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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)
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)
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)
Hundreds of miles of levees in the Midwest have been overwhelmed by the floods, leaving “Swiss cheese” infrastructure and reigniting a flood contro... (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)
TRAINS are not quite the third rail of European politics. But they are still causing lots of angst. France has already endured three months of stri... (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)
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)
All aboard! (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)
EVERY night Gabriel Cazuza drags his two-wheeled, metal-framed carroça through the streets of São Paulo collecting aluminium, paper, cardboard and ... (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)
Critics say the $3.1 billion Line 4 project prioritizes access to wealthy neighborhoods, neglecting the rest of the city’s transit needs. (2019)
Talk of the transportation future is focused on the next shiny thing. But one old technology is central to real transformation... (2018)
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)
Rising waters put many historic coastal cities at risk of losing their cultural pasts: can they be saved? (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)
The Deep Tunnel was supposed to provide “a total solution to the flood problem.” It hasn’t. (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)
The Simple Genius of New York City’s Water Supply System (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)
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)
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)