High-speed rail

The most promising new high-speed rail service in the U.S. connects Chicago to Detroit. Will it help the economy? Conflicting views on potential impact.

5 | February 21, 2012 9:29am | By Andrew Nusca

The largest cities like New York and Los Angeles had some of the highest incidents of reported missing cell phones.

1 | July 22, 2011 8:29am | By Tuan C. Nguyen

Beating China's current record, Japan's Central Japan Railway Company announced that it plans to build a new train between Tokyo and Nagoya, that will go 310 miles per hour.

18 | February 17, 2011 8:01am | By Ami Cholia

Should we invest billions in the train station of the future?

1 | July 28, 2012 11:08am | By Claire Lambrecht

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June 3, 2009 12:01am | By Andrew Nusca

The inventor of China's novel car-straddling bus seeks American manufacturers to bring his design to life in the U.S.

9 | October 28, 2010 1:51pm | By Andrew Nusca

PARIS -- Historic train station gets the Nouvel treatment with major renovations extending through 2020 to improve transport across the rails and to revitalize the surrounding neighborhood.

January 23, 2012 12:05am | By Bryan Pirolli

Several of China's inland cities are skipping over the manufacture of dollar store goods and aiming instead to make the high-tech products you covet the most.

2 | July 15, 2011 7:57am | By Andrew Nusca

A new train will speed up travel between Beijing and Guangzhou from 20 hours to just eight.

November 20, 2012 4:51am | By Tyler Falk

The cities of the future will be built around air travel -- despite high-speed rail and density schemes and telecommutes and videoconferencing. Aerotropolis author Greg Lindsay explains why.

17 | April 4, 2011 9:29am | By Andrew Nusca

Chevron has kicked off Project Brightfield, a test of seven next-generation solar energy technologies in Bakersfield, California.

2 | May 26, 2010 7:19am | By Andrew Nusca

What's the German national railway to do without nuclear power? Look to the water, wind, and sun.

1 | August 24, 2011 4:15am | By Melissa Mahony

China is now the world's leader in high-speed rail. Now the nation has set its sights on the United States and the rest of the world to expand.

20 | May 20, 2010 10:24am | By Andrew Nusca

When it comes to growing a vibrant economy in a city or town, it turns out that size doesn't matter -- at least as much as transportation networks do.

2 | September 21, 2010 4:00am | By Christina Hernandez

In a State of the Union speech, U.S. president Barack Obama underscored the need to make large investments in innovation, education and infrastructure.

10 | January 25, 2011 5:42pm | By Andrew Nusca

It costs a pretty penny to ride America's only high-speed rail on a regular basis. Why are the views so awful? A suggestion that could improve the commute and add a little profit, too.

10 | July 13, 2012 5:00am | By Andrew Nusca

In his inaugural column, resident energy futurist Chris Nelder outlines why the United States' infrastructure spending plans are a rounding error to what's actually necessary.

18 | October 3, 2011 6:42am | By Chris Nelder

Starting next year, those in possession of a Eurail pass will be able to visit Turkey at no extra cost.

October 27, 2012 11:29am | By Sarah Korones

Cities struggled financially in 2011, but that doesn't mean big urban projects aren't on the way. Here are seven to keep your eye on in 2012.

1 | January 3, 2012 5:56am | By Tyler Falk

It does not go airborne, but this Dutch mass transit electric vehicle flies down the highway at the velocity of high-speed rail.

10 | May 18, 2011 9:13am | By Mark Halper