A New Law for Gig Workers Reaches Beyond Ride-Hail Drivers
For years, Helene Mickey Wilson—Dr. Mickey to those who know her—has had two main sources of income. Wilson, a licensed marriage and family therapist...
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...
Probe of the Kobe Bryant Crash Will Examine If Fog Played a Role
While the investigation into the helicopter crash that killed basketball star Kobe Bryant and eight other people Sunday morning is just beginning, a likely...
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...
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...
Is Your Data Being Collected? These Signs Will Tell You Where
As cities incorporate digital technologies into their landscapes, they face the challenge of informing people of the many sensors, cameras, and other smart technologies...
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...
BMW’s i4 Electric Concept Comes With a Hans Zimmer Score
Thelma & Louise. Rain Man. The Lion King. True Romance. Interstellar. Dunkirk. Each film works to take its viewers on an emotional journey, and...
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...