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Evaluating California's 'Cash-for-Lawns' Rebate

At the height of the California drought, a group of water suppliers offered rebates for people willing to remove lawns. Now, it's time to figure out if the experiment worked.

November 10, 2016 - AP via San Jose Mercury News

Friday Eye Candy: Google Documents the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon

If you fancy yourself a modern-day John Wesley Powell, but to this point haven’t climbed on a raft headed Grand Canyon way, Google recently released a series of “Street View” style photos from the very bottom of that most famous natural landmark.

March 14, 2014 - AP via San Jose Mercury News

Congestion Pricing Debuts in L.A.

AP covers the opening of the first toll lanes in LA county: 110 Freeway Express Lanes that allow solo-drivers to use a carpool lane for a toll that varies with the level of congestion (i.e. congestion pricing). Shoup asks: "Why did it take so long?"

November 13, 2012 - AP via San Jose Mercury News

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