Waymo robotaxis are now giving rides on freeways in LA, San Francisco, and Phoenix ~transport Article 532 words 10 votes
To understand life at the top of the world, you only need to meet the Norwegians who live along the E69, the world's northernmost highway ~transport Article 1470 words, published Jan 22 2018 7 votes
For the relocated Kiruna, Sweden's northernmost settlement, located above the Arctic Circle, planners prioritised infrastructure links over microclimate ~design urban planning Article 529 words 11 votes
Helsinki is turning to drones and artificial intelligence to help tackle one of the city's trickiest challenges - keeping traffic moving smoothly ~transport Article 954 words 6 votes
Ancient Historian reviews Monty Python's Life of Brian | Deep Dives ~humanities.history Video 33:27, published May 1 2025 9 votes
How Copenhagen gave cyclists a green wave – traffic lights are synchronised so a rush-hour cyclist at 20km/h can catch green lights all the way ~transport Article 1040 words 25 votes
The Finnish capital Helsinki went a whole year without a traffic fatality. Data-driven city planning helped. ~transport Article 819 words 17 votes
The best-designed town in the Netherlands (and therefore, the world) - Houten ~transport Video 25:05, published Jun 30 2025 9 votes
Gothenburg's experience with congestion pricing has been notably less triumphant – a cautionary tale about tolling downtown drivers ~transport Article 13 votes
The US EV and hybrid vehicle tax increase tucked into Donald Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ ~transport Article 777 words 26 votes
Waymo to operate on car-free Market Street in San Francisco ~transport Article 610 words, published Apr 10 2025 17 votes
Norway is building the world's longest and deepest underwater tunnel – Rogfast will be about 26.7km long and 390m at the deepest point ~engineering Article 847 words 9 votes
‘The ice is not freezing as it should’: supply roads to Canada’s Indigenous communities under threat from climate crisis ~enviro climate change Article 1622 words 14 votes
In the south of Denmark, a mega project is under construction in the form of a giant tunnel under the Baltic Sea, linking the country to Germany ~engineering Video 3:40 18 votes
Bergen is a city on the West coast fjords of Norway, surrounded by mountains. And they just built the best bicycle tunnel in the world. ~transport Video 27:05 13 votes
Norway will allow cities to introduce zero-emissions zones, as the number of electric cars on the road in the biggest urban centers passes 40% ~transport Article 22 votes
Decommissioned wind turbine blades recycled into asphalt for new roads in China ~enviro energy.renewable recycling Article 452 words 9 votes
‘Worst-case scenario’: when needed most, New Orleans bollards were missing in action ~design urban planning Article 1142 words 20 votes
Parking reform alone can boost homebuilding by 40 to 70 percent ~design urban planning Article 729 words, published Dec 10 2024 31 votes
In Northeast D.C., a rancorous post-election fight erupts — over bike lanes ~transport Article 1394 words, published Nov 15 2024 15 votes
Traffic will never be fixed here: The benefits of the diverging diamond, and why it's still not enough to fix traffic ~design urban planning Video 11:36, published Jan 1 2024 8 votes
Tens of thousands of Chinese college students went cycling at night for soup dumplings in Kaifeng. That put the government on edge. ~transport Article 24 votes
The traffic model deceit: how US highway agencies manipulate data to justify wasteful expansion ~transport Article 972 words, published Oct 18 2024 18 votes
Roads in Africa are among world’s deadliest despite few cars ~transport Article 546 words, published Oct 2 2024 9 votes
America’s first cross-country auto race ~sports.motorsports Video 31:26, published Sep 20 2024 2 votes
At least sixty-four dead and millions without power after hurricane Helene devastates south-eastern US states with landslides and flooding, washing away roads and bridges ~enviro Article 700 words 61 votes
The unique undersea tunnels that link the Faroe Islands ~engineering Video 5:16, published Aug 16 2024 21 votes
Over the last ten years Finland reduced road deaths by a sizable 29% – the average decline in the European Union was 16% ~transport Article 664 words 18 votes
The tactile road crossing map is not just a feature that sets Swedish pedestrian signal boxes apart, it's also the first and original design of its kind ~design Video 13:32, published Aug 23 2024 16 votes
Fehmarn Belt tunnel being built with innovative engineering is final step of project to connect Denmark – and the Nordics as a whole – to the rest of Europe ~engineering Article 912 words 13 votes
The can opener. Engineering to solve human fallibility. (Spoiler: It didn’t totally work.) ~engineering Link 22 votes
Californian police can’t stop sideshows. Solution: Make the streets more annoying. ~transport Link 28 votes
What adults lost when kids stopped playing in the street ~life parenting Article 2261 words, published Jul 29 2024 44 votes
Citing climate change, a federal court in Brazil halts rainforest highway paving ~enviro climate change Article 477 words 20 votes
A celebrated bike path might revert to being a breakdown lane for cars ~transport Article 647 words, published Mar 15 2024 20 votes
Montreal becomes largest North American city to eliminate mandatory minimum parking spots ~transport Link 48 votes
Danish King Frederik X inaugurated the first element of a future eighteen-kilometre tunnel under the Baltic Sea – Fehmarn Belt fixed link will slash travel times between Scandinavia and Central Europe ~engineering Article 446 words 16 votes
Stockholm is in a race to fix its traffic congestion – but will this $4bn super-deep road tunnel under the Swedish capital work ~engineering Video 8:24, published May 22 2024 6 votes