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Cities and drinking Water - rivers, ground water, policy and climate change
Highways, Cities, Roads and Neighborhoods, Development
A collection about the Design of Cities , Roads and Walkable Spaces
articles and videos looking at New York City, and the infrastructure and policy decisions needed to make subway systems work
articles and videos looking at Metro and Subway transportation around the world
a collection of articles and resources looking at the Hotel and Hospitality Business
European Union - integration, investment, infrastructure
a collection of articles and videos about London, England (UK)
Water & Electricity in South Africa
a collection of articles and resources looking at The Challenge of Affordable Housing in Fast-Growing Urban Centers
Land value tax - idea to reform taxes to improve cities, Affordable Housing
a collection of articles and resources looking at The Challenge of Affordable Housing in Fast-Growing Urban Centers
a collection of articles and resources looking Taxes, Affordable Housing, and Fast-Growing Urban Centers
San Francisco - government, policy issues
San Francisco and the Challenge of Affordable Housing in Fast-Growing Urban Centers
articles and videos looking at drones, ai and military applications
A collection of articles about The Underline project in Miami - real estate, development, park
Transit, and public transportation in Miami - alternatives, innovation, ideas
A collection about City Bus transportation in Miami, USA
a collection of articles about Uber - and public transportation systems, policy, cities
a collection of articles and resources looking at efforts in Reusing Old Buildings in Cities and Suburbs
Suburbs, Cities and Economic development
a collection of articles and resources looking at Suburbs and Affordable Housing in Cities
a collection of articles and resources looking at trend toward Shared Housing
Outsourcing, Near-shoring - Globalization and Supply Chains, Logistics and global shipping
Regulation, red-tape and Infrastructure Investment in the USA
a collection of articles about Uber - trouble, legal, company culture
a collection of articles and videos about Bike and Scooter Sharing (businesses)
High speed trains - technology, innovation
Shippo - Supply Chains, Logistics and global shipping

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Article

European Officials Uphold France's Ban on Select Flights Where Trains Compete

The European Union has upheld France's landmark climate law that bans select flights on routes where trains are time competitive. The decision, from (2022)


Article

What will Biden's bipartisan infrastructure bill do?

Proponents of the $1.2 trillion measure say it would create millions of good jobs and reduce inequality. (2021)


Article

Breaking Down the Zipper Merge - Ayres

By Nathan Silberhorn, PE Here’s the scenario: signs warn that a lane of traffic will close soon, and two lanes of vehicles will be narrowed to one.... (2021)


Article

America's "crumbling" roads and bridges are fine - Slow Boring

Let's do the broadband and grid and water stuff instead There is a lot more happening in Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan than just throwing money... (2021)


Article

Six of the best new train journeys in Europe for 2021 | Rail travel

Rail operators are promising exciting new routes for the year ahead, with timetables starting this month. Here are some highlights (2020)


Article

This new overnight train to Croatia is already so popular that it's running daily

A new overnight train service that was launched last month between Prague and the Croatian coast is so popular that it will now run every night. (2020)


Article

13 cities across Europe will be linked with new night train routes

European railway giants have announced a major upgrading of night rail services that will link thirteen cities across the continent. (2020)


Article

Virgin Hyperloop hits an important milestone: the first human passenger test

The hyperloop has finally carried human passengers. Virgin Hyperloop conducted a test in the desert outside Las Vegas, with two people traveling in... (2020)


Article

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo To Make Good On Pledge To Remove Half Of City’s Car Parking Spaces

Before she was reelected in June, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo pledged to make more space on the streets of her adopted city for pedestrians and cyclis... (2020)


Article

Why London’s Underground is in better post-pandemic shape than NYC’s subways

In both New York and London, core office districts have been empty for half a year. Both cities face a long, hard slog of recovery. But London has ... (2020)


Article

Spain’s new high-speed trains make it Europe’s rail capital

Friday saw the launch of iryo – the latest company to enter Spain’s fast train market, which is already pretty crowded. State carrier Renfe was jo... (2020)


Article

The Sea Versus St. Augustine

Rising waters put many historic coastal cities at risk of losing their cultural pasts: can they be saved? (2020)


