The insane ways traffic engineers try to make streets "safe" for walking
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Widening US highways doesn't fix traffic. So why do we keep doing it?
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Drought-hit Panama Canal to restrict access for one year
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The new (improved?) face of public housing in Maryland
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How Japan's maglev train works
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Saudi Arabia moves ahead with its largest solar power project
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Tulsa, Oklahoma introduces on-demand "micro transit" service
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Taliban bringing water to Afghanistan’s parched plains via massive canal
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How the car came to Los Angeles
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Despite years of Maui wildfire warnings, Hawaii Electric the Hawaii utility giant did little and spent more on lobbying than prevention
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The United States can't build infrastructure. The reason: it refuses to learn from other countries.
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US federal grants will replace tunnels beneath roads that let water pass but not fish
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Power lines likely caused Maui’s first reported fire, video and data show
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How Finland is betting on nuclear power, and its waste | Focus on Europe
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Bank of England outage hits key payments systems processing billions
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Drought causes 154-ship traffic jam at the Panama Canal
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Paris reveals a new cable car for commuters that could be running by 2025
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One car per green: Why the lights on US freeway onramps can’t end traffic jams
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Caltrain electrifies San Francisco tracks for California High-Speed Rail
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Texas Central and Amtrak seek high-speed rail service between Dallas and Houston
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As work begins on the largest US dam removal project, tribes look to a future of growth
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Climate change-related mass migration requires health system resilience
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RFK Stadium | Abandoned
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Where does grounded electricity actually go?
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Solar panels on water canals seem like a no-brainer. So why aren’t they widespread?
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The first US nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades enters commercial operation in Georgia
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The world's newest metro is here! | Montréal REM
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Michigan tests road layout where oncoming cars share a lane to make room for bikes
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If we want a shift to walking, we need to prioritize dignity
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Every generator is a policy failure
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Lights could be the future of the internet and data transmission
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Thames Water is considering measures to cut down the water used by some UK datacenters, including fitting flow restrictors or charging operators more at peak times
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How to ensure you won’t have public transportation
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The bewildering architecture of skybridges
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The heart of railway transport: Marshalling yards
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Major automakers launch new EV charging network across North America in challenge to Tesla
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The IBM mainframe: How it runs and why it survives
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Citizen science
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Chinese man convicted for building bridge for village ignites public debate over judicial power
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How an era of extreme heat is reshaping economies
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Canada’s $30bn gamble to become an energy superpower
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New era of rail: Amtrak improves Northeast Corridor tracks between Boston and Washington DC (north-eastern USA)
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Germany's MAN Energy Solutions installs world's largest seawater CO2 heat pump for district heating at the port of Esbjerg, Denmark
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Philadelphia I-95 bridge collapse explained
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Viking Link joins UK and Denmark power grids for first time – 765km high-voltage cable joins Bicker Fen in Lincolnshire with Jutland in Denmark
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Why did nuclear flop in Britain?
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Why the floppy disk just won't die
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Who really wants megastructure cites?
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The ground is deforming, and buildings aren't ready. First study to quantify effects of subsurface climate change on civil infrastructure
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Mathew Lawrence on why privatisation has been a costly failure in Britain
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