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transportation

Bogota has trained more than 500 police officers to respond to cases of gender-based violence, known as the purple patrol.
Sexual violence
In Colombia’s capital, the ‘purple patrol’ fights sexual harassment on crowded buses
tram in Kolkata with dancers
Infrastructure
India’s tramway turned 150. But it’s on its last legs.
People walk across the famed Shibuya scramble crossing as the sun sets behind the skyscraper, Oct. 11, 2021, in Tokyo.
Energy
A Tokyo train company moves to become net-carbon neutral
The silhouette of roseau cane during a sunset on the Louisiana coast.
Science
In a hungry little insect, a big threat to Louisiana’s coast
Tesla's new semi truck.
Technology
Is the semitruck of the future electric?
A bus in London.
Technology
Coffee-enhanced fuel set to power London buses
Stockholm's highly-efficient subway system. Trains are known for running frequently and on time. They have large ridership but are not overly crowded because of the frequency of the trains.
Economics
US transportation is so far behind Sweden’s it’s not even funny
More than 30,000 people traveled to the UN's COP21 climate summit in Paris last month from aroudn the world. The UN set up a website where attendees could offset the carbon footprint of their travel.
Environment
People who traveled to the Paris climate summit can offset their carbon emissions — but it isn’t easy
Masahiko Kakutani is now the main grower or farmer behind ‘Tokyo Salad,’ the Tokyo Metro’s new farming enterprise, which is housed underneath the Tozai Line.
Food
If you run out of space for farming, look to the subway
still from "Shinjuku"
Culture
Commuters rush; this video artist lingers. The results are fascinating.
Kings of the American Road, then and now. 40 years after the Arab Oil Embargo, American driving habits are slowly changing.
Environment
America may finally be learning the lessons of the 1970s oil shock
Kings of the American Road, then and now. 40 years after the Arab Oil Embargo, American driving habits are slowly changing.
Environment
America may finally be learning the lessons of the 1970s oil shock
Copenhagen Wheel
Environment
This new wheel will turn your bike into a pedal-power/electric hybrid
A hostess waits for participants at the Stiletto Run in Constanta, 155 miles east of Bucharest
Development & Education
In one Colombian town, women say no sex until their demands are met