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Transportation & me: A water transportation worker

Go! Magazine posted on November 20, 2017 Have you ever wanted a job where you could take off to sail the wide, open sea? Maybe a position as a water transportation worker is right for you. “Water transportation worker” is a broad term that includes jobs like merchant mariner, captain, mate, pilot, sailor, ship engineer,…

Fuel for thought: Biodiesel

Go! Magazine posted on November 13, 2017 For the first time since 1979, cars, buses, trucks, and airplanes in the United States are emitting more carbon dioxide (CO2) than US power plants. CO2 emissions in the US from the transportation sector reached 1,893 million metric tons (MMmt) from October 2015 through September 2016, exceeding electric…

One car, two car, red car, blue car

Go! Magazine posted on November 2, 2017 Why choose a white car over a red one? Why does car color matter at all? It’s all about personalization, making the car feel unique and customized to you. But some car colors come with a certain reputation. For example, there’s a myth that red cars are more…

3,980,817 miles

Go! Magazine posted on November 1, 2017 The United States has a lot of roads—3,980,817 miles to be exact. Roads are relatively simple but make a big impact, and they exist nearly everywhere, guiding traffic and travelers from one side of the country to the other. But it didn’t happen all at once. And the…

Origins of the semi-trailer truck

Go! Magazine posted on October 23, 2017 At the dawn of the 20th century, transportation was going through a period of transformation. With the development of the first practical automobile in the late 19th century and invention of Henry Ford’s assembly lines, making cars became more affordable and accessible than ever before, thus thrusting transportation…

Yeehaw for horsepower

Go! Magazine posted on October 20, 2017 There wasn’t always a bus to take, plane to catch, or car to drive. Transportation has evolved, adapted, and changed over time. Some of the finest transportation vehicles and systems of today evolved from the models of old. For example, trains today traveling at a top speed of…

Flight Q&A

Go! Magazine posted on October 6, 2017 Let’s talk about the art of flight. It seems as if we’re flying more than ever, with air travel becoming more and more of a necessity. That said, there can be a lot of questions related to flight, and here at GO! Magazine, we wanted to answer a…

Man vs. machine

Go! Magazine posted on October 4, 2017 Transportation is a necessity of life, but it can also threaten it. Perhaps no form of transportation earned this reputation better than India’s Blueline buses. These buses, which numbered around 4,000 at their peak in the mid to late 2000s, were known killers. When transportation machinery isn’t used…

Walk the walk

Go! Magazine posted on October 2, 2017 What does it mean to walk? Walking is the original mode of transportation. Actually, walking on our own two feet is one of the things that classifies us as human. So, walking is an essential part of who we are, but the real question is, why don’t we…

Everyday convenience for you

Go! Magazine posted on September 6, 2017 Artificial intelligence (AI), or intelligence displayed by machines instead of humans, is on the road to establishing a new kind of relationship between a human and their car. We’ve talked about how AI is advancing autonomous cars and vehicle tracking and personalization, and now we’re going to talk…

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