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Experts love the zipper merge, but drivers are just as likely to see it as others rudely cutting their turn in line. (2021)
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)
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)
European railway giants have announced a major upgrading of night rail services that will link thirteen cities across the continent. (2020)
Faster north-south train service around London could decrease reliance on cars and planes. But northerners say their more dire transportation needs... (2020)
Critics say the $3.1 billion Line 4 project prioritizes access to wealthy neighborhoods, neglecting the rest of the city’s transit needs. (2019)
With growing concern over the environmental impact of flying, sleeper train service, long considered old-fashioned and nostalgic, is picking up ste... (2019)
Streetcar, bus, and metro systems have been ignoring one lesson for 100 years: Service drives demand. (2019)
'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)
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)
Elected officials have been played by team owners and sports leagues. (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)
A new report confirms that the U.S. lags behind the rest of the world in mass transit. (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)
With two out of three trips on transit served by buses in Miami, the continued dismantling of the bus system is alarming and misguided. (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)
Philip Ashforth Coppola has spent 40 years illustrating subway stations–and revealing their forgotten histories. (2018)
Nearly 80 years ago, a construction standstill derailed the subway’s progress, leading to its present crisis. This is the story, decade by decade... (2018)
More than a dozen federal agencies agreed to slash the time needed for environmental reviews and permitting on major infrastructure projects, a cor... (2018)
Internal MTA documents show everything we thought we knew about subway delays was wrong (2018)
New Study of Global Traffic Reveals That Traffic Is Bad The largest study of its kind ever conducted reveals just how how costly the scourge of ... (2018)
It’s not just the Second Avenue Subway: Nearly all urban rail projects in the U.S. cost much more than their European counterparts. (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)
Think Penn Station is bad? Let’s go into the crumbling, disaster-prone tunnels that lie beneath. (2018)
Disruptions and delays have roiled the system this year. But the crisis was long in the making, fueled by a litany of errors, a Times investigation... (2018)
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)
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)
Denmark is building a record-breaking tunnel to Germany. (2023)
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)
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)
The $1.5 Billion Plan to Clean Paris' River (2023)
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)
The Simple Genius of New York City’s Water Supply System (2022)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)