Article

Why Venice Is Disappearing - Rolling Stone

Flooding in the historic city is about more than climate change — bad engineering and corruption are also to blame What’s happened in Venice thi... (2019)


Article

To help England’s north, link it up | Leaders | The Economist (2019)

Public spending on transport in the north is barely half what it is in the south-east. That must change (2019)


Article

A tale of two metros: how the London tube beat the New York subway | Cities | The Guardian

One recently won metro of the year; the other declared a state of emergency. How did two such similar transit systems end up on such different trac... (2019)


Article

PortMiami is remaking the city’s skyline for $1.5 billion, one cruise terminal at a time | Miami Herald

$1.5 billion of public and private money is coming to PortMiami to build five shiny new cruise terminals and two company headquarters at the port b... (2019)


Article

Miami’s Underline snags a $22M grant. Now its new phase can be built in Coral Gables. | Miami Herald

A $22 million federal grant means all funding is in place to design and build a three-mile segment of the planned Underline through Coral Gables. A... (2019)


Article

The waiting game at Miami bus stops could soon be a headache of the past | Miami Herald

Taking the bus in Miami-Dade County can be a maddening experience. But with input from the public, Transit Alliance Miami plans a total revamp of t... (2019)


Article

10 classic UK trips by public transport | Travel | The Guardian

Trains in hidden valleys, scenic bus routes, fun ferry rides … many journeys are better by public transport. We plot exciting itineraries for the c... (2019)


Article

The infrastructural humiliation of America – TechCrunch

I’m flying back to the USA today, and as an infrastructure aficionado, it’s nice to be going home, but I’m dreading the disappointment. I just spen... (2019)


Article

5G: if you build it, we will fill it — Benedict Evans

What is 5G? Why do we care? How much faster does the pipe get? What can we do with a fatter pipe?  How does this relate to VR? Cars? Broadband? Wha... (2019)


Article

Chicago Dug the World’s Biggest Flood-Stopping Tunnel. What if the City Got It Wrong?

The Deep Tunnel was supposed to provide “a total solution to the flood problem.” It hasn’t. (2019)


Article

How Alaska fixed its earthquake-shattered roads in just days

Shaking from the large earthquake that shuddered through Anchorage, Alaska last week was strong enough to turn smooth asphalt roads into broken, ja... (2018)


Article

Walkways in the sky: the return of London's forgotten 'pedways' | Cities | The Guardian

They were planned after the second world war to whisk people above car-choked streets in the financial district, but remained unpopular and half-bu... (2018)


Article

'For me, this is paradise': life in the Spanish city that banned cars | Cities | The Guardian

In Pontevedra, the usual soundtrack of a Spanish city has been replaced by the tweeting of birds and the chatter of humans (2018)


Article

Road makers turn to recycled plastic for tougher surfaces - The Economist

OF ALL the plastic produced since the 1950s, less than 10% has been recycled. The vast majority ends up being dumped, most of it in landfill. Some ... (2018)


Article

Why Europe’s train network needs more, not less, competition - The Economist

TRAINS are not quite the third rail of European politics. But they are still causing lots of angst. France has already endured three months of stri... (2018)


Article

Transit Alliance Miami → Where's My Bus? → Service Cuts

With two out of three trips on transit served by buses in Miami, the continued dismantling of the bus system is alarming and misguided. (2018)


Article

BBC - Travel - Switzerland’s valley of the cable cars

To the farming families of Switzerland’s Engelberg region, cable cars aren’t built for ski holidays and scenic views. They’re vital to daily life. (2018)


Article

The War on Waze

Politicians cause traffic jams, scapegoat an app. (2018)


Video

Mexico’s $7.5B Gamble to Disrupt the Panama Canal | WSJ Breaking Ground

Mexico’s $7.5 billion interoceanic corridor aims to ease a major chokehold in a global shipping mess and rival the Panama Canal. The stretch of lan... (2024)


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Massive project works to restore Florida's Everglades

What's been called the largest restoration project in human history is underway in Florida's Everglades. Billions of dollars are being spent to res... (2024)


Video

The Insane Scale of Europe’s New Mega-Tunnel

Denmark is building a record-breaking tunnel to Germany. (2023)


