Technology

Midweek Video: One Chart Shows How America Can Leave Fossil Fuels Behind

https://youtu.be/QfAXbGInwno In this video, Vox highlights a Sankey diagram that shows where all of America's carbon emissions come, which can inform how the country should...

Sunday Video: Low or High Platforms?

RM Transit covers the great debate of whether low or high platforms are better for trains and what they even are.

Link Alone Is Insufficient, Puget Sound Needs Regional Rail, Too

Puget Sound is investing heavily in large transit expansion projects like light rail and bus rapid transit. These are critically important for moving people...

Urban Microgrids: The Potential for Urban Energy Generation and Efficiency

In 2018, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced that the Miller Community Center would soon be home to a $3.3 million solar microgrid. This project...

Seattle Seeks $5 Million Upgrade for Greenwood Signals to Save 1 Minute in Travel...

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) spends millions of dollars per year maintaining and replacing equipment on its traffic signal system, which consists of...

The Good and the Bad of Driverless Cars for Cities

The age of driverless cars is rapidly approaching, and no one seems to know what to do about it. The technology is picking up...

Midweek Video: Why The United States Isn’t Ready For Clean Energy

https://youtu.be/s3ScJ_FwaZk If America wants to green up its economy, it's going to need to make huge investments in transmission facilities to transport greener energy sources....

Sunday Video: The Proterra Executive Electrifying Mass Transit

https://youtu.be/bMMAD3oSH6o A Proterra executive talks about the future of electrifying transit buses.