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Google’s AI Is Making Traffic Lights More Efficient and Less Annoying
Rothenberg says Google has prioritized supporting larger cities who employ traffic engineers and can remotely control traffic signals, while also…
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The Pandemic Bike Boom Survives—in Cities That Stepped Up
In 18 years working in bicycles, Eric Bjorling had never seen anything like April 2020. With no end to the…
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The Feds Plan to Reduce Roadway Deaths—With Smarter Road Design
Statistics help tell stories, and one often touted by technologists and engineers and police officers and even the federal government…
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Oregon’s Buckled Roads and Melted Cables Are Warning Signs
This week, trapped under a stalled mountain of warm air called a heat dome, the Pacific Northwest got a taste…
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This Arcane Manual Could Pave the Way to More Human-Friendly Cities
There’s a reason that a stop sign in Sheboygan looks like a stop sign in Seattle. There’s a reason that…
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When Driving Is (Partially) Automated, People Drive More
Researchers, industry executives, and government officials have long puzzled over how self-driving cars might change the planet. If you could…
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Carjackings Are Up—and Gig Workers Are Getting Victimized
A DoorDash driver named Jeffrey Fang was returning to his minivan in San Francisco after completing a delivery last week…
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