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Impact & Regulations

Unites States makes available $10 million for lab-led marine energy research

December 14, 2022

Via: Offshore Energy

The research will span across six United States’ national laboratories, and is expected to boost the role of marine energy in achieving bot national and local clean energy goals. Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory (Argonne), Idaho National Laboratory (INL), National […]


Infrastructure, Travel & Public Transit

Public transit investment in large metro areas reap a better return, study finds

November 13, 2019

Via: Metro Magazine

Public transportation investments in large metropolitan areas reap a better return, with more passengers adopting public transport, than those in smaller cities, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of Sydney. The research analyzed data collected from […]


Vehicles

Illinois launches group to test, research connected, autonomous vehicle tech

October 29, 2018

Via: Metro Magazine

The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) launched a new statewide, multiagency initiative to develop a testing program for connected and automated vehicles. Gov. Bruce Rauner created the initiative with an executive order directing IDOT to oversee Illinois, a program aimed […]


Vehicles

MIT looks at how humans sorta drive in sorta self-driving cars

November 20, 2017

Via: Wired

ALMOST HALF OF Americans will hop in their cars for a Thanksgiving trip this year. But if you were being very precise—if you were a team of Massachusetts of Technology researchers who study human-machine interactions—you wouldn’t say that all those […]


Impact & Regulations

Engineering researchers explore new concept to reduce traffic congestion

October 6, 2016

Via: ScienceDaily

With millions of daily commuters, and nearly 80 percent of them driving alone to work each day, suburbanites and city dwellers may soon have a new alternative to get them out from behind the steering wheel. Bill Diong, associate professor […]