Topic: infrastructure
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America's Infrastructure Is Under Attack... By Chinese Hackers
A crippling cyber attack that shuts down our power grid and poisons our water? Not so impossible anymore.
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Why Are We So Afraid of Being Hit by a Subway Train?
How something so statistically unlikely managed to captivate our imaginations.
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The Big Fix
Fixing a Secret Cause of Urban Traffic
Delivery trucks are responsible for a big chunk of the congestion we experience. Here are some ideas for getting them off the road.
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Acid Trip of the Day: New York Infrastructure Comes Alive
This is a final project for a Bachelor's Degree?
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Postcard
Germans' Anti-Stuttgart 21 Protests May Pay Off, 2 Years Later
The country reconsiders a massive rail project.
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Postcard
A Truck Filled With Fireworks Explodes, Destroys Highway
The blast was so strong it sent some cars flying off the bridge, and still more trucks were found crushed underneath the debris.
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Charts
In Minneapolis, Reducing Bike Crashes by Studying Them in Detail
A new analysis of accidents from 2000-2010 finds that drivers and riders share equal fault, but not equal suffering.
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Prediction of the Day: Cities Will Soon Compete to Build Driverless Car Infrastructure
You heard it here first.
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Why Virginia's Governor Wants to Tax Prius Drivers
The plan isn't as crazy as it sounds. It's just bad policy.
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Videos
How New York City's 'Pothole Gang' Fixes 4,000 Holes a Day
Headquartered in a small depot beneath the Williamsburg Bridge, the crew is responsible for overseeing 6,000 miles of road.