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The $11B Tunnel That Could Save One of Europe’s Busiest Mountain Corridors | WSJ Breaking Ground

Nestled under the Alps and the Italian-Austrian border, the Brenner Base Tunnel is poised to be the longest underground railway connection in the w... (2023)


Video

Panama Canal: Inside the World’s Largest Cargo Shipping Bottleneck Today | WSJ

The Panama Canal is running out of water, threatening to slow down the global supply chains and economies that depend on it. 40% of all U.S. contai... (2023)


Video

The $1.5 Billion Plan to Clean Paris' River

The $1.5 Billion Plan to Clean Paris' River (2023)


Video

Penn Station: The $7BN Plan to Save New York's Most Hated Train Station

Manhattan's Penn Station is finally getting an update. Skip the waitlist and invest in blue-chip art for the very first time by signing up for Mast... (2023)


Video

The Simple Genius of NYC’s Water Supply System

The Simple Genius of New York City’s Water Supply System (2022)


Video

The Real Reason U.S.Highways Are Always Under Construction - Cheddar Explains

Wherever you drive, highway construction seems unavoidable, but U.S. roads have needed so much repair and maintenance, you start to wonder if we’re... (2022)


Video

Europe’s Experiment: Treating Trains Like Planes

Sign up for the CuriosityStream/Nebula bundle for just $14.79 a *year* to watch Extremities right when it comes out on August 4th: http://Curiosity... (2022)


Video

New Rule: America's Pipe Dream | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

Subscribe to the Real Time YouTube: http://itsh.bo/10r5A1BBefore we spread democracy around the world, America has to figure out how to spread wate... (2021)


Video

Michigan Dam(s) Fail! Tittabawassee River.

Overview of the Boyce Hydro System and What we know so far. LINKS: Drone Footage (2020)


Video

How Did New York's Trains Get so Bad? | NYT

New York City subways have the worst on-time performance of any major rapid transit system in the world. This is the story of how the city ended up... (2019)


Video

Everything You Need to Know About 5G -- IEEE Spectrum

IEEE Spectrum Published on Feb 6, 2017 Millimeter waves, massive MIMO, full duplex, beamforming, and small cells are just a few of the technologi... (2018)


Video

The Sustainable Development Goals – Action Towards 2030 | CAFOD and SDGs

CAFOD Published on Aug 16, 2016 The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as part of Agenda 2030 Su... (2018)


Video

The Sustainable Development Goals – Action Towards 2030 | CAFOD and SDGs

CAFOD Published on Aug 16, 2016 The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as part of Agenda 2030 Su... (2018)


Video

How streets, roads, and avenues are different - Vox

Vox Published on Nov 14, 2016 There's a method to the madness of classifying roads. Follow Phil Edwards and Vox Almanac on Facebook for more..... (2018)


Video

How highways wrecked American cities

The Interstate Highway System was one of America's most revolutionary infrastructure projects. It also destroyed urban neighborhoods across the nat... (2018)


Video

Superblocks: How Barcelona is taking city streets back from cars

Modern cities are designed for cars. But the city of Barcelona is testing out an urban design trick that can give cities back to pedestrians. Read ... (2018)


Video

7 principles for building better cities | Peter Calthorpe | TED

More than half of the world's population already lives in cities, and another 2.5 billion people are projected to move to urban areas by 2050. The ... (2018)


Podcast

Nuclear power and America's clean energy future | On Point

President Joe Biden signed a $1 trillion infrastructure bill this week. Tucked into the plan includes the Biden administration's belief in the impo... (2021)


Podcast

a16z Podcast: All about Bike Sharing – Andreessen Horowitz

This episode of the a16z Podcast — including city of Dallas councilmember Lee Kleinman, chairman of their Mobility Solutions, Infrastructure, and S... (2018)


Podcast

Built for Speed - 99% Invisible

I want you to conjure an image in your mind of the white stripes that divide the lanes of traffic going the same direction on a major highway. How ... (2017)


Book

The High Cost of Free Parking - (book) by Donald C. Shoup

American drivers park for free on nearly ninety-nine percent of their car trips, and cities require developers to provide ample off-street parking ... (2018)


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