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WASHINGTON -- There is a way to save both time and gas when behind the wheel.UPS drivers steer with a strategy: right turns are the way to go.UPS dispatchers map out directions on tablets known as DIAD boards. IBSYS.ad.AdManager.registerPosition({ "iframe": false, "addlSz": "", "element": "ad_N20006F.2C5B", "interstitials": false, "beginDate": "", "endDate": "", "getSect": "", "name": "square", "qString": "", "width": "300", "height": "250", "section": "", "useId": "13736555", "interactive": false, "useSameCategory": false, "topic": "", "swSectionRoot": "", "useZone": "", "type": "DOM" }); Every route is designed to take right turns whenever possible.UPS says left turns are less efficient because there is more idle time involved while you're waiting for oncoming traffic or a traffic signal.

n addition to saving time, making right turns also saves gas. Idling in a left hand turn lane can burn a lot of fuel.By going right, UPS has already saved 31,000 metric tons of C02.

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Wednesday March 19, 2008 William Mitchell Webcast Professor of Architecture and Media Arts and Sciences, William Mitchell talks about the City Car project, a new transportation ecosystem - prototypes of which are on display at the MIT Museum. Mitchell holds the Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. (1954) Professorship and directs the Media Lab's Smart Cities research group. He was formerly Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning and Head of the Program in Media Arts and Sciences, both at MIT. He will be speaking along with some of the graduate students who designed the prototypes

Archived video of "The Role of New Technologies in a Sustainable Energy Economy" originally broadcast 10/25/06