If you’re not familiar with the UAE, it loves superlatives. More than anyone. The most. With the greatest enthusiasm. With the highest aims. It almost seems like everything new has to the tallest, biggest, fastest, or some other superlative. With that in mind, Dubai is aiming to create the “world’s … [continued]
With growing urban populations and increases in cars, trucks and buses, cities are poised to experience more harmful pollution threatening people’s health and livelihoods. But some cities around the world are turning to an emerging solution called zero-emission zones (ZEZs). These are designated small areas of about 1.5 square miles to 11 square miles … [continued]
Electric automobiles are all well and good but don’t address the problem of too many cars and trucks clogging our roads and cities.
“In praise of America’s car addiction – How vehicle-dependence makes the country fairer and more efficient” was a headline in The Economist last November. The opposite is true. Findings, cited by The Economist, as well as from other studies, show the contrary. The Economist concluded that American cities-centres are more accessible than Europe’s. However, … [continued]
By expanding renewable power, phasing out fossil fuels, electrifying as much of the economy as possible, and deploying other technologies, the U.S. can achieve its climate goals by 2050 — and a new report from UCS shows how. Transportation is the largest contributor to US global warming emissions, and we have … [continued]
Giving people the freedom to choose to walk or ride their bikes has somehow become, in the bizarro world of UK right-wing politics, the removal of their right to drive wherever they damned well please.
A new survey shows that most Americans know that expanding roads doesn’t fix traffic. Why do states keep pursuing these harmful projects?
Over the last decade, we have often been promised a better, cleaner, greener mobility future. New ride-hailing services (e.g., Uber founded in 2009; Lyft in 2012), public micromobility systems such as scooters and bikeshares, electrification, shared automated vehicles: all came with the promise of “faster, smarter, greener” cities that would … [continued]
New York City has a lot of concrete, and it’s not located in the desert. As a result, it’s got a problem with flooding, and the problem is only growing. One obvious solution to this problem is to get more soil and greenery in the Big Apple. But where? This … [continued]
Many cities are questioning the wisdom of minimum parking regulations that deprive them of valuable land for development.
