Happy 60th Birthday, Interstate Highway System! You Look Awful
A three-step intervention for a middle-aged infrastructure project. The post Happy 60th Birthday, Interstate Highway System! You Look Awful appeared…
Rio Spends $600M to Make Its Airport More Bearable Before the Olympics
The airport gets a tech makeover, right in time for the Olympics, The post Rio Spends $600M to Make Its…
A Bug in Chrome Makes It Easy to Pirate Movies
A flaw in the way Google implemented its content-protection technology for the Chrome browser lets you steal movies streamed from…
Maglev Elevator Also Goes Sideways, Straight Up Willy Wonka Style
Willy Wonka goes subway, for accessibility’s sake. The post Maglev Elevator Also Goes Sideways, Straight Up Willy Wonka Style appeared…
Columbus Just Won $50 Million to Become the City of the Future
The Ohio city wins the Department of Transportation’s $50 million challenge. The post Columbus Just Won $50 Million to Become…
Get Ready for Quieter NYC Subway Stations (Yes, It’s Possible)
The Second Avenue subway is coming—for real this time. This is how New York acoustic engineers will muffle its roar.…
Nice Minnesotans Don’t Get the Cruelly Efficient Zipper Merge
Minnesota has been trying to get its famously nice drivers to zipper merge for more than five years. The post…
Transit Nerds Get a Handy New Tool for Easily Turning Data Into Apps
A new open source mapping and routing tool gives developers a chance to lead a grassroots transit revolution. The post…
The Logistical Miracle of Cramming 80,000 People Into Bonnaroo
The tiny town of Manchester, Tennessee suddenly gains 80,000 people. Here’s how they handle all that traffic. The post The…
Parking a Truck Is a Pain in the Butt. Tech to the Rescue!
But Minnesota has a high-tech solution a low-tech problem: Finding a place to sleep. The post Parking a Truck Is…