Cutting down runway queues
Model that predicts time from gate departure to takeoff could cut airport congestion, fuel waste.
MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics alum gifts $2.5 million
Gift will fund fellowships for graduate supply chain students and endow a chair for the Center for Transportation and Logistics director.
Smarter driving, using your phone
App that rates drivers’ behavior yields promising safety results on the road.
Pushing engineering boundaries to spur infrastructure innovation
MIT hosts Infrastructure Innovation in a Changing Environment Conference.
An app for safer roads
Censio’s data analytics on driving behavior helps users improve safety and lower insurance rates.
Digital Matatus project makes the invisible visible
Novel research project produces the first map of an informal transportation system in Nairobi.
MIT awarded Dept. of Energy grant to create and deploy energy-saving travel information and incentives system
$4 million grant will determine whether travel choices can be influenced by data and rewards to save energy.
New model calculates how air transport connects the world
Study finds one-stop flights are a big contributor to global connectivity.
MIT research showcased at Singapore’s first tech carnival
Robotic stingrays, driverless golf carts, and a cancer-detection device were on display.