E-highways: why motorway cables are probably not the best way to decarbonise lorries

Heavy goods vehicles predominantly run on diesel. Here are three options for eliminating their emissions.

Tom Stacey, Senior Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management, Anglia Ruskin University • conversation
July 29, 2021 • ~6 min

Sertac Karaman named director of the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems

Associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics will head MIT’s longest continuously-running lab.

MIT Schwarzman College of Computing • mit
July 12, 2021 • ~3 min

Shipping is tough on the climate and hard to clean up – these innovations can help cut emissions

If shipping were a country, it would rank between Japan and Germany as the sixth-largest contributor to global carbon dioxide emissions.

Jing Sun, Professor and Department Chair, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, University of Michigan • conversation
June 11, 2021 • ~10 min

Parking reform could reenergize downtowns – here's what happened when Buffalo changed its zoning rules

When Buffalo, New York, changed its zoning code so that developers no longer had to provide specified amounts of parking, space was freed up for public transit and people.

Jeffrey Rehler, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University at Buffalo • conversation
June 10, 2021 • ~9 min

Study reveals a universal travel pattern across four continents

Globally, people follow a “visitation law” — an inverse relationship between distance and frequency of visits.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
May 26, 2021 • ~6 min

Short-haul flight ban is a good start – now we need to reimagine the modern airport

Banning short-haul flights should be just the first step on the path to greener transport systems.

Luis Delgado, Senior Research Fellow on Air Transport, University of Westminster • conversation
April 28, 2021 • ~6 min

Counting pedestrians to make pedestrians count

Andres Sevtsuk’s new work estimates foot traffic in cities — so planners and developers can study the flow of people, not just vehicles.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
April 15, 2021 • ~6 min

Polluting SUVs will be on roads for the next two decades – what should we do with them?

SUVs accounted for 7% of the European market in 2009. Today, it's almost 40%.

Tom Stacey, Senior Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management, Anglia Ruskin University • conversation
April 12, 2021 • ~5 min

Britain's betting on buses – but how far will boosting services reduce carbon emissions?

Long-overdue changes are afoot in Britain's bus networks.

Peter White, Emeritus Professor of Public Transport Systems, University of Westminster • conversation
April 1, 2021 • ~6 min

City dwellers gained more access to public spaces during the pandemic – can they keep it?

COVID-19 has underscored the value of parks and public spaces. A new survey shows that US mayors have gotten the message, but post-pandemic plans for public spaces remain largely undefined.

Katharine Lusk, Co-Director, Initiative on Cities, Boston University • conversation
March 31, 2021 • ~9 min

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