Because of the Panama Canal expansion, a bridge that connects Bayonne, N.J. and Staten Island, N.Y. had to be raised.
Transportation
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 Covid Changed Commuting Time
In its 2021 Urban Mobility Report, Texas A&M tells us how and where Covid vastly changed our commuting time and our traffic congestion.
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)…
Why Car Colors Matter
Choosing car colors is about more than an appearance when we look more closely at resale value, temperature, and theft.
How One Stuck Ship Can Upset a Whole Supply Chain
Just one boat and one waterway, still, the Suez Canal blockage from a wedged in container ship affected the global supply chain.
Why The Gas Tax Could Disappear
Assume (when our lives return to normal) that you drove two miles to Starbucks, then 10 miles to work, and after that you went home. But later, needing gas and food, you once again used your car. Your VMT (vehicle…
Why the World Needs One Time
Last night, at 12 a.m., Daylight Saving Time (DST) began when our clocks moved forward an hour. Whereas I would have seen the sunrise at 6:11 in New Jersey, instead, it’s at 7:11. Correspondingly, sunset switched from 6:02 on March…
How To Diminish Our EV Range Anxiety
At 114 per 100,000 people, Vermont had the highest per capita concentration of EV chargers (plugs, not necessarily charging stations) in the U.S. Below, Washington D.C. at 81 and California, 72, are a distant second and third: However, a…