Traffic will never be fixed here: The benefits of the diverging diamond, and why it's still not enough to fix traffic
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Tens of thousands of Chinese college students went cycling at night for soup dumplings in Kaifeng. That put the government on edge.
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The traffic model deceit: how US highway agencies manipulate data to justify wasteful expansion
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Mass transit on orbital boulevards
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Roads in Africa are among world’s deadliest despite few cars
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America’s first cross-country auto race
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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
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The unique undersea tunnels that link the Faroe Islands
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Over the last ten years Finland reduced road deaths by a sizable 29% – the average decline in the European Union was 16%
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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
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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
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The can opener. Engineering to solve human fallibility. (Spoiler: It didn’t totally work.)
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Californian police can’t stop sideshows. Solution: Make the streets more annoying.
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What adults lost when kids stopped playing in the street
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Citing climate change, a federal court in Brazil halts rainforest highway paving
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Atlanta man drives to South Carolina to lower Confederate flag on interstate, deputies say
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A celebrated bike path might revert to being a breakdown lane for cars
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He secretly changed this freeway sign, helped millions of drivers
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Chicago’s NASCAR Race is a marvel of physics
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Why not ban left turns on busy streets?
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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
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Stockholm is in a race to fix its traffic congestion – but will this $4bn super-deep road tunnel under the Swedish capital work
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The forgotten Roman roads
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In Switzerland, modular mobile ASTRA Bridge lets highway traffic fly over roadwork
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Tiny electric trucks are coming to a bike lane near you
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The methodical plan to erase Chicago
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Indiana will test a highway that can charge moving vehicles
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All roads lead to Romania, as PM vows motorway to Moldova will open this year
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USA, 101 Freeway: Major Los Angeles highway to undergo weeks of closures for wildlife crossing construction
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Norwegian bridge collapsed ten years after it was built – all because designers focused too much on making it look good
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The 'Atlanta Magnet Man' is saving our car tires, one bike ride at a time
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Waymo can now charge for robotaxi rides in LA and on San Francisco freeways
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Faroe tunnel has opened up more than 150m below the Atlantic, boasting a six-mile-long art installation complete with its own spectral soundtrack picked up by car radio
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More lanes are (still) a bad thing
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Tests show that guardrails possibly do little to stop EVs and other heavier vehicles. And US transportation officials are concerned.
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You don't need a license to walk
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New York City finishes protected bus lane designs in downtown Brooklyn
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Humorous messages on electronic signs discouraged by new guidelines from US Federal Highway Administration
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Silent Spring (Rachel Carson, 1962)
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Swedish snow chaos leaves 1,000 vehicles trapped in Skåne – travel chaos occurred amid plummeting winter temperatures across the Nordic countries
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US traffic control device standards get long-awaited update
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Port of Long Beach, CA has $1.57 billion to expand freight access and get trucks off the road
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California gas tax revenue will drop by $6 billion, threatening roads
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Bollards and ‘superblocks’: how Europe’s cities are turning on the car
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‘Green roads’ are plowing ahead, buffering drought and floods
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What's inside this crater in Madagascar?
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Opinion: US infrastructure law offers too little progress on climate and equity
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America's most controversial bike lane – a center-lane takeover
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Public health experts say narrow lanes should be the default on US city streets
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Why Norway, the poster child for electric cars, is having second thoughts – we can't let them crowd out car-free transit options
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