Transportation Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/topic/transportation/ The best minds on the most important topics. Thu, 13 Apr 2023 00:26:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://issues.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cropped-issues-favicon-32x32.png Transportation Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/topic/transportation/ 32 32 Episode 25: What’s Driving the Electric Car Revival? https://issues.org/episode-25-electric-car-revival-eisler/ https://issues.org/episode-25-electric-car-revival-eisler/#respond Tue, 07 Feb 2023 14:16:44 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=38298 In 2022, there were more than 2 million electric vehicles, or EVs, on the road in the United States. In 2005, there were only about 1,000. The conventional wisdom credits better batteries… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/episode-25-electric-car-revival-eisler/feed/ 0 Computers on Wheels? https://issues.org/computers-on-wheels-electric-vehicles-eisler/ https://issues.org/computers-on-wheels-electric-vehicles-eisler/#respond Mon, 06 Feb 2023 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=37983 In the early 2000s, electric vehicles (EVs) fell victim to what some observers characterized as one of the most heinous and irresponsible acts of industrial vandalism in American history. After leasing several… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/computers-on-wheels-electric-vehicles-eisler/feed/ 0 Pathways to More Rapidly Reduce Transportation’s Climate Change Impact https://issues.org/reduce-vehicle-transportation-emissions-foster-koszewnik-wade-winer/ https://issues.org/reduce-vehicle-transportation-emissions-foster-koszewnik-wade-winer/#respond Thu, 17 Nov 2022 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=37648 Current US energy policies are laser-focused on addressing climate change—as they should be. Meanwhile, this summer’s soaring gasoline prices show that US dependence on foreign oil continues to be a significant vulnerability… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/reduce-vehicle-transportation-emissions-foster-koszewnik-wade-winer/feed/ 0 Episode 20: How to Fix the Bus https://issues.org/episode-20-how-fix-the-bus-sherlock/ https://issues.org/episode-20-how-fix-the-bus-sherlock/#respond Thu, 03 Nov 2022 15:49:36 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=37467 Buses are an inexpensive and easy-to-deploy form of mass transit that could help reduce traffic congestion and curb air pollution. But in the United States, no one wants to ride them—and for… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/episode-20-how-fix-the-bus-sherlock/feed/ 0 How to Magnify the Benefits of Federal Infrastructure Funding https://issues.org/magnify-benefits-federal-infrastructure-funding/ https://issues.org/magnify-benefits-federal-infrastructure-funding/#respond Thu, 01 Jul 2021 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=30281 Recent federal proposals to modernize the nation’s infrastructure have the potential to bring significant benefits to the American people. The Biden administration’s infrastructure proposals, including the American Jobs Plan, aim to address… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/magnify-benefits-federal-infrastructure-funding/feed/ 0 New Rules for Old Roads https://issues.org/pedestrian-bicycle-urban-streets-deaths-biometric/ https://issues.org/pedestrian-bicycle-urban-streets-deaths-biometric/#respond Wed, 24 Feb 2021 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=26443 Recent shifts in technology and culture have transformed the traffic on urban streets in the United States, bringing walkers, runners, bicyclists, and people riding new devices such as dockless scooters onto throughways… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/pedestrian-bicycle-urban-streets-deaths-biometric/feed/ 0 Why the US Trails the World in Electric Vehicles https://issues.org/china-norway-ev-tesla/ https://issues.org/china-norway-ev-tesla/#respond Thu, 11 Feb 2021 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=26457 In 2019, 53% of all new plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) sold worldwide were produced by Chinese automakers. In Norway, PEVs made up 55.9% of all new vehicles sold that year, and the… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/china-norway-ev-tesla/feed/ 0 How China Beat the US in Electric Vehicle Manufacturing https://issues.org/china-us-electric-vehicles-batteries/ https://issues.org/china-us-electric-vehicles-batteries/#respond Wed, 10 Feb 2021 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=26459 The rise of China has been the defining feature of the twenty-first century global economy. In a globalizing marketplace, China’s low-cost labor became a huge attractor of foreign direct investment. This advantage,… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/china-us-electric-vehicles-batteries/feed/ 0 A Better Approach to Railroad Safety and Operation https://issues.org/railroad-safety-operation-ptc-nash/ https://issues.org/railroad-safety-operation-ptc-nash/#respond Tue, 27 Oct 2020 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=25039 Train derailments and collisions are rare, but when they happen they can be catastrophic, particularly when the trains are carrying flammable or otherwise dangerous chemicals. In South Carolina on January 6, 2005,… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/railroad-safety-operation-ptc-nash/feed/ 0 Will Robotic Trucks Be “Sweatshops on Wheels”? https://issues.org/robotic-autonomous-trucking-policy-sweatshops-viscelli/ https://issues.org/robotic-autonomous-trucking-policy-sweatshops-viscelli/#respond Wed, 21 Oct 2020 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=25053 When Americans talk about automation, they tend to ask first how many jobs are at risk, or more broadly, how many jobs will there be, who will do them, and where will… Read More

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