Security
Dubai is introducing a facial recognition system on public transport to beef up security, officials said Sunday, as the emirate prepares to host the global Expo exhibition.
Oct 25, 2020
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Hi Tech & Innovation
The way people get around is starting to change, and as a professor of transport strategy I do rather wonder if the modes of transport we use today will still be around by the turn of the next century.
Nov 8, 2019
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Other
Three years after Luxembourg declared all public transport free in a bid to clear its roads of jams and cut pollution, the car is still king of the congested Grand Duchy.
Mar 23, 2023
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Experts believe that automated driving makes particular sense in public transport—both ecologically and economically. The shortage of drivers, which has been lamented frequently, further reinforces this trend.
Apr 24, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Let's imagine Australia was able to use politics to work on the single largest threat facing us: climate change.
Mar 3, 2022
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Automotive
There is a new sight on the streets of Havana: increasing numbers of electric vehicles whizzing among the old American cars so emblematic of the Cuban capital.
Jun 18, 2022
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Engineering
A team of EPFL researchers has repurposed an algorithm they initially developed for self-driving cars to help people comply with social distancing requirements. Their program, which works with a camera, can detect whether ...
May 7, 2021
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Automotive
Luxembourg recently became the first country in the world to make all public transport free. As of March 1 2020, all buses, trains and trams throughout the country can be boarded without paying a fare—the largest area to ...
Mar 6, 2020
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Automotive
Bikeshare systems have come a long way since they were first introduced in the Netherlands in the 1960s. They are popular in cities around the world, but how do bike systems affect existing public transportation? That's the ...
Feb 3, 2022
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Automotive
A Greenpeace video of me plugging a trackless tram that went viral with four million hits has caused a few eyebrows to be raised over whether I think light rail is dead. So let me be clear: light rail remains the gold-standard ...
Oct 23, 2019
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