6 easy tips to green your Fourth of July
Although the Fourth of July is a wonderful time to celebrate our freedom with friends and family, with all the...
UNStudio designs “future-proof” cable car for Amsterdam
Amsterdam residents and visitors alike may soon see the city from sweeping new heights. Dutch architectural practice...
Estonia will soon offer free public transportation
Estonia started providing free public transportation for local residents in 2013 in the capital city, Tallinn,...
Helsinki unveils plan to reach carbon neutrality by 2035
Finland's capital city has unveiled a new plan to reach carbon neutrality by 2035, accelerating the goal by 15...
Cities in Germany to offer free public transit in fight against pollution
In what has been described a radical move for Germany, several cities across the country will trial free public...
The world’s first 100% solar-powered train launches in Australia
The world's first 100% solar-powered train is now gliding down tracks in Byron Bay, Australia. The Byron Bay Railroad...
All 16,000 buses in this Chinese megacity will be electric by year’s end
Shenzhen, China - home to more than 11 million people - rolled out a pilot of electric buses all the way back in...
Simba Snoozeliner night bus will let passengers sleep on their way home
We doze off on public transportation 27 times a year, according to James Cox, CEO of the UK-based sleep brand Simba....
London buses swap out diesel for a coffee-based biofuel
Brits may prefer tea, but their busses will be getting a buzz from coffee. U.K. startup bio-bean, Shell, and Argent...
China’s self-driving trackless train hits the streets of Zhuzhou
Back in June, Chinese company CRRC Corporation debuted a self-driving train that runs on virtual tracks - and it...
Dunkirk, France offers free public transit to all
The small coastal city of Dunkirk in northern France is perhaps most famous, at the moment, for its portrayal in...
New Passenger Drone can fly you to work hands-free with zero-emissions
Get ready to commute in style. For the past three years, Passenger Drone has been developing a zero-emissions,...
Dubai has officially started testing flying taxis
Dubai is now one step closer to launching the world's first flying taxi service. On Monday, Volocopter successfully...
World’s fastest bullet train can travel between Beijing and Shanghai in 4.5 hours
Traveling between Shanghai and Beijing can take more than 12 hours by car, or over eight hours on public transportation....
Elon Musk’s Boring Company receives green light to dig a two-mile test tunnel
Progress is being made on Elon Musk’s version of the Hyperloop, a supersonic train that could potentially travel...
India to ban driverless cars to protect citizens’ jobs
By the year 2030, 25 percent of American citizens will transit via self-driving vehicles - but the situation will...
New handrail sterilizer claims to wipe out 99.9% of germs on escalators
There's no worse feeling than sliding your hand along an escalator or Subway rail and realizing the number of germs...
Taipei transforms subway cars into ultra-realistic swimming pools and sports fields
No diving, please! Taipei is getting into the sporting spirit by transforming the interiors of its subway trains...
China’s largest bike share launches air-purifying bicycles for 20 million citizens
In the near future, 20 million people will be able to clean the air as they cycle. To fight air pollution and create...
Elon Musk says LA mayor is open to The Boring Company’s traffic tunnels
Elon Musk's ambitious side project - creating a tunnel network beneath Los Angeles to curb traffic - appears to...
New self-driving electric RoboBuses are launching in Finland this year
The world is becoming increasingly automated, and a new self-driving bus in Finland is evidence of this. Beginning...
China unveils train that travels on ‘virtual tracks’
City public transportation systems typically rely on a mix of trains and buses. But what if the two could be combined?...
The world’s most compact electric bike folds to fit into your backpack
Forget traditional bikes or skateboards - the future of green transportation is the Smacircle S1, an incredibly...
San Francisco’s rapid transit to run on 100% renewable energy
Commuters in the San Francisco area can feel even better about taking public transport to lower their carbon footprints,...
IDEO wants to turn your car into a small-scale public transportation option
A new car-sharing vision may help ease congestion in metropolitan areas lacking mass transportation options. Cities...
Flying water taxis are hitting the rivers of Paris this summer
Parisians will soon have the opportunity to glide down rivers in flying water taxis to get around the city. SeaBubbles,...
Washington D.C. architect wants to shelter the homeless in decommissioned subway cars
Housing for the homeless is one issue society has struggled to solve, but 81-year-old architect Arthur Cotton Moore...
India could have its own Hyperloop system within 38 months
Past and present modes of transportation simply do not compare to the impressive abilities of Hyperloop technology....
Global subway map shows the potential of a hyperloop-connected world
Imagine being transported across the country in a tube, at speeds of over 700 miles per hour, and you have stepped...
South Korea unveils plan for near-supersonic hyper-tube train
Transportation that moves close to the speed of sound could be a reality in South Korea before too long. The country's...