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)…
Globalization is a gargantuan topic. Reflecting the world’s economic interdependence, it is about goods, services, and supply chains. It takes us to multinational corporations, to trade agreements, to foreign exchange, and much more. But still, six facts can say a…
An economist might say that the optimal number of traffic fatalities depends on the cost of preventing them. Sweden disagrees. Compared to most other countries, Sweden’s road safety is tops: In the European Union, Sweden and Norway have the low…
The best designed railway stations and airports have behavioral nudges that travelers don’t even know they are following.
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