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New York gets serious about traffic with the first citywide US congestion pricing plan

Traffic flows into Manhattan from Brooklyn over the Williamsburg Bridge. AP Photo/Mary AltafferAfter years of debate, New York state has adopted congestion pricing...

New York gets serious about traffic with the first citywide US congestion pricing plan

Traffic flows into Manhattan from Brooklyn over the Williamsburg Bridge. AP Photo/Mary Altaffer After years of debate, New York state has adopted congestion pricing...

Luxembourg’s free public transport sounds great, but it won’t help people get from A...

Appearances can be misleading. Shutterstock.When the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg announced it would introduce free nationwide public transport from March 2020, the move...

Chicago, New York discounted most public input in expanding bike systems

Public bikes are meant to complement a city's existing mass transit network, so the location of docking stations is critical. MusikAnimal/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA When New...

Where’s my package? Common carrier freight lockers can ease city traffic and prevent failed...

Unloading packages and arranging them for delivery in New York City. AP Photo/Mark Lennihan Online shopping is a big convenience for many Americans, but porch...

Looking past the hype about ‘trackless trams’

CRRC's version of the optically guided bus, now operating in Zhuzhou, is more like light rail than its predecessors. CRRCThe optically guided bus is...

The battle to be the Amazon (or Netflix) of transport

High-tech companies and venture capitalists have been striving to break into the transport and mobility market. Between 2016 and 2018, venture capital investment in...

The battle to be the Amazon (or Netflix) of transport

High-tech companies and venture capitalists have been striving to break into the transport and mobility market. Between 2016 and 2018, venture capital investment in...

Why trackless trams are ready to replace light rail

CRRC Zhuzhou Institute developed the rubber-tyred autonomous rail transit (ART) system, or trackless tram, which has already been trialled in Zhuzhou, China Wikimedia, CC...

Unused £321m trapped on dormant Oyster cards – and time may be running out...

Topping up. shutterstockIt is 15 years since Transport for London (TfL) launched the Oyster card on London’s buses and tube trains, but Oyster hasn’t...

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Throughout the United States, various measures for funding transportation improvements were approved, advancing efforts to invest in the rest at the local level. Columbus, Ohio...