Are supply chains stuck in detention?

Washington is recognizing that the American truck driver shortage might have been misdiagnosed.

Dan McCool | MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics • mit
April 25, 2022 ~4 min

Q&A: Climate Grand Challenges finalists on new pathways to decarbonizing industry

Faculty leaders detail promising technologies, materials, and methods that could help unlock a low-carbon future in sectors where emissions are hardest to cut.

MIT News Office • mit
March 28, 2022 ~12 min


Ride-hailing without the traffic snarls?

Study suggests how much competition in the urban ride market can grow before gridlock sets in.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
March 22, 2022 ~6 min

New maps show airplane contrails over the U.S. dropped steeply in 2020

The computer-vision technique behind these maps could help avoid contrail production, reducing aviation’s climate impact.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
March 7, 2022 ~7 min

MIT Energy Initiative launches the Future Energy Systems Center

New MITEI consortium focuses on speeding the energy transition, engaging with industrial leaders to deploy clean energy advances at scale.

MIT Energy Initiative • mit
Jan. 24, 2022 ~5 min

Deep learning helps predict traffic crashes before they happen

A deep model was trained on historical crash data, road maps, satellite imagery, and GPS to enable high-resolution crash maps that could lead to safer roads.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
Oct. 12, 2021 ~5 min

New “risk triage” platform pinpoints compounding threats to US infrastructure

Modeling tool showcases emerging MIT Joint Program research focus on multi-sector dynamics.

Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change • mit
Oct. 4, 2021 ~9 min

Making roadway spending more sustainable

Current and former MIT researchers find novel tools can improve the sustainability of road networks on a limited budget.

Andrew Logan | MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub • mit
Sept. 28, 2021 ~9 min


3 Questions: Daniel Cohn on the benefits of high-efficiency, flexible-fuel engines for heavy-duty trucking

MIT researchers propose a gasoline-ethanol engine that is cleaner and more cost-effective than existing diesel engine technologies to help meet vehicle emission reduction goals.

MIT Energy Initiative • mit
Sept. 15, 2021 ~10 min

Electrifying cars and light trucks to meet Paris climate goals

Study gauges the pace of shifting to battery power.

Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change • mit
Aug. 10, 2021 ~5 min

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