In 1897, a Bicycle Superhighway Was the Future of California Transit
A brief history of the now-forgotten California Cycleway.
Articles tagged "transportation"
Watch the Largest Ship in the World Get Built in 76 Seconds
When you're moving millions of pounds of the world's junk around from continent to continent, every penny counts.
To Save Nature, We Need to Build Better Roads
Maybe, but not like we've been doing it.
Is an Uber Ride Any Better Than a Gypsy Cab?
This is a bad thing.
Imagining a City Where Subway Restaurants Are Actually Subway Stations
Chris Nelson took that idea and mapped a rail network around it. The result actually makes good sense.
Shipping Routes May Go Straight Over the North Pole by Mid-Century
An environmental disaster, an economic boon, both?
France Finds Another Way to Make Us Dream About High-Speed Rail
Fast trains that normal humans can afford.
A Brief History of the Monocycle, Humanity's Most Useless Vehicle
It seems we’re drawn to bushing the boundaries of the novel and the bizarre as much we are to overcoming concrete problems.
Why New York Doesn't Need 'Don't Honk' Signs
Are we more OK with noise than with things cluttering up our eyesight? Attention psychology suggests it's possible.
Why Did American Airlines Have to Rebrand Itself?
After more than 40 years, the immortal brand of American Airlines is being buried.
If You're Reading This, You Just Survived the Deadliest Day of the Year for Pedestrians
More pedestrians get mowed down on New Year's than any other day.
The World's Fastest-Growing Cause of Death Is Pollution from Car Exhaust
Air pollution is the world's newest worst plague.
The Buses of the Future Will Be Electric, Wiretapped, and Crowded
As the US becomes more urban, buses are becoming more popular with riders and the Department of Homeland Security.
Russia's Epic 3-Day Traffic Jam Was Nothing Compared to the World's Worst Gridlock
Think spending three days in bumper-to-bumper is hell? Try eleven. Or a month.
Matternet: A Vast Network of Delivery Drones Will One Day Transport Our Stuff
Andreas Raptopoulos wants drones to deliver our stuff. As the founder of Matternet, he hopes to build networks for "micro-transportation" that will allow unmanned aerial vehicles to ferry all sorts of goods across long distances, especially in places…
The Invisible Bike Helmet is an Airbag for Your Head
Everybody hates bike helmets. They're bulky and funny-looking, and people don't wear them, and then sometimes eventually end up smashing their unprotected domes on the hoods of cars around the world. But now, since bicycling has now firmly been adopt…
Self-Driving Cars Are the Sad Future of Passenger Rail Travel in America
Google's Eric Schmidt is right, "self-driving cars should become the predominant mode of transportation in our lifetime." But they should not be called cars, they should be called trains. Or high-speed rail pods or something, if the word 'train' stil…
Are Tiny Robot Pod Cars the Future of City Driving?
The Hiriko, MIT's new urban robo-car, is just 100 inches long. Also, it basically transforms into a shopping car. Which means three of the little pod mobiles can fit in a single parking space, and that they'll prove ideal for slinking around city str…
