A New Algorithm to Predict Train Delays
"Mathematicians in Sweden have developed a new algorithm that can predict when trains will be delayed, letting commuters avoid delays and better plan their travel," reports Andrew Liszewski.Publication...
View ArticleSweden to Test Overhead Power Lines for Heavy Transport
"Sweden inaugurated a test stretch of electric road on the E16 in Sandviken, thus becoming one of the first countries to conduct tests with electric power foPublication Date: Wed, 06/22/2016
View ArticleThe Critical Importance of Bicycle Infrastructure to Public Health
American cities that have adopted Vision Zero goals for walking and biking have their work cut out. Compared to other advanced nations, it's undeniable that cycling in the United States is less...
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Sweden Targets Carbon Neutrality
The Swedish government recently introduced legislation that will "put into action a cross-party agreement for the country to go carbon neutral by 2045."Publication Date: Thu, 02/02/2017
View ArticleVolvo Makes History in Embrace of Electric Vehicle Technology
"Volvo Cars became the first mainstream automaker to sound the death knell of the internal combustion engine, saying on Wednesday that all the models it introduces from 2019 will be either hybrids or...
View ArticleConnecting Central Europe, North to South
Central Europe has a number of borders and natural choke points that can make traveling difficult. "With their tightly interlinked shipping lanes and industrial supply chains, Copenhagen and Hamburg...
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Swedish Road Will Charge Electric Vehicles as They Drive
On a 1.25 mile stretch of road outside of Stockholm, electric vehicles will be able to charge as they drive."The project — called eRoadArlanda — uses technology similar to overhead cables that charge...
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Massive Mine Encroaching on Swedish City
Chris Michael provides a dispatch from Sweden, where the Kiirunavaara mine is changing the fate of a city, again.Publication Date: Sun, 12/02/2018
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Free 'Test Rides' Win Transit Riders
"If you live in Gothenburg, Sweden, a city in the southwest of the country with a population of about 570,000, and drive to work or school, the regional transit agency wants to give you a two-week free...
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Coronavirus Success Stories
The United States, with 4.25% of the world's population, lays claim to 28% of global COVID-19 cases and nearly 28% of fatalities on June 5, according to the Publication Date: Wed, 05/27/2020
View ArticleSweden's 'One-Minute City' Reimagines the Street at a Hyper-Local Level
Move over, "15-minute city," writes Feargus O'Sullivan for Bloomberg.Publication Date: Tue, 01/05/2021
View ArticlePandemic Update: Sea Change in Sweden
Early in the pandemic, Sweden had captured the world's attention by largely allowing people and businesses to make their own decisions in terms of altering behavior to reduce viral...
View ArticleThe World's Highest Rates of Coronavirus Infections and Deaths
The coronavirus pandemic, by definition, is global.Publication Date: Thu, 03/11/2021
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Fourth Surge May Be a Second Wave
"B117, the coronavirus variant first detected in the United Kingdom in December, is now the most common variant in the United States, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
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