The death of a 60-year-old woman who was run over by a pair of riders doubled up on an e-bike cruising in a bike lane outside the Brooklyn Navy Yard highlights a crisis that city officials have let simmer for years.
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The states where E.V. drivers have the biggest advantage are those where electricity is cheap and gas is expensive. Washington tops that list.
When the railroads were the most powerful industry in the country and were dominating everything, they built 254,000 miles of track, which is much larger than the interstate highway system is today.
Up and down its length, the Erie Canal is now serving as a test bed for how infrastructure might be adapted and maintained in ways that embed social, cultural, economic and ecological value into its ongoing operations.
The public would feel many benefits if rail companies grabbed business back from trucking, but doing so will be tough.
The trucking industry, and more broadly the freight industry, still hasn't fully recovered from the business impacts of COVID. What's behind that?
Cargo bikes can be helpful for carrying groceries, moving kids to soccer practice or even hauling odd jobs around the city — but they’re often expensive, bulky and hard to store securely.
In the 1950s, US traffic planners thought unidirectional arterials were better for moving cars through urban areas. Now many cities are having second thoughts.
Waymo, a taxi app company owned by Google’s parent-company Alphabet, got the green light from the city transportation department to operate eight autonomous vehicles in the city through September.
It’s not just about the venue. It’s about public transit, a mix of surrounding uses, open spaces, bike trails, stormwater management, and how all these components stitch together.