Read on PhysOrg.com The most controversial idea in the plan ( NYC Plan 2030 ), from the mayor's Office of Long-term Planning and Sustainability , is a proposal to charge motorists for driving into Manhattan below 86th Street on weekdays from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Trucks would be charged $21 a day and cars would be charged $8, on top of the city's already expensive parking. It is similar to a system that London (Congestion Charge) has used since 2003, and officials there say it has significantly reduced congestion. The scheme applauded by environmentalists and alternative transportation groups , but is politically tricky for New York City because it would have to be enacted by the state Legislature , and many lawmakers from outer boroughs and the suburbs may not support it. Read Full speech hear -- Click here
New York Times has this interesting article about how companies are mining through travel data to find travel deal. Sifting Data to Uncover Travel Deals sites the following website. Farecast.com airfarewatchdog.com ( to find deals that include companies that don't share data) Flightstats.com (if you wanted to see which flightsare most prone to problems/delays) milemaven.com (best mileage programs) pointmaven.com (earn the most hotel points) update 4/22 read more about at consumerist . Cheaptickets.com sidestep.com
Whats different about Netvibes? How does it stack up against say a rss reader or my.msn.com or my.yahoo.com? For one Netvibes users will two (2) pages for every account: a private page, where you subscribe to all the content for your personal, everyday use, and a public page, where you can allow others to access your favorite content -- everything that you love on the web. Here is one more thing you will like about it if you have a widescreen monitor it will fill it up end to end plus no annoying google ad or flashy ads. Netvibes is about having web the way you want it. Exactly the way you want it. Delivered to you. So check out it out for yourself: Netvibes Also check out Moby's Netvibe page. To read more about guy behind Netvibes read it article in business 2.0 "Web users feel the 'Vibes' List of similar web services Pageflakes Protopage Google Homepage Start My Yahoo My MSN
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