Shippers and receivers of goods have noticed. According to the Association of American Railroads, a trade group, the volume of goods shipped over intermodal rail so far this year has reached a record high.
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Officials struggled for years to curb high-speed crashes along a residential corridor but simply punishing the lead-footed drivers didn’t seem to work. What ultimately did was rewarding the law-abiding ones with fewer red lights.
“Speedrunner” is the term for transit obsessives who aim to visit all the stations along a city’s fixed public transit lines in record time. They spend hours analyzing transit schedules and crafting routes. Success requires a willingness to forgo bathroom breaks, a perfect sense of timing, and sheer luck that a train delay won’t derail a run.
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New York City boasts the biggest bike-share program in the U.S. — and even the world, outside of China. It’s also, by far, the country’s most expensive. And it’s getting pricier every year. That could change in the next few years, however, if a campaign to cap Citi Bike rides at $3 for members gains allies in city hall.
Driverless trucks are hauling commercial loads in Texas, while AI is being deployed on Mississippi River towboats. Railroads are relying more on machine vision and automated inspection systems, as aviation regulators are preparing for a future in which cargo flights may operate with far less human involvement. Viewed separately, these developments may appear incremental. Together, they point to a freight economy that is increasingly autonomous, continuously optimized and more productive.
Millions of drivers across the country are encountering automated speed cameras for the first time, or they will soon. Safety advocates say there's clear evidence that these cameras work to make roads safer. But there's also a growing backlash from drivers.
The cities along the Atlantic coast are linked by a coastal road that is being gradually developed into a $15 billion superhighway. The project is led by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a regional bloc of 12 countries, and is intended to unlock the economic potential of the region.
Zoox is already going for test drives in Las Vegas and San Francisco. It’s basically a shiny box on wheels: Four passenger seats, no steering wheel, and a robot voice that talks to passengers when they get in.
Station activations are not new for Metro; what is new is the sheer number of events. With activations at the new D line stations, World Cup fan zones and other events across the system, Metro is hoping to lure new riders.
Dollar vans are a familiar part of life in neighborhoods near Flatbush Avenue with large populations of Caribbean immigrants. The minibus services grew in popularity during the 1980 transit strike and continued to operate in areas across the city — largely in areas that lack subway service.
