The checkered flag is currently tied up in red tape: If ISC gets through the hoops of impact hearings on traffic and the environment, it could break ground in late 2008 and open by 2011.

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Linden Labs also uses Streambase to monitor the chat traffic that goes on in the environment.

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Mr Grayling added that while such a scheme is contemplated, "road tolls should not be used as an excuse for building new roads, which cause damage to the environment and generate more traffic".

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It became crystal clear, actually, working in the restaurant where the roadblocks existed in the kitchen environment, especially during high traffic times.

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If significant numbers of autonomous vehicles are on the road, they could even be used collectively to control the flow of traffic, which might help minimize traffic jams, thereby decreasing commute times and avoiding all that stop-and-go traffic that wears down vehicles and it bad for the environment.

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The company's guiding strategy, called the Integrated Safety Management Concept, views traffic safety as a holistic blend of people, vehicles and the driving environment.

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They said there would be an increase in traffic and growing maize for power the plant would lead to a mono-culture in the local environment.

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The warning comes in a report prepared by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring programme of IUCN-The World Conservation Union and WWF, the global environment campaign.

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