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Mercedes-Benz, conducting the biggest test using drones to ship everyday items like ground coffee and cellphones, said the mini aircraft completed ... (2017)
IT TAKES courage to mess with one of France’s most-loved brands. The public adores its TGV—Train à Grande Vitesse—as a symbol of modernity, and bec... (2017)
EVERY night Gabriel Cazuza drags his two-wheeled, metal-framed carroça through the streets of São Paulo collecting aluminium, paper, cardboard and ... (2017)
GCR - Trends - The minister told a conference of transport authorities last week that the tenders for the “Positive Energy” initiative had already... (2017)
French president François Hollande wants very high-speed broadband to reach every household in the country by 2023 - a plan that will need private ... (2017)
BBC 2017: “Management on the Tsukuba Express line "sincerely apologised for the inconvenience" caused. (2017)
2017: Self-driving cars are a lot closer to reality than most people think. Auto makers are promising cars that won't need a human driver behind th... (2017)
New York Times, 2017: "Japan has spent billions on an underground system to control water around the capital, but some fear that the city is vulner... (2017)
(podcast) 99% Invisible - From everyday lane switches to periodic construction detours, being able to modify lanes quickly, easily and safely with ... (2017)
The European Union has upheld France's landmark climate law that bans select flights on routes where trains are time competitive. The decision, from (2022)
Mitch Landrieu has the task of doling out $1.2 trillion for infrastructure spending in a country where 'procedure fetish' and 'rule stupor' can bog... (2022)
Proponents of the $1.2 trillion measure say it would create millions of good jobs and reduce inequality. (2021)
By Nathan Silberhorn, PE Here’s the scenario: signs warn that a lane of traffic will close soon, and two lanes of vehicles will be narrowed to one.... (2021)
Experts love the zipper merge, but drivers are just as likely to see it as others rudely cutting their turn in line. (2021)
Let's do the broadband and grid and water stuff instead There is a lot more happening in Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan than just throwing money... (2021)
The long, sordid history of New York’s Penn Station shows how progressives have made it too hard for the government to do big things—and why, belie... (2021)
If progressivism can’t work there, why should the country believe it can work anywhere else? (2021)
Rail operators are promising exciting new routes for the year ahead, with timetables starting this month. Here are some highlights (2020)
A new overnight train service that was launched last month between Prague and the Croatian coast is so popular that it will now run every night. (2020)
European railway giants have announced a major upgrading of night rail services that will link thirteen cities across the continent. (2020)
The hyperloop has finally carried human passengers. Virgin Hyperloop conducted a test in the desert outside Las Vegas, with two people traveling in... (2020)
Before she was reelected in June, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo pledged to make more space on the streets of her adopted city for pedestrians and cyclis... (2020)
In both New York and London, core office districts have been empty for half a year. Both cities face a long, hard slog of recovery. But London has ... (2020)
Friday saw the launch of iryo – the latest company to enter Spain’s fast train market, which is already pretty crowded. State carrier Renfe was jo... (2020)
Rising waters put many historic coastal cities at risk of losing their cultural pasts: can they be saved? (2020)
Flooding in the historic city is about more than climate change — bad engineering and corruption are also to blame What’s happened in Venice thi... (2019)
Faster north-south train service around London could decrease reliance on cars and planes. But northerners say their more dire transportation needs... (2020)
Public spending on transport in the north is barely half what it is in the south-east. That must change (2019)
One recently won metro of the year; the other declared a state of emergency. How did two such similar transit systems end up on such different trac... (2019)
Critics say the $3.1 billion Line 4 project prioritizes access to wealthy neighborhoods, neglecting the rest of the city’s transit needs. (2019)
Mexico’s $7.5 billion interoceanic corridor aims to ease a major chokehold in a global shipping mess and rival the Panama Canal. The stretch of lan... (2024)
What's been called the largest restoration project in human history is underway in Florida's Everglades. Billions of dollars are being spent to res... (2024)
Denmark is building a record-breaking tunnel to Germany. (2023)
Nestled under the Alps and the Italian-Austrian border, the Brenner Base Tunnel is poised to be the longest underground railway connection in the w... (2023)
The Panama Canal is running out of water, threatening to slow down the global supply chains and economies that depend on it. 40% of all U.S. contai... (2023)
The $1.5 Billion Plan to Clean Paris' River (2023)
Manhattan's Penn Station is finally getting an update. Skip the waitlist and invest in blue-chip art for the very first time by signing up for Mast... (2023)
The Simple Genius of New York City’s Water Supply System (2022)
Wherever you drive, highway construction seems unavoidable, but U.S. roads have needed so much repair and maintenance, you start to wonder if we’re... (2022)
Sign up for the CuriosityStream/Nebula bundle for just $14.79 a *year* to watch Extremities right when it comes out on August 4th: http://Curiosity... (2022)
Subscribe to the Real Time YouTube: http://itsh.bo/10r5A1BBefore we spread democracy around the world, America has to figure out how to spread wate... (2021)
Overview of the Boyce Hydro System and What we know so far. LINKS: Drone Footage (2020)
New York City subways have the worst on-time performance of any major rapid transit system in the world. This is the story of how the city ended up... (2019)
IEEE Spectrum Published on Feb 6, 2017 Millimeter waves, massive MIMO, full duplex, beamforming, and small cells are just a few of the technologi... (2018)
CAFOD Published on Aug 16, 2016 The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as part of Agenda 2030 Su... (2018)
CAFOD Published on Aug 16, 2016 The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as part of Agenda 2030 Su... (2018)
Vox Published on Nov 14, 2016 There's a method to the madness of classifying roads. Follow Phil Edwards and Vox Almanac on Facebook for more..... (2018)
The Interstate Highway System was one of America's most revolutionary infrastructure projects. It also destroyed urban neighborhoods across the nat... (2018)
Modern cities are designed for cars. But the city of Barcelona is testing out an urban design trick that can give cities back to pedestrians. Read ... (2018)
More than half of the world's population already lives in cities, and another 2.5 billion people are projected to move to urban areas by 2050. The ... (2018)
President Joe Biden signed a $1 trillion infrastructure bill this week. Tucked into the plan includes the Biden administration's belief in the impo... (2021)
This episode of the a16z Podcast — including city of Dallas councilmember Lee Kleinman, chairman of their Mobility Solutions, Infrastructure, and S... (2018)
I want you to conjure an image in your mind of the white stripes that divide the lanes of traffic going the same direction on a major highway. How ... (2017)
American drivers park for free on nearly ninety-nine percent of their car trips, and cities require developers to provide ample off-street parking ... (2018)