Transportation/Travel

There's a fairly large flaw in the way that programmers are currently addressing ethical concerns related to artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous vehicles (AVs). Namely, existing approaches don't account for the fact that people…

Association between mobility patterns and COVID-19 transmission in US: a mathematical modeling study Credit: Johns Hopkins University Residents in all 25 of the U.S. counties hardest hit by COVID-19 began to limit their…

Study uses statewide traffic data from the Florida department of transportation Credit: Florida Atlantic University It's not just health, social and economic consequences from COVID-19 that have impacted the world. Travel…

Measuring air quality across London could help fight COVID-19 by providing a rapid means of deciding whether to reduce public transport movement - given strong links between exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 transmission, a…

Leipzig researchers use a calculation method to remove weather influences from air pollution data Credit: Burkhard Lehmann, LfULG Leipzig/Dresden. In connection with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, satellite…

Launching the new EV incentive cost and impact tool Electric bikes (e-bikes) are quickly becoming common in U.S. cities and suburbs, but we still have a ways to go compared to our neighbors across the Atlantic. In recent years,…

ITHACA, N.Y. - New research by Cornell University and the City College of New York (CCNY), shows that by enforcing a $20 toll for cars and taxis to enter the central business district of Manhattan, traffic congestion could be…

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, June 18th 2020 The lockdown measures introduced in Italy to deal with COVID-19 have produced a mobility contraction which is not homogeneously distributed across Italian municipalities and…

Seshaiyer Studying COVID-19 Spread In Aircraft Cabin Setting Padmanabhan Seshaiyer, Associate Dean, Academic Affairs and Professor, Mathematical Sciences, College of Science (COS), is serving as a Principal Investigator at Mason on a…

Texas A&M study found that wearing a face mask stopped person-to-person spread of the virus A study by a team of researchers led by a Texas A&M University professor has found that not wearing a face mask dramatically increases a…

Credit: University of Otago Walking and cycling have many benefits and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but researchers say we need to think about what people eat to fuel their walking and cycling. In a paper published in…

Study finds simple changes in road resurfacing practices could improve gas mileage for heavy vehicles and reduce greenhouse gas emissions Every time you hear a deep rumble and feel your house shake when a big truck roars by, that's partly…

Study shows contagions could be catalysts for mass migrationCredit: Sophia Ioannidis, University of Sydney The development of renewable energies such as wind energy and solar energy is limited by their inherently random and intermittent…

Credit: University of Otago Women use more diverse modes of travel and generate lower greenhouse gas emissions than men, despite men being more than twice as likely to travel by bike, a New Zealand study has found. The…

As the COVID-19 pandemic enters a new phase, punctuated by emerging hot spots and continuing global spread, a new analytical tool developed by RAND Corporation researchers allows policymakers to predict regional risks of importing cases…

After months of lockdown, it's no surprise that people are itching to get out and about. But with ongoing debates about how and when to open Australia's state and territory borders, it's hard to know what to expect. According to global…

Analyzing the first archaeogenetic data from the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in Western Europe, a team of French and German researchers documents levels of admixture between expanding early Neolithic farmers and local hunter-gatherers…

A major UK government-funded research study suggests particles released from vehicle tyres could be a significant and previously largely unrecorded source of microplastics in the marine environment. The study is one of the first…

Researchers suggest tech as alternative to building new roadsCredit: University of Houston Traffic congestion is a serious problem in the United States, but a new analysis shows that interactive technology - ranging from 511…

Technology achieves 90% reduction of diesel engine NOx emissions SAN ANTONIO -- May 26, 2020 -- Southwest Research Institute engineers have developed the next generation of clean diesel engine technology to reduce hazardous nitrogen oxides…