American Innovation Springs from the Technology and Transportation Nexus
This post originally appeared on 1776 News.Advancements in technology and transportation have gone hand in hand for generations. This union has been essential to the United States becoming an economic...
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Tony Hsieh’s $350 Million Gamble on Las Vegas
On a cool November evening, a stream of runners wearing bright neon clothing and glowing accessories made their way along Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas for the city’s Rock’ N’ Roll Run. Tony...
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Is New York Ready for Super Bowl Sunday?
Everybody seems to have a prediction for Super Bowl XLVIII.Final score between the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos? No, try warnings of winter storms, traffic jams, and security ordeals for the...
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Denver Builds a Rail System to Grow on for the Mile High City
When discussions began nearly a decade ago in Denver of creating a modernized transit system to address the metropolitan area's sprawling growth, the business community braced for the kind of divisive...
View ArticleWhat One Man Learned Driving 12,000 Miles of the American Road
Last fall, Dan McNichol, author and infrastructure expert, packed up a beat-up 1949 Hudson and hit the road for his Dire States tour. When we caught up with McNichol during his tour-ending stop in...
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Project 100 Wants To Reinvent Transportation In Vegas — and Beyond
When Zach Ware first moved to downtown Las Vegas a few years ago, he hired a car service for a week as an experiment. “I wanted to know, what would life be like if transportation were a sunk cost?”...
View ArticleBright Lights On the Bayou: How Louisiana’s Film Industry Got a Leading Role
Written out in giant, white letters across the Santa Monica Mountains, Hollywood has been synonymous with the film industry since the early 20th century. An unlikely rival, however, has emerged as a...
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From Text Messages to Transportation: How Infrastructure Makes it All Possible
Meet Jane.You don’t know her, but Jane is just like you. Every morning, after she wakes up, she turns on her lights, brushes her teeth, takes a shower, texts from her phone, and uses public...
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Could an M.I.T. Startup’s Liquid Metal Batteries Save the U.S. Electric Grid?
With more than 450,000 miles of high-voltage transmission cables, the U.S. electric grid is a sprawling system that represents one of the greatest engineering achievements of the 20th century. Yet,...
View ArticleCiting Economic Benefits, Report Ranks U.S. Cities by Walkability
With metropolitan areas across the United States continuing to pick up new residents, local officials are working to upgrade infrastructure to ensure it’s equipped to handle quickly rising demand....
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