How are the world’s biggest cities rethinking public transport?
As cities search for ways to make their environments cleaner and healthier, alternative methods of transport have become a hot topic.
As cities search for ways to make their environments cleaner and healthier, alternative methods of transport have become a hot topic.
Singapore and London may be located in different hemispheres but both cities are global leaders in innovative approaches that reduce the congestion, emissions and pollution caused by road...
India is home to 14 of the 20 most polluted cities in the world. Decarbonization of the public transport system can help improve the air quality in cities while accelerating an e-transpor...
As the US goes through the biggest loss of jobs in decades, President Donald Trump is proposing to solve matters by decoupling the US’ manufacturing relationship with China and bringing t...
The promise of technology-enabled infrastructure – or InfraTech – is mouth-watering. Smarter, greener cities. Connected transport systems. Efficient, carbon-neutral construction. Higher-p...
On 14 December 1287, the dikes that held the North Sea back from the Netherlands coast broke. The resulting inundation, known as St. Lucia’s Flood, caused between 50,000 to 80,000 lives t...
Cycling lanes and walkways are popping up in cities across the globe, from Bogotá to Paris to Jakarta, and even in car-centric cities such as Los Angeles and Sydney, as pandemic-calming m...
While the COVID-19 crisis halted passenger transport, freight transport continued via air, ships and trucks to keep the world’s economies going and deliver essentials. We saw 40+ km truck...
The COVID-19 pandemic will have significant financial implications for most communities around the world. But it is also amplifying a few truths of which we were all aware, but which we h...
While cargo and freight deliveries already form a substantial part of the mobility landscape, the industry is still growing – and it might grow more than expected, as we don’t have foreca...
• Airlines, travel companies and the tourism sector as a whole face an unprecedented challenge from the coronavirus pandemic.
A future in which everyone travels in driverless flying cars may still dominate the popular imagination, particularly when it comes to media and marketing hype. But if we are to meet the ...
Air travel and related carbon emissions are responsible for more than 2 % of global emissions. Although it might not sound much, if it were a country, it would rank as the 10th largest po...
Gridlocked highways, smog over buildings and armies of unhappy and angry commuters are images seen in cities around the world. But a different vision – one of people on bicycles, buses, t...
The age of the electric vehicle (EV) is dawning, with two million of them sold in 2018. Whether EV purchases are motivated by environmental concerns, lower operating costs, increases in r...