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How electrifying trucks, buses, tractors and scooters will help tackle climate change
When you think of an electric vehicle, chances are you’ll picture a car. But there’s a quiet revolution going on in transport.
Driverless vehicles and pedestrians don't mix. So how do we re-arrange our cities?
Videos showing autonomous or self-driving vehicles weaving in and out of crossroads at speed without colliding suggest this technology will solve traffic problems. You almost never see pedestrians or cyclists in these videos. The reality is that they don’t fit.
Trackless trams v light rail? It's not a contest – both can improve our cities
How can we provide those communities with the same quality of public transport as light rail provides? Trackless trams may be an option that can help urbanism flourish around stations along corridors limited until now to cars or buses.
Cutting cities' emissions does have economic benefits – and these ultimately outweigh the costs
Cutting carbon emissions involves deciding no more coal, gas or oil-based systems will be built as replacements for ageing infrastructure systems in our cities. We can do this now that new energy systems are emerging as cost-competitive.
Autonomous transport will shape our cities' future – best get on the right path early
A unique opportunity exists for infrastructure investment in Australia as transport as we know it faces disruption from autonomous vehicles.
No politician can singlehandedly bring back coal – not even Donald Trump
On the night Donald Trump won the US election, one of the many jubilant supporters featured in the media coverage was 67-year-old Doug Ratliff of Richlands, Virginia.