9 Best Articles in 2021
uber.design
Rebrand 2018 | Case studies
uber.design
5 min read · 498 saves · 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.
The New York Times
I’ve Seen a Future Without Cars, and It’s Amazing
The New York Times
~16 min read · 370 saves · 2020-07-09 · Farhad Manjoo · Why do American cities waste so much space on cars?
Rolling Stone
Elon Musk: The Architect of Tomorrow
Rolling Stone
20+ min read · 369 saves · 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.
google.com
COVID-19 Community Mobility Report
google.com
328 saves · 2020-04-03 · See how your community is moving around differently due to COVID-19
Tim Urban
How Tesla Will Change The World
Tim Urban
251 saves · From 2016 · The story of how change really happens.
apple.com
COVID‑19 - Mobility Trends Reports
apple.com
197 saves · 2020-04-14 · COVID‑19 mobility trends in countries/regions and cities. Reports are published daily and reflect requests for directions.
medium.com
The Third Transportation Revolution
medium.com
~15 min read · 180 saves · From 2016 · Lyft’s Vision for the Next Ten Years and Beyond
Introduction: A Country Built for Cars
I remember when I first fell in love with cars.
WIRED
How to Design Streets for Humans—and Self-Driving Cars
WIRED
4 min read · 171 saves · From 2017 · A new blueprint from city transportation planners and engineers, who say it's never too early to start thinking about the future.
VICE
Why the US Sucks at Building Public Transit
VICE
20+ min read · 164 saves · 2020-03-09 · America is worse at building and operating public transit than nearly all of its peers. Why is that? And what can we do to fix it?
New this week
Take a deep dive
Recently popular
World Economic Forum
The priority for workplaces in the new normal? Wellbeing
World Economic Forum
4 min read · 59 saves · Jan 13th · Businesses should treat wellbeing as a tangible skill, a critical business input and a measurable outcome.
Forbes
Self-Driving Cars And Asimov’s Three Laws About Robots
Forbes
~12 min read · 51 saves · Jan 5th · Asimov's famous Three Laws of robotics are considered in the use case of self-driving cars, and found to be aspirational but not ironclad.
Fast Company
This clever attachment makes any bike an e-bike in just seconds
Fast Company
1 min read · 32 saves · Jan 5th · Adele Peters · If you don’t want a whole new e-bike, you can just carry this e-bike attachment around for the biggest hills.
The Guardian
Revival of Trans Europe Express 'key to EU's carbon neutrality'
The Guardian
2 min read · 22 saves · Jan 20th · Campaigners say direct links between capitals could significantly reduce carbon emissions
Forbes
Self-Driving Cars And The Chicken That Crossed The Road
Forbes
~13 min read · 17 saves · Jan 10th · The fabled "chicken crossing the road" provides useful fodder for considering the advent of self-driving cars coping with erratic intrusions in the roadway.
Fast Company
We still don’t know what the Hyperloop will feel like, but here’s how it will sound
Fast Company
4 min read · 16 saves · Jan 20th · Mark Wilson · Virgin Hyperloop has developed a soundtrack for its new mode of transportation. We got an exclusive listen.
World Economic Forum
Decarbonizing cities involves buildings, mobility and infrastructure
World Economic Forum
4 min read · 14 saves · Jan 11th · With climate change accelerating, a more comprehensive, integrated approach is needed to decarbonize and harmonize urban energy systems
Futurism
China debuts maglev train that travels at nearly 400 mph
Futurism
1 min read · 13 saves · Jan 13th · Unlike other maglev trains, it doesn't need to pick up speed before taking off.
Cities Today
Startup maps Bangkok’s transport network
Cities Today
2 min read · 11 saves · Jan 11th · The firm, which specialises in mapping emerging cities globally, employed a team of 25 locally-based data collectors to travel across the city’s public transit network
Reuters
Look, up in the sky - it's a flying Cadillac! GM unveils futuristic vehicle
Reuters
10 saves · Jan 13th · General Motors Co on Tuesday presented a futuristic flying Cadillac - a self-driving vehicle which takes off and lands vertically and carries the passenger above the streets and through the air.
