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Climate Change, Energy & Pollution Mobility Smart Cities
With investment led by notable venture groups such as Nielson Ventures and Grove Ventures, the Israeli start-up "NoTraffic" has raised $17.5 million to expand its operation. The AI-based traffic management platform says the new funding will mainly support the rapid deployment of “Series A” research in AI technology and its …
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How Tesla Is Quietly Expanding Its Energy Storage Business
Climate Change, Energy & Pollution Mobility Smart Cities
Energy storage continues to be a major emerging market as the world moves towards renewables. The company Tesla created its Tesla Energy business in 2015 and has increased energy storage deployments each year. Tesla has introduced large scale energy storage systems in South Australia, Hawaii and American Samoa which all …
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How Oslo Achieved Zero Pedestrian and Bicycle Fatalities, and How Others Can Apply What Worked
Mobility Safety & Security
For nearly two decades, the city of Oslo has been committed to reducing the number of roadway fatalities and improving pedestrian safety. Its effort paid off in 2019 when it achieved zero traffic fatality in the city. But its success does not come easy. It was only until the number …
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The Death and Rebirth Of Bike Highways
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Bike Highways are not just simple bike lines or paths, a bike highway is a fully-fledged highway that's usage is reserved for bicycles. The idea of such a highway is not new, way back in the 1890s Los Angeles had plans for the bike highway, however the concept was scrapped …
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The COVID-19 pandemic brought about many changes including the widespread of remote work and people shifting from city centres to the peripheries in neighbouring towns. Although an increase of 3% of people in the United States moved between March 2020 and February 2021, the national migration rates are still historically …
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Just as the world went under a drastic change when moving from the horse-drawn carriage to the automobile, the cars of today may kickstart the same seismic shift in society as they become increasingly electric-based. A major issue is that car batteries are not currently small and efficient enough. One …
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The Hyperloop May Disrupt More Than Just Travel
Mobility
In another instance of concepts within science fiction entering the real world, companies across the globe continue to work on the hyperloop. Hyperloops are hoping to become the next big method of public transportation. At their core hyperloops involve a large pod being propelled forward through a tube. Make the …
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