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San Francisco - government, policy issues
European Union - integration, investment, infrastructure
Parking lots: Design of Roads, Streets and Infrastructure
Europe - airlines, planes, infrastructure
Outsourcing, Near-shoring - Globalization and Supply Chains, Logistics and global shipping
Land value tax - idea to reform taxes to improve cities, Affordable Housing
Startups with a focus on Transportation, Frieght, Logistics, Shipping and Technology
Asphalt, Pavement vs. Concrete - Road Construction, Building and Materials
Highways, Cities, Roads and Neighborhoods, Development
Europe - transportation, trains, infrastructure
Cities and drinking Water - rivers, ground water, policy and climate change
Regulation, red-tape and Infrastructure Investment in the USA
High speed trains - technology, innovation
International - Home Delivery companies- Transportation, Frieght, Logistics and Technology
Traffic Jams, Transit Congestion - Design of Roads, Streets and Infrastructure
Hyperloop - innovation in Transportation, Frieght, Logistics and Technology
Satellites and Wireless telecommunications networks in the age of 5G
San Francisco and the Challenge of Affordable Housing in Fast-Growing Urban Centers
Shippo - Supply Chains, Logistics and global shipping
a collection of articles and videos about London, England (UK)
a collection of articles and ideas about Supply Chains, Logistics and global shipping
A collection of articles and videos looking at Home Delivery - Amazon, and others - Transportation, Frieght, Logistics and Technology
A collection of articles and videos looking at technology in logistics
A collection of articles and videos looking at technology in logistics
a collection of articles and resources looking at The Challenge of Affordable Housing in Fast-Growing Urban Centers
Suburbs, Cities and Economic development
A collection of articles about The Underline project in Miami - real estate, development, park
a collection of articles and videos about Wireless telecommunications networks - T-Mobile and Sprint merger - Telecom
a collection of articles about Bicycle - safety, bike lanes
Transit, and public transportation in Miami - alternatives, innovation, ideas

Resources within this category

Article

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)


Article

Opinion | Can America ‘do big things’ again? Ask the regulators and lawyers. - George Will - The Washington Post

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)


Article

What will Biden's bipartisan infrastructure bill do?

Proponents of the $1.2 trillion measure say it would create millions of good jobs and reduce inequality. (2021)


Article

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)


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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)


Article

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)


Article

This Is Why Your Holiday Travel Is Awful - POLITICO

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)


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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)


Article

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)


Article

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)


Article

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)


Article

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)


Article

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)


Article

Why London’s Underground is in better post-pandemic shape than NYC’s subways

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)



Article

The Sea Versus St. Augustine

Rising waters put many historic coastal cities at risk of losing their cultural pasts: can they be saved? (2020)


Article

Why Venice Is Disappearing - Rolling Stone

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)


Article

U.K. Has a Bold New Plan for High-Speed Rail

Faster north-south train service around London could decrease reliance on cars and planes. But northerners say their more dire transportation needs... (2020)


Article

To help England’s north, link it up | Leaders | The Economist (2019)

Public spending on transport in the north is barely half what it is in the south-east. That must change (2019)


Article

A tale of two metros: how the London tube beat the New York subway | Cities | The Guardian

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)


Article

Rio's Olympics Line 4 Subway Mess - CityLab

Critics say the $3.1 billion Line 4 project prioritizes access to wealthy neighborhoods, neglecting the rest of the city’s transit needs. (2019)


Article

PortMiami is remaking the city’s skyline for $1.5 billion, one cruise terminal at a time | Miami Herald

$1.5 billion of public and private money is coming to PortMiami to build five shiny new cruise terminals and two company headquarters at the port b... (2019)


Article

Miami’s Underline snags a $22M grant. Now its new phase can be built in Coral Gables. | Miami Herald

A $22 million federal grant means all funding is in place to design and build a three-mile segment of the planned Underline through Coral Gables. A... (2019)


Article

Want a Better Bus System? Here's Where to Start. - CityLab

Why the Bus Got So Bad, and How to Save It JOHN SURICO OCT 10, 2019 TransitCenter’s Steven Higashide has created a how-to guide to help city... (2019)


Article

Once Threatened, Europe’s Night Trains Rebound - The New York Times

With growing concern over the environmental impact of flying, sleeper train service, long considered old-fashioned and nostalgic, is picking up ste... (2019)


Article

The waiting game at Miami bus stops could soon be a headache of the past | Miami Herald

Taking the bus in Miami-Dade County can be a maddening experience. But with input from the public, Transit Alliance Miami plans a total revamp of t... (2019)


Article

10 classic UK trips by public transport | Travel | The Guardian

Trains in hidden valleys, scenic bus routes, fun ferry rides … many journeys are better by public transport. We plot exciting itineraries for the c... (2019)


Article

Why Is American Mass Transit So Bad? It's a Long Story - CityLab

Streetcar, bus, and metro systems have been ignoring one lesson for 100 years: Service drives demand. (2019)


Article

New Ideas for Paris’s Outdated Infrastructure - CityLab

'Reinvent Paris II' Is for a Post-Car Future. After a criticized first installment, the city's design competition has a wider talent pool and a fai... (2019)


Article

‘Breaches Everywhere’: Flooding Bursts Midwest Levees, and Tough Questions Follow - The New York Times

Hundreds of miles of levees in the Midwest have been overwhelmed by the floods, leaving “Swiss cheese” infrastructure and reigniting a flood contro... (2019)


Video

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)


Video

Massive project works to restore Florida's Everglades

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)


Video

The Insane Scale of Europe’s New Mega-Tunnel

Denmark is building a record-breaking tunnel to Germany. (2023)


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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)


Video

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)


Video

The $1.5 Billion Plan to Clean Paris' River

The $1.5 Billion Plan to Clean Paris' River (2023)


Video

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)


Video

The Simple Genius of NYC’s Water Supply System

The Simple Genius of New York City’s Water Supply System (2022)


Video

The Real Reason U.S.Highways Are Always Under Construction - Cheddar Explains

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)


Video

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)


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New Rule: America's Pipe Dream | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

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)


Video

Michigan Dam(s) Fail! Tittabawassee River.

Overview of the Boyce Hydro System and What we know so far. LINKS: Drone Footage (2020)


Video

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)


Video

Everything You Need to Know About 5G -- IEEE Spectrum

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)


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The Sustainable Development Goals – Action Towards 2030 | CAFOD and SDGs

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)


Video

The Sustainable Development Goals – Action Towards 2030 | CAFOD and SDGs

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)


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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)


Video

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)


Video

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)


Video

7 principles for building better cities | Peter Calthorpe | TED

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)


Podcast

Nuclear power and America's clean energy future | On Point

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)


Podcast

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)


Podcast

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)


Book

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)


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