Via: Bloomberg: Dotting the sea off Chinese ports are 477 bulk cargo ships waiting to deliver resources from metal ore to grain into the country. Queues of vessels carrying raw materials have jumped after Shanghai initiated a city-wide lockdown at the end of last month to combat Covid-19. More than two weeks on, the congestion has […]
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Seoul bids to cut congestion with futuristic ‘drone taxis’
November 11th, 2020 Awake Goy
This is an empty “drone taxi” taking a short flight over the South Korean capital Seoul. It is part of government plans to have a traffic management system in place to support the aerial taxis, possibly as early as 2025. Jang Young-ki, deputy director of South Korea’s transport ministry drone division, said they would help […]
NYC transport guru aiming to solve Bucharest’s congestion problem
October 28th, 2020 Awake Goy
A New York transport guru wants to help his native Romania by trying to ease Bucharest’s congestion problem. Michael Horodniceanu, a Romanian-American engineer, will work with the capital’s newly elected mayor, Nicușor Dan. Bucharest is one of the most congested cities in Europe, after Kyiv, Istanbul and Moscow, according to the TomTom Traffic Index. It […]