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Delivery drones and flying cars. China’s “low-altitude economy” is taking off
Airborne packages and people will soon be whizzing through China cities. The authorities have found a new industry they want Chinese firms to domi... (2025)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Waymo Begins Fully Driverless Rides for All Arizona Customers - Bloomberg (2020)
The Google sister company is the first to offer a commercial ride-hailing service in cars with empty front seats. (2020)
How to Ship a Vaccine at minus –80°C, and Other Obstacles in the Covid Fight - The New York Times
Developing an effective vaccine is the first step. Then comes the question of how to deliver hundreds of millions of doses that may need to be kept... (2020)
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)
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)
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)
The Paris Metro's New Problem: a Ridership Boom - CityLab
The good news: Transit ridership is booming in the French capital. But severe crowding now has authorities searching for short-term solutions. (2019)
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)
What's Behind Lyft's Battle Over Bikeshare Access - CityLab
Why did Lyft block users of a third-party app from accessing New York’s Citi Bike? It’s the start of what could be a fundamental showdown over mobi... (2019)
A Swiss Lesson in Enlightened Street Design - CityLab
If you see how cars, streetcars, bikes, and pedestrians use this Swiss street, you can better understand what’s wrong with so many other urban thor... (2019)
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)
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)
8 cities are taking space away from cars to cut pollution
Cities around the world are starting to see that they’ll be cleaner, healthier, and just better overall if people–not cars–are the priority. (2019)
Check Out the Cheaper, Greener Future of France’s High-Speed Trains - CityLab
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)
New York Needs to Fix the Subway. Here’s How the MTA Could Pay For It.
From congestion pricing to rezoning, there are all kinds of ways to tap New York City’s vast wealth to fund transit improvements. (2019)
Ford Buying San Francisco-Area e-Scooter Startup Spin - The New York Times
Ford Motor Co said Thursday it will join the mushrooming micro-mobility movement with the acquisition of 2-year-old Spin, an electric scooter renta... (2018)
Where Chicago Trounces New York: Fixing Mass Transit - The New York Times
Chicago’s subway has also been plagued by crumbling tracks, antiquated signals and unreliable trains. Here is how it turned around. (2018)
France Plans Congestion Pricing for Big Cities - CityLab
A new bill would let cities charge drivers for using the road. Will local governments jump at the chance? (2018)
How a Kids' Scooter Became a Micro-Mobility Revolution - CityLab
Two decades ago, a Swiss inventor laid the foundation for the big mobility innovation of 2018. (2018)
How traveling abroad with kids showed me how to fix U.S. transit || Curbed
Our trip to Sweden featured reliable trains, wide sidewalks, ubiquitous bathrooms—and no car seats. Traveling with kids in Europe taught me the tr... (2018)
Road makers turn to recycled plastic for tougher surfaces - The Economist
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)
A new study says ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft are causing urban traffic woes - Axios
History is repeating itself. (2018)
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)
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)