Energy & Green Tech
The use of shared micromobility services has increased in recent years, particularly in urban areas. But can shared e-scooters and e-bikes contribute to the sustainability of cities and their transportation systems? To answer ...
Oct 26, 2022
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Engineering
More than two-thirds of the world's population is expected to live in cities by 2050, according to the United Nations. As urbanization advances around the globe, researchers at the University of Notre Dame and Stanford University ...
Oct 26, 2023
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Engineering
If you live on the East Coast, you may have driven through roundabouts in your neighborhood countless times. Or maybe, if you're in some parts farther west, you've never encountered one of these intersections. But roundabouts, ...
Oct 25, 2023
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Engineering
Research in the International Journal of Critical Infrastructures offers guidance on securing water critical infrastructures and reaffirms the urgency of protecting environment monitoring technologies as cities evolve into ...
Jul 28, 2023
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Automotive
Urban commuters may be less likely to encounter automobile accidents if they are willing to increase trip time, researchers report. A new study from the University of Illinois introduces a tool that helps quantify the connection ...
Oct 22, 2019
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Automotive
For urban planners, parking rules established decades ago have become a contentious 21st-century challenge. Parking takes up about one-third of land area in U.S. cities; nationwide, there are an estimated eight parking spaces ...
Jun 10, 2021
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Automotive
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Researcher Stan Young has a vision of a downtown district characterized by transportation mobility systems that are as easy and efficient to use as the moving walkways found in ...
Sep 16, 2020
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Engineering
Cities want to become more sustainable but bringing that ambition to life can be quite the challenge. Academics have to work together with urban planners to help realize sustainability transformations. But when transformation ...
Jun 28, 2021
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Engineering
New technologies offer new possibilities for planning and designing cities. 3-D urban modelling and simulation can give a real sense of the outcomes of planning decisions. However, incorporating these technologies into planning ...
Jan 30, 2018
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Other
City planners predict that as more people move into urban areas, traffic jams will get worse. That's why sustainability expert Neil Debbage, an assistant professor in the UTSA College of Liberal and Fine Arts' Department ...
Sep 22, 2021
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