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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.

Can I use my Friends of Pangea Day event to raise money for another nonprofit or cause? Yes. We encourage all our hosts to consider aligning their Friends of Pangea Day events with an organization or campaign working to realize positive change in the world. You can't sell tickets to Pangea Day – the program is intended to be free to all – but you can use your gathering, and the good will and high spirits generated, to raise awareness about and funding for good works. For example, an event in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, is being planned together with a Walk for Water earlier in the day, an effort to engage high school students in raising money to drill a well for a village in Burkina Faso.

Can I have a band perform at my event? Yes! This is your event, so you should feel free to incorporate any number of live elements in the spirit of Pangea Day that would make it more vibrant, relevant, and fun. We do ask that you respect the Pangea Day broadcast, and schedule your live performances either before or after, so they don't interrupt the program.

Can I invite local media to my event? Yes! We encourage you to use local media to promote your Friends of Pangea Day event in advance and cover it on May 10. Be sure to give your local media plenty of advance notice (minimum: two weeks). And please remember that you cannot speak on behalf of Pangea Day. Ask local journalists to contact Pangea Day for official comment by submitting a Press Inquiry.

Soap Box

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