Wondering which comes first, the cars or the charging capability, we might have a chicken egg problem for our EV charging stations.
How the Ever Forward Is Like Her Sister
Whether it’s the Ever Given or the Ever Forward (or the Ever Dainty and Ever Cozy), huge container ships have created cargo delays.
Comparing Santa and UPS
Whether it’s what Santa does in 31 hours or the route of a UPS driver, comparing Santa Claus and UPS shows the holiday’s challenges.
What We Need To Know About E-ZPass
One of the little noticed transformative impacts on our lives was the arrival of toll-by-plate, aka, E-ZPass or AET (All Electronic Tolling).
What We Can Learn From a Hot Tub
Affecting goods that range from stoves to couches, the causes of pandemic delivery delays can be shown by a disrupted hot tub supply chain.
A Lesson for Rail Transit From the Eastern Shuttle
Far behind other countries, high-speed rail transit in the U.S. just needs to copy what the Eastern Shuttle long ago did for air travel.
How to Look at Infrastructure
To see the need for hard and soft infrastructure, we can look back at the catastrophic Donner Party and ahead to contemporary legislation.
Where and Why We Move
Where and why we move takes us to our migration patterns, to our transportation infrastructure, and to truck driver shortages.
Concrete Decisions for the U.S. Transportation Infrastructure
The transportation component of the Biden infrastructure bill included repairing 10,000 bridges and modernizing 20,000 miles of roads. It also has plans for air, rail, water, and public transport: The report from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)…
What Your Time is Really Worth
Lyft can come in handy when economists need to calculate the dollar value of time for us and for government.