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Engadget
Uber now offers EV rides in 25 cities
Engadget
1 min read · Sep 16th · Uber has expanded its Comfort Electric service "nationwide" to 24 US cities, letting users request rides in all-electric vehicles.. · Shared by 8
World Economic Forum
Fuel-efficient routing: Here's how you can make your road journey more eco-friendly
World Economic Forum
2 min read · Sep 9th · Vehicles on the road account for nearly three-quarters of transportation CO2 emissions. To help address that, Google Maps is giving people more choices on the routes they take when they have to drive,… · Shared by 5
Next City
Bikes, Not Self Driving Cars, Are The Technological Gateway To Urban Progress
Next City
4 min read · Sep 12th · Op-Ed: Bicycles can be at the core of the technological revolution our cities need. It might just require us to use a different lens. · Shared by 6
Singularity Hub
This Two-Seater eVTOL Will Be Used to Train Pilots for Flying Taxis
Singularity Hub
2 min read · Sep 2nd · Right now there’s not only a shortage of pilots for commercial aircraft, there’s not a cost-effective way to train new pilots either. · Shared by 23
Smithsonian Magazine
Electric Planes Are Taking Flight
Smithsonian Magazine
3 min read · Sep 24th · More airlines are ordering battery-powered aircraft to help reduce their environmental impact · Shared by 64
The New York Times
Is the Hyperloop Doomed?
The New York Times
7 min read · Sep 22nd · Though some efforts continue, the once-promising technology has run up against significant challenges — most notably creating an entirely new transit infrastructure. · Shared by 30, including Sam Maule, Allison Arieff
VICE
Ford Thinks the Solution to People Getting Hit by Cars Is More Phone Alerts
VICE
3 min read · Sep 20th · There is no app for that. · Shared by 18
Electrek.co
Tesla is creating a simulation of San Francisco in Unreal Engine
Electrek.co
2 min read · Sep 20th · Tesla is creating a simulation of San Francisco in Unreal Engine, a video game engine, to test its Autopilot and self-driving. · Shared by 13, including John Koetsier, Matthew Ball
Electrek.co
New electric bike with two seats brings passenger travel to shared micromobility
Electrek.co
3 min read · Sep 15th · Veo, which touts itself as the first profitable shared micromobility company, has just unveiled its latest light electric vehicle known as the Apollo. But unlike typical e-scooters or e-bikes, this… · Shared by 7, including Horace Dediu
Mercury News
How clever mechanics keep 50-year-old BART trains running: Windows 98, eBay, and scraps
Mercury News
~11 min read · Sep 17th · Keeping BART running is far from easy. Mechanics rely on frankensteined laptops operating Windows 98, train yard scraps, and vintage computer chips. · Shared by 19
World Economic Forum
How trackless trams could help revitalize city suburbs
World Economic Forum
Sep 15th · Trackless trams have been developed in China and offer an affordable, fast and flexible solution to many of the transport problems facing cities today. · Shared by 10, including Vala Afshar
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reasonstobecheerful.world
Want Safer Streets? Cover Them in Art
reasonstobecheerful.world
5 min read · Aug 23rd · With traffic deaths rising in the US, some cities are turning crosswalks and intersections into eye-catching murals -- with life-saving results. · Shared by 147
Guardian Environment
How car culture colonised our thinking
Guardian Environment
3 min read · Aug 31st · We have become used to thinking about things from a driver’s perspective – but is that the sort of world we want? · Shared by 135, including Marcel Hänggi, Lynne Murphy, Harold Jarche, Ole Begemann, erik spiekermann, Thomas Pleil
The Guardian
Dagen H: the day Sweden switched to driving on the right
The Guardian
3 min read · Sep 8th · On 3 September 1967, the complicated mission to bring the country in line with its continental European neighbours began · Shared by 114
Rest of World
Scooters and 3-wheelers are really what’s driving an EV revolution
Rest of World
5 min read · Sep 8th · Strong sales in China, India, and Vietnam contribute to a global fleet of 275 million vehicles. · Shared by 112, including Horace Dediu, Thomas Pleil
BBC News (World)
Four health-conscious cities putting pedestrians first
BBC News (World)
7 min read · Sep 15th · Inspired by Covid-19's long lockdowns and safety concerns, cities are implementing pedestrian-friendly initiatives and pushing for more car-free spaces. · Shared by 106, including teresa bücker
The New York Times
India’s Electric Vehicle Push Is Riding on Mopeds and Rickshaws
The New York Times
8 min read · Sep 4th · The country’s success with two- and three-wheeled vehicles that sell for as little as $1,000 could be a template for other developing countries. · Shared by 91, including Bill McKibben, Dr. Prakash Kashwan, Scott McLeod, Marcel Hänggi, Forbes India, Arin Basu
The New Statesman
The lessons from Germany's experiment with near-free rail travel
The New Statesman
5 min read · Aug 26th · The scheme has proved wildly popular but has also exposed the strain on public transport. · Shared by 69, including Jeremy Cliffe
Slate
Golf Carts—Golf Carts!—Are the Transportation of the Future
Slate
5 min read · Aug 15th · Some green technology, if you will. · Shared by 65, including Brooks Rainwater
Smithsonian Magazine
Electric Planes Are Taking Flight
Smithsonian Magazine
3 min read · Sep 24th · More airlines are ordering battery-powered aircraft to help reduce their environmental impact · Shared by 64
autocar.co.uk
Should we let cars use the road as a projection screen?
