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Pivotal: Flying cars. No license necessary
A flying car that anyone can use will soon go on sale. No pilot’s licence will be necessary to fly the Helix | Science & technology (2023)
Every setback is an opportunity for Ryanair | The Economist
Europe’s biggest airline has once again outmanoeuvred rivals | Business (2023)
Supply chains: What Barbie tells you about near-shoring | The Economist
Supply chains are neither global nor local. They are both | Business (2023)
European Officials Uphold France's Ban on Select Flights Where Trains Compete
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)
Investing in MVMNT - operating system for midmarket and small freight brokers and shippers - Andreessen Horowitz
We’re thrilled to announce our investment in MVMNT, the operating system for midmarket and small freight brokers and shippers. (2022)
Can software simplify the supply chain? Ryan Petersen thinks so - The Verge
The Flexport CEO’s tweetstorm changed how a major US port moves your stuff in the midst of the COVID-19 supply chain crisis. A Silicon Valley darli... (2022)
Flexport: How to Move the World | The Generalist
The $8 billion freight forwarder has succeeded by bringing tech to an archaic industry. It has designs on a bigger prize: owning the data layer for... (2022)
Indian logistics firm Xpressbees becomes unicorn with $300 million fresh funding – TechCrunch
Xpressbees, an Indian logistics startup that works with several e-commerce firms in the country, has more than tripled its valuation to $1.2 billio... (2022)
America Is Choking Under an ‘Everything Shortage’ - The Atlantic
The global supply chain is slowing down at the very moment when Americans are demanding that it go into overdrive. (2021)
Why most gas stations don’t make money from selling gas
With gas prices climbing up, you may think station owners are getting greedy. But the economics behind the pump tell a different story. (2021)
Breaking Down the Zipper Merge - Ayres
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)
Road Rage, ‘Zipper Merging’ and a Stress-Free Path Through Traffic - The New York Times
Experts love the zipper merge, but drivers are just as likely to see it as others rudely cutting their turn in line. (2021)
Are hydrogen fuel cells the future of green transport? Sorta
Hydrogen fuel cells (HFC) are a form of green energy transport manufacturers are using to reduce their carbon footprint. But how do they work? (2021)
America's "crumbling" roads and bridges are fine - Slow Boring
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)
Indonesian logistics startup SiCepat raises $170 million Series B – TechCrunch
SiCepat, an end-to-end logistics startup in Indonesia, announced today it has raised a $170 million Series B funding round. Founded in 2014 to prov... (2021)
What's Up With That: Building Bigger Roads Actually Makes Traffic Worse | WIRED
The concept is called induced demand, which is economist-speak for when increasing the supply of something (like roads) makes people want that thin... (2021)
Fluid Truck, the Zipcar of commercial trucks, raises $63M to take on rental giants – TechCrunch
Fluid Truck has built an app-based platform that aims to take away the pain and cost of owning or leasing commercial vehicles, all while grabbing m... (2021)
‘Flying taxi’ startup Volocopter picks up another $241M, says service is now two years out – TechCrunch
In a year where mass transit on airplanes, trains and buses has had lower traveler numbers in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, one of the startup... (2021)
Shippo raises $45M more at $495M valuation as e-commerce booms – TechCrunch
This morning Shippo, a software company that provides shipping-related services to e-commerce companies, announced a new $45 million investment. Th... (2021)
Arctic shipper shows off a historical icebreaking voyage | The Independent Barents Observer
Watch two super-powerful vessels break their way through the Northern Sea Route in mid-winter. (2021)
Google Maps users can now pay for parking or their transit fare right from the app – TechCrunch
Drivers throughout the United States will now have the option to pay for street parking right from Google Maps as part of an expanded partnership w... (2021)
Opinion | California Is Making Liberals Squirm - The New York Times
If progressivism can’t work there, why should the country believe it can work anywhere else? (2021)
Six of the best new train journeys in Europe for 2021 | Rail travel
Rail operators are promising exciting new routes for the year ahead, with timetables starting this month. Here are some highlights (2020)
This new overnight train to Croatia is already so popular that it's running daily
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)
13 cities across Europe will be linked with new night train routes
European railway giants have announced a major upgrading of night rail services that will link thirteen cities across the continent. (2020)
Electric jet aims for Lake Nona as the nation’s 1st ‘vertiport’ for flying taxi service
The German firm Lilium aims to make Orlando's Lake Nona community the first in the U.S. with a vertiport for sky-taxi service using vertical takeof... (2020)
Virgin Hyperloop hits an important milestone: the first human passenger test
The hyperloop has finally carried human passengers. Virgin Hyperloop conducted a test in the desert outside Las Vegas, with two people traveling in... (2020)
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo To Make Good On Pledge To Remove Half Of City’s Car Parking Spaces
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)
Paris Mayor: “Forget Crossing Through The City By Car”
In the first major interview since her re-election as Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo told Le Parisien that her manifesto promise to crack down on moto... (2020)
How much is Europe spending to boost cycling during COVID-19?
