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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)
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)
Streetcar, bus, and metro systems have been ignoring one lesson for 100 years: Service drives demand. (2019)
Take a look at the trains that will modernize France’s rail fleet and prepare the national provider to take on its first-ever competitors. (2019)
The widespread failure of American mass transit is usually blamed on cheap gas and suburban sprawl. But the full story of why other countries succe... (2018)
OF ALL the plastic produced since the 1950s, less than 10% has been recycled. The vast majority ends up being dumped, most of it in landfill. Some ... (2018)
Most transit in America is run by the government. In car-swamped south Florida, Brightline is trying a different model, with its high-speed trains ... (2018)
It’s not a death spiral—at least, not yet. Examples abound of how city leaders can turn the numbers around... (2018)
Talk of the transportation future is focused on the next shiny thing. But one old technology is central to real transformation... (2018)
How autonomous vehicles will reshape cities "MODERN CITIES, PARTICULARLY in America, are habitats for cars as much as people, devoting huge amou... (2018)
AI is making companies swifter, cleverer and leaner "DELIVERING 25 PACKAGES by lorry or van might seem straightforward enough, but it is devilis... (2018)
The space will tell the stories of three families who once lived in the building, and host events to engage visitors in much-needed discussions aro... (2018)
Adding fungus might be one way to endow concrete with the ability to repair any damage, without the need for human intervention "Infrastructure ... (2018)
EVERY night Gabriel Cazuza drags his two-wheeled, metal-framed carroça through the streets of São Paulo collecting aluminium, paper, cardboard and ... (2017)
Mercedes-Benz, conducting the biggest test using drones to ship everyday items like ground coffee and cellphones, said the mini aircraft completed ... (2017)
Map credit to Robert Schwandl at UrbanRail.net for the Shanghai and New York MapsThe map above shows the difference in growth between the Shanghai ... (2025)
The hyperloop has finally carried human passengers. Virgin Hyperloop conducted a test in the desert outside Las Vegas, with two people traveling in... (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)
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)
What is 5G? Why do we care? How much faster does the pipe get? What can we do with a fatter pipe? How does this relate to VR? Cars? Broadband? Wha... (2019)
Politicians cause traffic jams, scapegoat an app. (2018)
Wynwood is slated to get Miami’s first “woonerf,” a Dutch-inspired street design in which cars, bikes and pedestrians share the pavement. City comm... (2018)
A new company is using under-utilized real estate to create makeshift offices for entrepreneurs. (2018)
Never ask a wireless engineer working on the NYC subway system “What can go wrong?” Flooding, ice, brake dust, and power outages relentlessly attac... (2018)
It is relatively easy to come up with a database of urban rail lines and their construction costs per kilometer. Construction costs are public numb... (2018)
The Global Infrastructure Outlook is a landmark country-based online tool and report developed by the Global Infrastructure Hub with Oxford Economi... (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)
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)
(podcast) 99% Invisible - From everyday lane switches to periodic construction detours, being able to modify lanes quickly, easily and safely with ... (2017)
The Simple Genius of New York City’s Water Supply System (2022)
Overview of the Boyce Hydro System and What we know so far. LINKS: Drone Footage (2020)
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)
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)