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Holiday travel more crowded than ever in 2013

Nearly 30 percent of Americans, or about 94.5 million, will journey 50 miles or more from home during the year-end holiday travel season, which includes both Christmas and New Year’s, reports the American Automobile Association (AAA). That would make 2013 the fifth consecutive year that holiday travel has increased, resulting in the highest volume ever, according to the travel organization. Nine in ten Americans will travel by automobile, AAA says, most of the rest by plane. “While economic growth has stagnated and consumer confidence has fallen, Americans will not be Scrooges when it comes to traveling this year,” said Marshall… Read More

App for alternative-fuel vehicles can help you recharge or fill up

Fill ‘er up? Or the alternative-fuel equivalent, perhaps, charge ‘er up.     But where? At least, that might be a question for many who drive – or plan to drive – alternative-fuel vehicles. It’s not like there is a fueling station on every corner, as with gasoline stations. It’s a question, though, that is becoming easier and easier to answer as green vehicles proliferate. And now, there’s a smart phone app free from the U.S. Energy Department to help. “Apparently there’s an app for everything,” writes Stephen Edelstein in Green Car Reports, “including… Read More