All posts in Cars and Roads

Apr

The Road that Goes, Mercifully Enough, to “Nowhere”

Categories: Cars and Roads, Transport, USA and Canada

Tags: Baltimore, cc

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by Scott Beyer

Tales about America’s “freeway revolts” are usually told through notable cities such as San Francisco and Portland. But one project less talked about—although equally devastating—would have been the East-West Expressway proposed in the 1960s for Baltimore. Read more

Apr

Harnessing Heat from City Roads

Categories: Cars and Roads, Transport, USA and Canada

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by Forum for the Future

The black asphalt roads of urban centres soaks up the sun, often helping make cities uncomfortably hot during the summer. However, special piping technology is offering a way to trap this heat and use it elsewhere, potentially transforming urban streets into giant solar collectors. Read more

Mar

A New Movement for The New City: Reallocating Space Away from the Car

Categories: Bikes, Cars and Roads, Transport, UK

Tags: cc

Comments: 1

by Bruce McVean

Cities need to redefine their relationship with the car – shaping cars and driver behaviour to suit cities, not cities to suit cars. This doesn’t mean banning cars outright, but rather reminding people that when they drive into the city they and their car enter it as guests. Read more

Mar

A New Movement for The New City: The Problem With Cars

Categories: Cars and Roads, Transport

Tags: cc

Comments: 4

by Bruce McVean

Cities have always been shaped by transport; and the planning and design of cities has always impacted on transport choices. The negative impacts of rising car ownership and use have long been acknowledged, and it's about more than just air pollution. Read more

Mar

New or Used Vehicles: What’s Better for the Environment?

Categories: Cars and Roads, Transport, USA and Canada

Tags: cc

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by Amanda Fretheim Gates

If you're a city dweller considering getting a car, you may wonder which would be better for the environment—a new and comparatively environmentally friendly vehicle or a cheaper used vehicle. Experts have some guidance for the environmentally conscious urbanite in the market for a car. Read more

Feb

Why a Sales Tax on Gasoline Makes Sense

Categories: Cars and Roads, Governance, People, Transport, USA and Canada

Tags: cc

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by Theodore Brown

Federal gasoline excise tax in the United States has been stuck at $0.184 per gallon since 1993, and with vehicles getting more efficient, tax intakes have dropped. But whilst charging a tax per miles travelled has been discussed, a sales tax on gasoline makes more sense. Read more

Jan

Zipcar and the Future of Sustainable Urban Economics

Categories: Cars and Roads, Transport, UK, USA and Canada

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by Forum for the Future

Zipcar is a brave little harbinger of the new economy. The company built a new model based on flexibility, scalability and innovation, often eliminating the need for personally-owned cars. Indeed, this new economy business actually helps solve problems of personal transportation in gridlocked urban locales. Read more

Dec

Singapore Taxis Get Smart

Categories: Asia and the Pacific, Cars and Roads, Data and Infrastructure, Digital, Transport

Tags: cc, singapore

Comments: 2

by (ART+DATA)

The Singapore government collects data from stationary and mobile sensors throughout the city, using it to develop an open platform for third-parties to access. This open software platform has gone on to fuel intelligent design of taxi services. Read more