Transportation/Travel

Malaysia's plans to create a Pan-Borneo Highway will severely degrade one of the world's most environmentally imperilled regions, says a research team from Australia and Malaysia. "This network of highways will cut through some of the…

Credit: Gao et al./Transportation Many Americans use a ride-hailing service -- like Uber or Lyft -- to get to and from work. It provides the privacy of riding in a personal car and the convenience of catching up on emails or social…

Study estimates that the creation of the 503 superblocks called for in the initial plan would reduce annual air pollution by 24%Credit: ISGlobal Barcelona, September 9, 2019-. The city of Barcelona could prevent 667 premature…

PITTSBURGH, PA (September 6, 2019) - Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering collaborated with Uber Advanced Technologies Group (Uber ATG) to better understand how advanced…

A group of researchers has devised a method of sliding ice and frost off surfaces by melting the interfacial layer directlyCredit: Nenad Miljkovic WASHINGTON, D.C., August 30, 2019 -- In the future, a delayed flight due to ice…

New capabilities allow 'roboats' to change configurations to form pop-up bridges, stages, and other structuresCredit: Courtesy of the researchers/MIT MIT's fleet of robotic boats has been updated with new capabilities to "shapeshift," by…

Credit: Purdue University/Erin Easterling WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Ever wonder why your commute or vacation route has a lane closed down for days or even months at a time? It could be because a construction project wrapped…

Credit: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH (Aug. 27, 2019) -- As recreational marijuana legalization becomes more widespread throughout the U.S., so has concern about what that means for enforcing DUI laws. Unlike a breathalyzer…

Thousands of people from around the world will convene at the Salt Palace Convention Center (100 South and West Temple) in Salt Lake City from Aug. 26-28, for the United Nations Civil Society Conference to discuss creating inclusive and…

Public transit has long been an answer for people looking to leave their car at home and reduce their air pollution emissions. But now, with better rider tracking tools, the University of Utah and the Utah Transit Authority can better…