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Los Angeles is in a 4-year sprint to deliver a car-free 2028 Olympics

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass waves an Olympic flag on her return from the closing ceremony of the Paris games, Aug. 12, 2024. tienne...

Happy 50th birthday to the UPC barcode – no one expected you would revolutionize global commerce

Beep. Virusowy/E+ via Getty Images by Jordan Frith, Clemson University The first modern barcode was scanned 50 years ago this summer – on a 10-pack of chewing...

How trains linked rival port cities along the US East Coast into a cultural and economic megalopolis

An Acela, the flagship train of the Northeast corridor, moves through Connecticut. AP Photo/Michael Dwyer by David Alff, University at Buffalo The Northeast corridor is America’s...

Disasters like bridge collapses put transportation agencies’ emergency plans to the test

by Lee D. Han, University of Tennessee A container ship rammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore around 1:30 a.m. on March 26,...

Every state is about to dole out federal funding for broadband internet – not every state is ready for the task

by Brian Whitacre, Oklahoma State University When the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act was signed in late 2021, it included US$42.5 billion for broadband internet...

Detroit will be the first U.S. city to install an electric road charging system

by Natalie Dickens, Real Times Media Eager business leaders filled the Michigan Central Station on the morning of Tuesday, October 31, to grab a cup...

Looking for a US ‘climate haven’ away from heat and disaster risks? Good luck finding one

by Julie Arbit, University of Michigan; Brad Bottoms, University of Michigan, and Earl Lewis, University of Michigan Southeast Michigan seemed like the perfect “climate haven.” “My...

Why more cities are hiring ‘night mayors’ and establishing forms of nighttime governance

A dancer at ‘The Fairy Tale Ball’ in Madrid in October 2022. Aldara Zarraoa/Getty Images by Jess Reia, University of Virginia Growing up in a small town...

People of color are as interested in buying electric cars as White consumers – the biggest obstacle is access to charging

Getty Images    by Andrea Marpillero-Colomina, The New School  A nationally representative survey of 8,027 Americans shows that across all racial demographics, overall interest in purchasing electric...

Intense heat and flooding are wreaking havoc on power and water systems as climate change batters America’s aging infrastructure

by Paul Chinowsky, University of Colorado Boulder The 1960s and 1970s were a golden age of infrastructure development in the U.S., with the expansion of...

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