Transportation

Autonomous cars will be commonplace by 2025 and have a near monopoly by 2030, and the sweeping change they bring will eclipse every other innovation our society has experienced.

"Since last year airfares have gone down. It brings in more competition and makes it easier to come to Missoula or leave on business," said Brian Ellestad, with the Missoula International Airport.

Given the fact that Google’s program has covered approximately a million miles since it began in 2009, the numbers are more than encouraging.

Because of one of the nation’s deadliest train crashes, cities must soon implement advanced safety technology on commuter trains. L.A. got a head start.

Developers will still have a "mobility" requirement: In lieu of a parking space, they’ll need to provide tenants with transit passes and memberships in car and bikeshare services.

Passengers on Frontier Airlines were 34 times more likely to complain than passengers on Southwest Airlines, which has the lowest complaint rate.

There’s no secret to what the states at the top of the list are doing: They’re providing bike lanes and wide shoulders, and allowing cyclists access to major bridges and tunnels.

Many cities in Europe are rediscovering their pre-automobile roots, using new technologies like ride-sharing and congestion pricing and old-fashioned ones like demolishing parking lots and dense development. Car ownership is dropping precipitously.

The intersection design is based on a Dutch template that minimizes potential conflicts between people biking, driving, and walking.

New research from Wayne State University extols the advantages of removing unnecessary traffic lights.