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NYU-BMW i report explores future urban mobility; sustainability and resilience

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These changes may include an increased emphasis on creating “walkable” city neighborhoods and an overall decrease in car ownership, though not necessarily car usage, as car sharing and other alternatives to ownership increase in popularity. Clearly, cities will continue to depend on a multiplicity of modes in the twenty-first century.

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Honda announces second plug-in vehicle testing program; Japan joins US, China may follow

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The Saitama program will focus on motorcycles, automobiles and power products. Study the low noise impact of electric vehicles in residential neighborhoods.

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New DARPA Grand Challenge to focus on wireless spectrum collaboration; first collaborative machine-learning competition

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SC2 will reward teams for developing smart systems that collaboratively, rather than competitively, adapt in real time to today’s fast-changing, congested spectrum environment—redefining the conventional spectrum management roles of humans and machines in order to maximize the flow of radio frequency (RF) signals.

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Cleveland City Planners Change Policies to Create 15-Minute City

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Cleveland, Ohio, has approved new zoning and transportation policies that are angling to transform it into the next “fifteen-minute city,” The City Planning Commission voted to move forward with changes to building codes in several pilot neighborhoods it wants to make more pedestrian friendly.

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The Ins and Outs of Scrap Car Recycling

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Unbeknownst to many, manufacturing new automobiles exacts a toll on our ecosystem—increased energy consumption and escalating greenhouse gas emissions further exacerbate the situation. The practice serves as a guardian of the environment, combating the harmful effects of both abandoned vehicles and the production of new ones.

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NYU Researchers Pave the Way for Future Shared Mobility

Cars That Think

Department of Transportation Tier 1 University Transportation Center at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering comprised of a consortium of universities, is leading research efforts to optimize these technologies to make them effective and efficient for our lives and our environments. Karl Philip Greenberg.

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Megatruck Runs on the Lightest Gas

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Snooping on penguins for clues regarding how they relate to their polar environment is a job for machines and not men. Rather than subjecting members of the team to the bitter cold weather in penguins’ neighborhoods, they’re studying these ecosystems using hybrid autonomous and remote-controlled. Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg/Getty Images.

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