autocar.co.uk
2 min read · Sep 12th · Ford recently revealed details of headlights which can project symbols such as directional arrows onto the road · Shared by 49
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uber.design
Rebrand 2018 | Case studies
uber.design
6 min read · From 2018 ·
A tech startup turned global mobility platform in eight
short years: that deserves a holistic brand system that’s instantly
recognizable, works around the world, and is efficient to execute.
· Shared by 552, including andrewchen, Stephanie A Kowalski, David Hellmann, Natan Souza, Maarten Mieras, Oriol Farré, Dirk Spannaus, Sachin Gawas, Marie-Christine Schindler, van Schneider, Bill Johnston, Michael Schär, Mark Kaigwa, Fawzi A. Baba-Ali, Scott Williams, Adrian Zumbrunnen, Matthew Stephens, Gabriele, Dominik Grolimund, Chris Messina
The New York Times
I’ve Seen a Future Without Cars, and It’s Amazing
The New York Times
~16 min read · From 2020 · Why do American cities waste so much space on cars? · Shared by 390, including Hiroko Tabuchi, Michael (मुकेश) 🇺🇦💪🏻, Khoi Vinh, David Madden, Scott Shapiro, Dirk von Gehlen, Jarrett Walker, Matt Turck, Emily Riehl, Owen Williams ⚡, Taylor Lorenz, Brent Toderian, Kara Swisher, Ben Goldacre, Hilary Mason, Cameron Russell, Inga Saffron, Bethany Brookshire, Dr. Janet D. Stemwedel, PhD 🏳️🌈, Bill McKibben
Rolling Stone
Elon Musk: The Architect of Tomorrow
Rolling Stone
20+ min read · From 2017 · Inside Elon Musk's world-changing plans to inhabit outer space, revolutionize high-speed transportation, reinvent cars – and find love along the way. · Shared by 372, including Dominik Grolimund, Helmi, Mara Averick, Chris Schultz ✌️, John Battelle, Gerd Leonhard, Daniel Bentes, Diego Paladino, Alexandra Wong, Ward Plunet, Glyn Britton, Merkstatt, Adrian Zumbrunnen, platzh1rsch, Education Architects, M.G. Siegler, Taylor Pearson, Ron McIntyre, Dez S. Papp, Thomas Power
google.com
COVID-19 Community Mobility Report
google.com
From 2020 · See how your community is moving around differently due to COVID-19 · Shared by 330, including Natalie E. Dean, PhD, Simon Rogers, Danielle! 🌩, @salesforce #DF22 R.NFT R “Ray” Wang 王瑞光 #1A, Martin Varsavsky 🇺🇦, Marc R Gagné MAPP 🍁, Ben Lorica 罗瑞卡, Andy Cotgreave, Eric Topol, Benedict Evans, Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦, Peter Steinberger, Chris Messina, BrendanEich, John Burn-Murdoch, Caitlin Rivers, PhD, Tomas Pueyo, Catherine De Vries, Max Roser, Alistair Milne
ianvisits.co.uk
Cooling the tube – Engineering heat out of the Underground
ianvisits.co.uk
9 min read · Jun 28th · On a summer's day a trip in a hot tube train is a dreadful experience, but how did we end up with such hot tube trains, and what's being done about it? · Shared by 286
Tim Urban
How Tesla Will Change The World
Tim Urban
From 2016 · The story of how change really happens. · Shared by 256, including Rhys Lindmark, Tom Connor, Vikram Dutt, Rick Pastoor, Nitin Gupta, Vio
AFAR Media
Electric Planes Are Coming Sooner Than You Think
AFAR Media
6 min read · Mar 9th · Leading airlines like United and EasyJet are making plans, with the first U.S. commercial routes slated for 2026. · Shared by 250
rootsofprogress.org
Why did we wait so long for the bicycle?
rootsofprogress.org
~12 min read · From 2019 · The bicycle, as we know it today, was not invented until the late 1800s. Yet it was a simple mechanical invention. It would seem to require no brilliant inventive insight, and certainly no scientific… · Shared by 235, including Clemens, Tom Connor, Josep M. Ganyet, Howard Getson, Mathew Ingram, Gerrit Eicker, andrewchen, Vikram Dutt, Kunal Bhatia (✈️ NYC till 9/23), 瑞拿頭, Jelan Ong, Tauno, rudolph regter, Paul Kedrosky, Mattia Fregola 🤔, Paolo Sinelli
MIT Press
Who’s Afraid of Driverless Cars?
MIT Press
~11 min read · Jun 21st · Adopting autonomous vehicles is a question of psychology as much as of technology. · Shared by 231, including Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe & Carpe Diem
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