MIT researchers win Pyke Johnson Award
Karplus, Paltsev honored for their study on the impacts of vehicle efficiency standards.
Karplus, Paltsev honored for their study on the impacts of vehicle efficiency standards.
Study: Congestion can be alleviated throughout a metropolitan area by altering the trips of drivers in specific neighborhoods.
MIT researchers show merits of a carbon tax.
A new approach to processing ‘big data’ creates succinct representations of huge data sets, so that existing algorithms can handle them efficiently.
AgeLab study suggests ‘humanist’ lettering style is easier for drivers to read quickly.
MIT Sloan Fellow talks about the concept of car sharing.
Semiautonomous system takes the wheel to keep drivers safe.
A new algorithm lets networks of Wi-Fi-connected cars, whose layout is constantly changing, share a few expensive links to the Internet.
Study shows that pavement deflection under vehicle tires makes for a continuous uphill drive that increases fuel consumption.
Toyota’s Tom Stricker shares his view with the MIT community.
Researchers find car exhaust causes more premature deaths than car accidents.
Economist Christopher Knittel uncovers surprising facts about the cars we drive — and about the price of gas.
Work is broadly applicable to studies of commuting, migration, freight, even epidemics.