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  • Will Electric Vehicles Take Over the World?

    Will Electric Vehicles Take Over the World?

    Many countries are banning fossil fuel run cars in favor of electric vehicles. How does the future look for EVs and how green are they really?

  • Could Robo-Taxis Kill Public Transportation?

    Could Robo-Taxis Kill Public Transportation?

    Self-driving cars will fundamentally change how we live and work. But not all of those changes will be positive.

  • New York City’s Subways Need Congestion Pricing Now

    New York City’s Subways Need Congestion Pricing Now

    Charging drivers more could provide much-needed funding for public transit, while reducing traffic and making Manhattan a better place to live and work.

  • New York City: a Learning Lab for Sustainable Transportation

    New York City: a Learning Lab for Sustainable Transportation

    In partnership with the Earth Institute’s Center for Sustainable Urban Development, the M.S. in Sustainability Management program has developed an exciting new inter-disciplinary course entitled Access, Innovation, and the Urban Transportation Transition. This class draws on a series of lectures, a case study approach and experiential learning in New York City.

  • How to Rethink Urban Transit, and Pay for It, Too

    How to Rethink Urban Transit, and Pay for It, Too

    “We have conflated mobility with access, but mobility is not the same as access. The best solution to a transportation problem is to not have to travel. The city itself was invented as a solution to a transportation problem. We have cities so we don’t have to travel.”

  • This Earth Day, Commute Another Way

    This Earth Day, Commute Another Way

    This Earth Day, April 22, 2016, New York City residents and commuters are encouraged to leave their car at home and use another means of travel as part of the city’s first year of Car-Free Day. Find out what Columbia University is doing in support of #CarFreeNYC.

  • Map & App Help People Track Transit in Nairobi

    Map & App Help People Track Transit in Nairobi

    Commuters and others traveling in and around Nairobi often rely on an unofficial network of minibuses and minivans, called matatus, that have no centrally controlled schedules, fares or route plans. But a new application developed for use on cellphones with Google Maps can now help them find their way.

  • The Future of Transportation: More Safety, Savings and Sustainability

    The Future of Transportation: More Safety, Savings and Sustainability

    Though driverless cars sound like something out of the “The Jetsons,” they are just one of many innovations already under way in the realm of personal transportation.

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  • Will Electric Vehicles Take Over the World?

    Will Electric Vehicles Take Over the World?

    Many countries are banning fossil fuel run cars in favor of electric vehicles. How does the future look for EVs and how green are they really?

  • Could Robo-Taxis Kill Public Transportation?

    Could Robo-Taxis Kill Public Transportation?

    Self-driving cars will fundamentally change how we live and work. But not all of those changes will be positive.

  • New York City’s Subways Need Congestion Pricing Now

    New York City’s Subways Need Congestion Pricing Now

    Charging drivers more could provide much-needed funding for public transit, while reducing traffic and making Manhattan a better place to live and work.

  • New York City: a Learning Lab for Sustainable Transportation

    New York City: a Learning Lab for Sustainable Transportation

    In partnership with the Earth Institute’s Center for Sustainable Urban Development, the M.S. in Sustainability Management program has developed an exciting new inter-disciplinary course entitled Access, Innovation, and the Urban Transportation Transition. This class draws on a series of lectures, a case study approach and experiential learning in New York City.

  • How to Rethink Urban Transit, and Pay for It, Too

    How to Rethink Urban Transit, and Pay for It, Too

    “We have conflated mobility with access, but mobility is not the same as access. The best solution to a transportation problem is to not have to travel. The city itself was invented as a solution to a transportation problem. We have cities so we don’t have to travel.”

  • This Earth Day, Commute Another Way

    This Earth Day, Commute Another Way

    This Earth Day, April 22, 2016, New York City residents and commuters are encouraged to leave their car at home and use another means of travel as part of the city’s first year of Car-Free Day. Find out what Columbia University is doing in support of #CarFreeNYC.

  • Map & App Help People Track Transit in Nairobi

    Map & App Help People Track Transit in Nairobi

    Commuters and others traveling in and around Nairobi often rely on an unofficial network of minibuses and minivans, called matatus, that have no centrally controlled schedules, fares or route plans. But a new application developed for use on cellphones with Google Maps can now help them find their way.

  • The Future of Transportation: More Safety, Savings and Sustainability

    The Future of Transportation: More Safety, Savings and Sustainability

    Though driverless cars sound like something out of the “The Jetsons,” they are just one of many innovations already under way in the realm of personal transportation.