Transportation
What Are the Best Policies for Reducing Carbon Emissions? A New Study Has Some Answers
An analysis of policies implemented between 1998 and 2022 found that just 63 were successful
NASA's Starliner Astronauts Will Return on SpaceX Craft in February, Turning an Eight-Day Mission Into Eight Months on the ISS
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft no longer meets safety standards after experiencing technical issues in June, and it will return to Earth uncrewed, the space agency announced
A Roman Road Was Hiding Beneath a Primary School Playing Field in England
The 2,000-year-old cobbled pathway was likely built after the Romans invaded Britain in the first century C.E.
Can a City Known for Its Freeways and Gridlock Deliver a Car-Free Olympics? Los Angeles Thinks So
To make good on its promise, the 2028 host city is in a four-year sprint to ready its public transportation for the onslaught of athletes, coaches and spectators
Yayoi Kusama's Largest Permanent Public Sculpture Arrives in London
Stainless steel archways and reflective spheres stretch for more than 300 feet at Liverpool Street station
This Little-Known Civil Rights Activist Refused to Give Up His Bus Seat Four Years Before Rosa Parks Did
William "W.R." Saxon filed a lawsuit against the company that forced him to move to the back of the bus, seeking damages for the discrimination and mental anguish he’d faced
Copenhagen Is Rewarding Tourists for Good Behavior
A new initiative incentives activities like riding a bike, taking public transit and cleaning up litter
See Inside Denver's 143-Year-Old Train Station
The transit hub, which just got an $11 million makeover, is deeply connected to the city's history
Railbiking Is Catching On Across the Nation—Here's Where to Try It Yourself
Sit back, relax and pedal your way along historic railroad tracks
Twenty-Five Years Before the Wright Brothers Took to the Skies, This Flying Machine Captivated America
First exhibited in 1878, Charles F. Ritchel's dirigible was about as wacky, dangerous and impractical as any airship ever launched
Get Your Motor Running With These Cool Cars
See 15 awesome automobiles from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest
Climate Change Is Making Airplane Turbulence More Common and Severe, Scientists Say
Following turbulence on a flight last week that led to one death and dozens of injuries, researchers, flight attendants and transportation officials alike are warning about links between warmer air and turbulence
World's First Race of A.I.-Driven Cars Was Filled With Spins, Swerves and Stops
Though the cars could not compare to human drivers, the event may help improve self-driving technology, experts say
Marvel at These Bold, Beautiful Bridges
See 15 superbly suspended structures from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest
Rare 100-Year-Old Train Carriage Found Buried in Belgium
The wooden LNER train wagon was a "removals truck" used to move people's belongings between residences
This ‘Zen’ Motorcycle Still Inspires Philosophical Road-Trippers 50 Years Later
Robert M. Pirsig’s odyssey vehicle takes its final ride as it vrooms into public view for the first time ever at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History
A Massive Crane Helping With the Baltimore Bridge Cleanup Was Built to Recover a Sunken Soviet Submarine
The Chesapeake 1000 was used to construct a ship for a top-secret CIA mission in the 1970s
See NASA’s Initial Moon Buggy Concepts, Expected on the Moon by 2030
Three companies are competing to design NASA's lunar terrain vehicle (LTV) for the agency’s Artemis campaign
Archaeologists Unearth 1,000-Year-Old Ice Skate Made of Animal Bone in Czech Republic
The artifact dates to a time when skates were used primarily for practical purposes
Cargo Ships Keep Getting Bigger, and Infrastructure Is Racing to Keep Up
A massive container ship hit Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge this week, calling attention to the demands that ever-growing shipping vessels are placing on ports, canals and bridges
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