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

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

Aims to reduce carbon emissions through changes in procurement, waste tracking, airline travel, and other areas of operation.

Study finds China’s industrial-park policy is better for productivity when political connections are not a factor.

Letting an algorithm decide which maintenance holes to test for evidence of coronavirus could improve pandemic containment efforts.

In the Chinese city of Chengdu, one-third of ride-sharing might replace public transit trips.

MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub researchers are investigating how the layouts, or textures, of cities influence extreme weather events.

A five-story mixed-use structure in Roxbury represents a new kind of net-zero-energy building, made from wood.

Model tags road features based on satellite images, to improve GPS navigation in places with limited map data.

Technological innovations, policies, and behavioral changes will all be needed to reach Paris climate agreement targets.