COVID-19 has caused a cycling boom as people use bikes instead of public transport. This is how European governments responded - and which country ... (2020)
Mexico’s $7.5B Gamble to Disrupt the Panama Canal | WSJ Breaking Ground
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)
The Insane Scale of Europe’s New Mega-Tunnel
Denmark is building a record-breaking tunnel to Germany. (2023)
The $11B Tunnel That Could Save One of Europe’s Busiest Mountain Corridors | WSJ Breaking Ground
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)
Amazon’s Same-Day Delivery Strategy: How Much Faster Can It Go? | WSJ Shipping Wars
Amazon is the king of fast delivery – it pioneered the free two-day shipping model customers have come to expect. As competitors like Walmart and T... (2023)
Panama Canal: Inside the World’s Largest Cargo Shipping Bottleneck Today | WSJ
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)
Penn Station: The $7BN Plan to Save New York's Most Hated Train Station
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)
Modern Marvels: The Construction of the Panama Canal (S1, E3) | Full Episode | History
Love Modern Marvels? Stay up to date on all of your favorite History shows at https://history.com/schedule.Chronicles one of the most incredible en... (2023)
How to use the Eurail Pass App: Tips I wish I knew (Interrail 2023 Guide)
I am just back from 4 months backpacking Europe, on my trip I used the Eurail/Interrail Pass App to get around. The more you use the app the more y... (2023)
Eurail Pass Explained: Everything You Need to Know | PLUS TIPS
Let's break down everything you need to know about How to Use a Eurail Pass when traveling Europe! From prices, to tips...we cover it all! Subscrib... (2023)
Why 70% of Spain is Empty
Why 70% of Spain is Empty (2022)
Amtrack - Why Train Tickets Cost So Much In America
Taking a train in the U.S. is often more expensive than flying and more expensive than intercity train systems in other developed countries, which ... (2022)
The Absurd Logistics of Concert Tours
The Absurd Logistics of Concert Tours (2022)
Europe’s Experiment: Treating Trains Like Planes
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)
How Ocean Shipping Works (And Why It's Broken)
Sign up for the Nebula/CuriosityStream bundle deal at http://CuriosityStream.com/WendoverWatch an exclusive behind the scenes video showing how we ... (2021)
Why the Hype Around Hypersonics?
Get your SPECIAL OFFER for MagellanTV here:https://try.magellantv.com/sabinehossenfelder. It's an exclusive offer for our viewers! Start your free ... (2021)
Is the Hyperloop just Hype?
Check out the math & physics courses that I mentioned (many of which are free!) and support this channel by going to https://brilliant.org/Sabine/ ... (2021)
The Person Who Cut You Off In Traffic Is Right - Cheddar Explains
Merging is every driver's nightmare. Numerous studies have shown that the zipper merge is the most efficient way for drivers to merge and ensure le... (2021)
Kitty Hawk's Heaviside: an ultra-quiet electric flying machine
Kitty Hawk's 'Heaviside' is an ultra-quiet electric flying machine (2021)
Coronavirus IV: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver discusses how Coronavirus is impacting the US workforce, from mass unemployment to the problems faced by essential workers. Connect wit... (2020)
How Did New York's Trains Get so Bad? | NYT
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)
How streets, roads, and avenues are different - Vox
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)
How highways wrecked American cities
The Interstate Highway System was one of America's most revolutionary infrastructure projects. It also destroyed urban neighborhoods across the nat... (2018)
Superblocks: How Barcelona is taking city streets back from cars
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)
America's Truck Driver Crisis Is Complicated - 1A | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from 1A on Spotify. Truck driving in America remains in crisis. There are 80,000 fewer drivers on the road than needed, acco... (2022)
a16z Podcast: The Golden Era of Productivity, Retail, and Supply Chains - Andreessen Horowitz
Container ships, supply chains, and retail This podcast rerun -- first recorded over two and a half years ago, now being rerun as one of our eve... (2017)
Can Global Shipping Go Zero Carbon? : NPR
A lot of the stuff we buy in the U.S. comes by ship — ships that use a particularly dirty kind of fuel. Now a big shipping company says it wants to... (2019)
VCs Are Wrong About Bootstrapped Founders, How Content Can Be Used As A Key Customer Acquisition Tool
Jesse Genet is Founder & CEO @ Lumi, the startup that has raised close to $10m from Homebrew, Forerunner, Spark Capital, Lowercase and more. (2018)
a16z Podcast: All about Bike Sharing – Andreessen Horowitz
This episode of the a16z Podcast — including city of Dallas councilmember Lee Kleinman, chairman of their Mobility Solutions, Infrastructure, and S... (2018)
The Nut Behind the Wheel - 99% Invisible
In the past fifty years, the car crash death rate has dropped by nearly 80 percent in the United States. And one of the reasons for that drop has t... (2017)
Built for Speed - 99% Invisible
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)
The High Cost of Free Parking - (book) by Donald C. Shoup
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)
Shippo API
Powerful Shipping API Built For Your Needs. Learn more about our shipping API and how to connect to Shippo to accommodate your shipping needs an... (2020)