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How To Protect Your Cars From Harsh Weather Conditions
Protecting and preserving your car from harsh weather conditions is a must, especially if you’re the type who…
How To Improve Vehicles With Aftermarket Modifications
When you’re looking for ways to improve your vehicle, the first place most people think of is improving…
7 Cars That Are Good On Gas
Many people are looking for cars that are not only economical but also environmentally friendly. This article is…
Battle On The Road: What Do Bikers Think Of Car Drivers?
Road rage, abuse and conflict is all too common on roads across the globe. With an ever-increasing number…
Safety Features That Shouldn’t Be Left Out When Getting A Car
When it comes to purchasing a used car, then there are certain safety features that you want to…
Pros And Cons Of Lease Transfers
As cars have become more expensive, leasing has become attractive to a larger group of people. Inevitably though,…
Europe’s Worst Cities For Traffic Congestion
Among the cities of Europe, Moscow has the worst traffic congestion. This is according to the 2019 edition…
Why Do Traffic Jams Happen?
Road traffic can be viewed as a system the cars are flowing into. Traffic jams are the result…
The Most Congested Cities In Asia 2019
Being stuck in a traffic gridlock could easily ruin a good day. While there are some small things…
Top Things You Should Know About the Cars of the Future
Sustainability is the name of the game in an industry that is looking forward. Humanity has to ensure…
Are Shared E-Scooters Good For The Planet? Only If They Replace Car Trips
Shared dockless electric scooters, or e-scooters, transport riders over short distances in cities. Ride share companies promote them…
Climate Change: We Can Reclaim Cities From The Car Without Inconveniencing People
Since the 1920s, the car has revolutionised the way people travel; eliminating the constraints of distance while offering…
The Cities With The Worst Traffic Congestion
Traffic congestion is a problem of almost every city. Too many cars on the streets affect mobility, environment…
These 8 Cities Are Taking Bold Steps To Get Rid Of Cars
Cities around the world are starting to see that they’ll be cleaner, healthier, and just better overall if…
How To Turn A Car Town Into A Cycling City
As the home of Royal Philips Electronics for more than 125 years, the southern Netherlands city of Eindhoven…
Does Racial Bias Show Up In The Crosswalk?
African Americans may have to wait in a crosswalk about 32 percent longer than white people before drivers…
Do Cities Have Too Much Parking?
Minimum parking requirements create more parking than is needed. This in turn encourages more driving at a time…
Is Travel Really That Bad?
Okay, the title of this article is a bit tongue-in-cheek, but travel does involve considerable costs. The average…
How Traffic Signals Favour Cars And Discourage Walking
Traffic signals give priority to motor vehicles over pedestrians. This inequality undermines many of the stated goals of…
The Good & The Bad Of Driverless Cars For Cities
The age of driverless cars is rapidly approaching, and no one seems to know what to do about…
The Way Forward For Intersection Design?
A major issue for road safety is collisions at intersections between vehicles and vulnerable road users such as cyclists,…
Why Do Traffic Jams Sometimes Form For No Reason?
If you’ve ever driven on a highway, you’ve probably seen it happen. Traffic slows to a crawl, then…
Owning A Car Will Soon Be A Thing Of The Past
The idea that we will surrender our prized motors can look far-fetched. But as cities clamp down on…
A Nostalgic Drive Through World’s Largest Classic Car Junkyard
If you drive 50 miles north of Atlanta, in the U.S. state of Georgia, along Interstate-75 and then…
How Roads, Walksheds, & Watersheds Unite In Portland
One street size does not fit all neighborhoods, because carrying traffic is not the sole function of a…
Why America May Wrongly Hate Those Roundabouts
Maps and data visualizations show the U.S. trailing much of the world when it comes to traffic circles.…
The Urban Family’s Guide To Living Car-Free
You can do it. If your family leaves the suburbs for the city, there are certain changes that…
Ain’t It Obvious : More Driving, More Traffic Related Deaths
Data from the national traffic safety administration shows an ominous trend: traffic related deaths are up 11.3 percent for…
California’s Energy Utilities Finally Serious With Electric Cars
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved a pilot program that will see public utility San Diego…
Can Cars That Park Themselves Reduce Traffic?
New England’s most densely populated city is testing a new way to alleviate congestion and free up more…
Why Cities And Cars Are Soon To Get A Divorce
Last month, Oslo became the first major city to announce ambitions to go car-free by 2019, pledging a…
Land Of Midnight Traffic Jams. More Fun? More Like Hell On Earth.
Metro Manila, on an urban level, was named as having the “worst traffic on Earth,” based on a…
How Have Our Travel Habits Changed Over The Past 50 Years
We tend to assume that travel today is fundamentally different from what it was half a century ago.…
Maybe, The Magic Of Self-Driving Cars Is Not In Saving Fuel
Automation on the roads could be the great public-health achievement of the 21st century. If driverless cars deliver…
Why Common Cycling Sense Is Still Lost Around California
Residents of Coronado, California, marched out a series of absurd anti-bike arguments that somehow won the day. Bicycle…
How Road Diet Works For Urban Mobility
Planner Jeff Speck leads a video tour of four different street redesigns. A road diet is a great…
The Future Of Transport At Frankfurt, Also The Future Of Cities
This year’s Frankfurt auto show is full of conceptual shocks and protoype surprises from the outlandish Bugatti Gran…
How China’s Cities Can Curb Car Congestion
A century of car-centric urban development has left our cities polluted, congested and searching for sustainable solutions. Transport…
How Transportation Nourishes And Shapes Urban Communities
It is estimated that by 2050, two-thirds of the world’s population will live in cities. Denser cities and…
8 Surprising Discoveries In Amsterdam Cycling Culture
Amsterdam is a city where 48% of all trips made in the city centre are made by bicycle.…
Life On The Slow Lanes In The U.S.
Traffic congestion nationally reached a new peak last year and is greater than ever before, according to a…
How Driverless Cars And Big Data Intersect in Simulated City
The fun thing about driverless cars is the cars, of course: how they recognise and stop for pedestrians,…
Uber Rides Against Drag Of Fines And Regulations In California
A California judge has ordered Uber to pay $7.3 million for failing to provide certain data requested by…
Where Cars Of The Future Must Pass Through First
It’s like a dream world for children obsessed with toy cars—and scientists obsessed with auto inventions. On July…
What Cities Can Do to Increase the Use of Alternative Transport
A few weeks ago, we invited people to share their thoughts with us about what their cities could…
‘Bikes vs. Cars’ Wages The Wrong War
Toronto politician Rob Ford is always good for a laugh, if only in recognition of how far…
New App Touts Cheaper Parking In Chicago
Parking in Chicago is bad. With the privatization of its parking meters and its reputation as one of…
Woonerf : Shared Streets Are Living Streets
The woonerf, or “shared street,” has made its way into U.S. cities. If you aren’t a traffic engineer…
All The Ways Germany Is Less Car-Reliant Than The U.S., In 1 Chart
There are rather a lot of ways, as it turns out. For two Western powers with comparable wealth,…
Cars And Robust Cities Are Fundamentally Incompatible
50 years ago, experts predicted automobiles would drain the life from urban areas. Their predictions are coming true.…