 31.2 million, will go by road, says the auto club formerly known as the American Automobile Association."
A lot is said about flying today, but since most of you will be driving—please remember to drive safely!
Remember: Turkey doesn't taste as delicious at the hospital.
39 Million Slog Through Delays, Storms[USAToday]
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net neutrality
Comcast Sued For Traffic Meddling
Ars Technica is reporting that a California resident has sued Comcast for their traffic shaping shenanigans and is seeking class action status. He's accusing Comcast of "breach of contract, breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and violating the California Consumer Legal Remedies Act." More » -
peer-to-peer
Comcast Impersonates Users' Computers To Meddle With Internet Traffic
Comcast uses its own computers to masquerade as those of its users in order to disrupt and throttle internet traffic—specifically the peer-to-peer kind—whenever it chooses, according to nationwide independent tests carried out by the Associated Press. A Comcast rep dances around the charge by saying that the company doesn't "block" access to anything—but he makes no mention of throttling or disrupting connections to shape traffic, probably because if he did, he'd have to admit to it or blatantly lie. More » -
Parking in New York is such a hassle that NYPD cops have no choice but to park in front of hydrants when they patronize Victoria's Secret and get sandwiches from the bodega. [The Red Tape Chronicles]
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whoops
Trader Joe's Has The Authority To Install Traffic Arrows
Oh, wait. No, it doesn't. A reader wrote in to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer because he was suspicious that a traffic arrow installed in the alley near his home wasn't legit."Area residents, like myself, use the alley to rejoin the neighborhood arterials and frequently have difficulty going against the flow of the oncoming alley traffic," Sarbach said. He said he'd "had several close calls as cars quickly turn into the alley off of Galer; my son and daughter have noticed a few impolite finger gestures from vehicles backing out of the alley onto Galer (Street) to clear (a) way for our vehicle."
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google
Google Maps Has Real Time Traffic For 30 Major Cities
Holy crap, this is awesome. Oh wait, we don't use our car anymore because we moved to Brooklyn. For the rest of you: Holy crap! This is awesome: Google Maps has real time traffic! Now the endless line of cars shining brightly to the horizon can be expressed in pretty, yet oddly depressing, colors via Google Maps. Bliss. —MEGHANN MARCO More » -
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speed traps
Can't Drive 55? Find Out Where to Slow Down
Speeders and scofflaws of the world, take heart. Someone has got your back. (Or maybe your brake pedal.) More » -
Walmart Will Assign Employees According To Customer Traffic, Not Sales
Walmart is changing things up with some new software that will schedule employee shifts based on traffic and not sales. This makes employees mad. Why?
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