The High-Stakes Race to Build More Ventilators
As he loaded the 3D printer into the back of his Jeep, Kevin Zagorski figured he wouldn’t be back in his office for a...
Airbus’ Blended-Wing Maveric Hits the Skies
Since commercial air travel took off in the 1950s, much has changed—tighter seats, safer flights, the rise and fall of seat-back screens—but not the...
Closed Streets, Pumping Air, and More Car News This Week
This week, we found ourselves fascinated by some of the more hidden effects wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic. By the complicated journey, for example,...
How GM Beat Tesla to the First True Mass-Market Electric Car
How GM Beat Tesla to the First True Mass-Market Electric Car
The Air Force’s Venerable F-15 Gets a Makeover
An updated version of the US Air Force’s trusty F-15 Eagle fighter jet had its first flight test recently and demonstrated its bag of...
GM’s Latest Has Sensors and Room for 6, but No Steering Wheel
The self-driving future, according to Cruise, starts with an orange, white, and black shuttle van, with sliding doors, two sets of three seats facing...
Augmented Reality From the Driver’s Seat, and More Car News This Week
If you’re reading this, chances are you feel like you need more information. Welcome to the club. This week we followed a bunch of...
As Covid-19 Spreads, Truckers Need to Keep on Trucking
As cities and states have raced to shut down businesses to prevent the spread of Covid-19, the roads have gone quieter. Normally gridlocked cities...
A Hospital Train, DIY Face Shields, and More Car News This Week
Enough with the despair. Even as grim news of the coronavirus dominated the airwaves, this week in transportation-land was all about solving problems. A...
Trump Eases the Way for More Gas Guzzlers
After three years of tumult and revised scientific analyses, the Trump administration Tuesday formally relaxed Obama-era fuel economy rules that aimed to reduce greenhouse...
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Congressional briefing emphasizes electrification and public transit to meet climate goals
54 years since the first Earth Day, the US is still focusing on highway expansion. In light of increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, due...
There’s a climate cost to America’s freeways, and it’s not paid equally.
The environmental impacts of the Interstate Highway System continue to harm communities of color through health hazards, pollution, and displacement.
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The sprawling roadway network...
How Indonesian Cities Are Prioritizing Inclusive Public Transport
The lack of holistic data on how marginalized and differently-abled groups move in major cities is often a barrier to developing more inclusive urban...
How Indonesian Cities Are Prioritizing Inclusive Public Transport
The lack of holistic data on how marginalized and differently-abled groups move in major cities is often a barrier to developing more inclusive urban...
