Northwest Passage Opens

Enough arctic ice has melted that the Northwest Passage, a sailing and shipping route between the Atlantic and the Pacific Continue reading →

Self Driving Taxis In Pittsburgh

Self-driving taxis are already becoming available. One trial will begin in Pittsburgh. Much of the news about self-driving vehicles makes Continue reading →

Data That Matters July 2016

Antarctica’s ozone hole shrunk by 4.5 million square kilometers annually. Environmental controls work. California’s aquifers hold 2.7 cubic kilometers instead Continue reading →

Solar Plane Circumnavigates Earth

Granted that it took 16 months, and they had to stop 16 times; but, a solar powered airplane has circumnavigated Continue reading →

Transportation Pollution Increases

Good news: Pollution from industry is down about 10% from 1990. Bad news: Transportation is about to become the biggest Continue reading →

Self Driving Golf Carts

Grandiose ideas for self-driving cars, buses, and trucks are progressing; but a simpler approach may get there first: self-driving golf Continue reading →

Driverless Taxis Replace Buses

Driverless vehicles are changing basic transportation. City centers may need buses and subways, but for less dense areas the economics Continue reading →

Too Many Ships

One way to track the world economy is to watch what happens with transportation. The price to ship stuff is Continue reading →