transport
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Watch Crews Move a 2.4-Million-Kilogram Bridge 33 Metres Using Dish Soap
The Utah Department of Transportation posted a video of a huge freeway overpass sliding down the freeway last week using teflon skid plates and a little drizzle of something you likely have in your home: dish soap. It’s a study on how something common and unassuming and make a huge impact when used effectively. UDOT…
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The World’s Largest Container Ship Is Bigger Than the Empire State Building
The MSC Irina completed its first voyage this week, capable of carrying up to 24,346 tractor-trailer-sized containers.
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Cruise and Waymo Self-Driving Taxis Are Terrorising Transit Operators
In San Francisco, tech “disruption” is often framed as good. It’s the goal of “move fast, break things” start-ups and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs: innovation, paradigm shifts, etc…. But, so far, it’s in the original sense of the word that self-driving taxi companies Cruise and Waymo are disrupting San Francisco’s streets.
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Au Revoir, Electric Scooters: Paris Votes to Ban E-Scooter Rentals
E-scooters are set to make a final French exit from the City of Lights. Residents of Paris, France have overwhelmingly voted to ban the electric micro mobility rentals in a Sunday referendum.