He is also involved in the development of the US Highway Capacity Manual.

他还参与了美国道路通行能手册的研究工作。

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Over a decade ago, when I met MIT professor Irwin Jacob in Houston, he told me that a person driving on the us highway could talk to guys driving on the other side of the globe at any time.

十多年之前，我在休斯顿会见了麻省理工大学Irwin Jacob教授，他告诉我如果你在美国的高架上驱车，你仍能够与世界另一端的人交流。

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Lighting accounts for about 7% of the total electricity consumed in the US. Since lighting is often far removed from the power source—such as the distance from a power plant to street lamps on a remote highway—a lot of energy is lost during transmission.

在美国，照明约占总耗电量的7%。由于照明通常远离电源——例如从发电厂到偏远公路上的路灯——因此大量的能源在传输过程中会损失掉。

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Turns out such a place exists, just outside of San Antonio, Texas: 533 US Highway 87.

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The Colorado Department of Transportation has construction updates for those making the drive, and suggests visitors take the more northern US Highway 34 or Colorado Highway 7 entrances if possible.

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However, much of the US Highway 36, the main road between Boulder and Estes Park, was washed away, and with it went much of the tourism the town depends during its elk-showcasing fall months, when hundreds of elk descend from the mountains and make their mating calls near prime viewing areas (one of which is the Estes Park golf course).

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