Beyond CarsTransportationBeyond CarsTransportationNew York's Subway Doubles As 100-Degree Sauna During SummerAn infrared thermometer measured the 20-degree swing between the platform and the air-conditioned trainByRyan Erik KingPublishedAugust 8, 2024Comments (8)
Beyond CarsTransportationBeyond CarsTransportationInside The Cold War Plan To Use Postal Trucks To Pick Up Nuclear Attack VictimsThe U.S. Postal Service was an instrumental piece of the government's Cold War disaster planByBradley BrownellPublishedJuly 24, 2024Comments (7)
Beyond CarsTransportationBeyond CarsTransportationTrucking Companies Are Paying Dirt Cheap Insurance Minimums And It's Killing UsInsurance laws that apply to trucking companies have gone unchanged for 44 years, and updating them could prevent…ByJosé RodrÃguez Jr.PublishedJanuary 31, 2024Comments (9)
Beyond CarsTransportationBeyond CarsTransportationYou've Probably Passed A Nuclear Weapon On The Highway And Didn't Even Know ItThe U.S. has 5244 nuclear weapons constantly moving around the countryByBradley BrownellPublishedJanuary 22, 2024Comments (28)
Beyond CarsTransportationBeyond CarsTransportationThese Laser Lightshows On Chinese Highway Are Meant To Keep Drivers AwakeThe lasers are mounted on sign gantries above the Qingdao–Yinchuan Expressway in ChinaByRyan Erik KingPublishedNovember 7, 2023Comments (16)
Beyond CarsTransportationBeyond CarsTransportationThis Hybrid Semi Truck Named After Edison's Snuff Film Elephant Might Change The Trucking IndustryThe home-built diesel-electric truck can pull over 70,000 poundsByBradley BrownellPublishedOctober 24, 2023Comments (42)
Beyond CarsTransportationBeyond CarsTransportationBritish Airways Pilot Fired For Snorting A Line Of Cocaine Off Of A Topless Woman The Night Before FlightThe pilot was reported by a colleague who he'd bragged to via textByRyan Erik KingPublishedSeptember 28, 2023Comments (64)
Beyond CarsTransportationBeyond CarsTransportationBay Area Rapid Transit Has Waifus NowSay hajimemashite to Baylee, Nimbus, Jasmine, and MiraByAmber DaSilvaPublishedMay 25, 2023Comments (19)
Beyond CarsTransportationBeyond CarsTransportationThe Swifties Are Going to Save Public TransitTaylor Swift's tour dates mark spikes in public transit use.ByAmber DaSilvaPublishedMay 17, 2023Comments (9)
Beyond CarsTransportationBeyond CarsTransportationWashington DC Has to Choose: Free Buses, or Better BusesWith $123 million allocated to improve the city's bus system, which method is better?ByAmber DaSilvaPublishedMay 4, 2023Comments (41)
Beyond CarsTransportationBeyond CarsTransportationSea-Tac’s New $1 Billion Terminal Was Accidentally Built a Little SmallerThe terminal was meant to fit 20 widebody jets simultaneously, but after its completion could only fit 16.ByKyle HyattPublishedApril 11, 2023Comments (30)
Beyond CarsTransportationBeyond CarsTransportationA Florida City Is Spending $400,000 on Teslas to Shuttle People For FreeFort Pierce, Florida, has a one-year contract with a rideshare service to help people get around the city's downtown.ByLawrence HodgePublishedMarch 9, 2023Comments (8)
Beyond CarsTransportationBeyond CarsTransportationThis Video on How to Navigate a Diverging-Diamond Interchange Is the Most Calming Thing I've Watched All WeekNevada DOT tore down half of the Tropicana Ave. bridge and built a temporary diverging diamond interchange that's…ByRyan Erik KingPublishedMarch 7, 2023Comments (23)
Beyond CarsTransportationBeyond CarsTransportationMan Drives Fanboat on North Texas' Icy RoadsHundreds of thousands of people are without power, and most of Texas' roads were untreated. A fanboat might have…ByRyan Erik KingPublishedFebruary 2, 2023Comments (8)
Beyond CarsTransportationBeyond CarsTransportationNYC Had Women-Only Subway Cars for Less Than a YearFor four months in 1909, the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad trialed a women-only car between Hoboken, New Jersey and…ByRyan Erik KingPublishedJanuary 4, 2023Comments (5)
Beyond CarsTransportationBeyond CarsTransportationHow State DOTs Deal With Snow on the Roads in WinterSalt and snowplows seem like the obvious answers, but a lot goes into winter snow maintenance.ByRyan Erik KingPublishedDecember 26, 2022Comments (18)
Beyond CarsTransportationBeyond CarsTransportationMillions of Fans Take Over Roads and Highways of Buenos Aires During World Cup CelebrationLionel Messi and the athletes on Argentina's national team had to abandon the bus and board a helicopter to pass…ByJosé RodrÃguez Jr.PublishedDecember 21, 2022Comments (6)
Beyond CarsTransportationBeyond CarsTransportationWinter Storm Diaz Strands More Than 70 Big Rigs in South DakotaA fleet of commercial trucks were buried in snow just off Interstate 90 as snow drifts rendered the road impassable.ByJosé RodrÃguez Jr.PublishedDecember 19, 2022Comments (23)
Beyond CarsTransportationBeyond CarsTransportationWashington, DC to Offer Fare-Free Buses in 2023The nation's capital will offer free bus rides to residents and visitors. And it’ll be permanent.ByLawrence HodgePublishedDecember 13, 2022Comments (7)
Beyond CarsTransportationBeyond CarsTransportationFrance Is Banning Some Short-Haul Domestic FlightsIf you can get to your destination by train in under two-and-a-half hours, France doesn't want you flying.ByLawrence HodgePublishedDecember 5, 2022Comments (23)