Kenneth Chang and Joshua Krisch report for The New York Times on the new MIT study showing that if New Yorkers shared taxis they could significantly reduce cumulative trip lengths, which would help alleviate traffic and air pollution in the city.
Steve Annear of Boston Magazine writes about ‘Sesame Rings’ first developed by a group including MIT undergraduates. The ring acts as a stored-value MBTA pass for using public transportation in and around Boston.
Washington Post reporter Emily Badger writes about the Social Computing Group’s transportation visualization maps showing which mode of transportation is the most efficient between two points in a city.
Callum Borchers of The Boston Globe writes about the Copenhagen Wheel developed by MIT SENSEable City Lab startup, Superpedestrian. The device is designed to replace a bicycle’s rear wheel and kicks in to give the rider a boost when facing higher resistance on inclines.
The Atlantic’s Rebecca Rosen reports that researchers at MIT have examined the driving patterns of Singapore residents and found that the city would need one-third of the vehicles currently in use if residents relied on a system of shared, autonomous, driverless cars.