High-speed rail: Does its economic impact match its breakneck speed?
Britain's HS2 project will be the latest in a long line of high-speed rail networks across the world…
Cities
HS2 stations: How the high-speed rail network will help regenerate cities
11 Feb 20With 25 new HS2 stations and several regeneration projects being constructed along the route, local authorities are investing…
How small infrastructure changes can prompt mass sustainable consumer behaviour adoption
10 Feb 20A team of scientists used Copenhagen as an case study to explore how a bike-friendly environment led to…
Inside Toyota’s new ‘city of the future’: Autonomous delivery trucks and in-home robotics
09 Jan 20Woven City is planned to be fully sustainable, using hydrogen fuel cells and solar power generated from rooftop…
What is the Wi-SUN Alliance? Creating a ‘Wi-Fi for smart energy grids’
12 Dec 19Street lighting, power distribution controls and smart meters could all be connected across a city using an industry…
The critical role of street lighting in London’s smart city project
02 Dec 19The City of London's smart street light project has reduced energy consumption by 60%
Mobile police technology rolled-out to 10,000 officers in Scotland
12 Nov 19Motorola Solutions' mobile application replaces the traditional paperwork that many police officers are required to carry for the…
Coatings for steel buildings: How paint can save lives through passive fire protection
17 Oct 19Passive fire protection coating can increase the time it takes to heat up steel to a point where…
Projecting the global economy in 2030 – and how the future of living and work could look
09 Oct 19Emerging economies without the shackles of legacy infrastructure could use new technology to overtake established nations in terms…
How scale-ups drive true economic growth – making infrastructure investment key
09 Oct 19Businesses eyeing up high growth benefit from investment in public transport and good trade links with other countries