Technology

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....

Midweek Video: Why Amsterdam Has No Garbage Day

Amsterdam's approach to waste and recycle collection differs greatly from the North American one. Not Just Bikes shows how waste and recycle is collected...
More than 100 advocates hold signs urging a balanced tax code on the steps of the state Capitol building with its many marble columns.

Op-Ed: Tech Workers Must Challenge the Political Power of Their Bosses

Tech workers like me don’t enjoy being a bargaining chip to protect our CEO’s bottom line. And we know better than anyone else that their claims are false: corporate giants can afford higher taxes.
Front views of smartphones showing the new digital wayfinding assistant app tool.

Sound Transit To Launch Digital Assistant and Accessible Wayfinding Tools Late This Fall

Sound Transit plans to deliver the first phases of two passenger-facing technologies late this fall. A new digital assistant tool will launch on mobile...

Sunday Video: European Rail Giants Battling Out In North America

Reece Martin looks into why several European companies are trying to make inroads into the North American market (in this case metropolitan Toronto) for...

Digital Advertising Coming To Sound Transit Link Stations As Soon As Spring 2022

Digital advertising is a fact of life in most major transit systems across the globe, especially at rapid transit stations. Generally, digital advertising is...

Transit App Update: Now With Rails Lines And Stops

Transit App software engineers continue to improve the quality of their popular transit trip planning app service. Last month, the company pushed out a highly...

Sunday Video: How Japan Is Building Disaster-Proof Skyscrapers

https://youtu.be/c5X8OK1V2_c Bloomberg Quicktake highlights how Japanese engineers are designing skyscrapers to withstand disasters like earthquakes and typhoons.