The case of the missing gas tax
MIT researchers find vehicle efficiency standards are at least six times more costly than a tax on fuel.
Embracing change and innovation at DUSP
A chat with Eran Ben-Joseph, the new head of MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning.
MIT researchers win Pyke Johnson Award
Karplus, Paltsev honored for their study on the impacts of vehicle efficiency standards.
Cellphone data helps pinpoint source of traffic tie-ups
Study: Congestion can be alleviated throughout a metropolitan area by altering the trips of drivers in specific neighborhoods.
Vehicle efficiency standards vs. a carbon tax: the costs and politics
MIT researchers show merits of a carbon tax.
Speeding algorithms by shrinking data
A new approach to processing ‘big data’ creates succinct representations of huge data sets, so that existing algorithms can handle them efficiently.
Smoother dashboard typefaces might enhance driver safety
AgeLab study suggests ‘humanist’ lettering style is easier for drivers to read quickly.
MIT Sloan Fellows Program is vehicle to success
MIT Sloan Fellow talks about the concept of car sharing.
Mechanical engineers develop an ‘intelligent co-pilot’ for cars
Semiautonomous system takes the wheel to keep drivers safe.
Sharing data links in networks of cars
A new algorithm lets networks of Wi-Fi-connected cars, whose layout is constantly changing, share a few expensive links to the Internet.
Civil engineers find savings where the rubber meets the road
Study shows that pavement deflection under vehicle tires makes for a continuous uphill drive that increases fuel consumption.
Our gasoline-free future and how to get there
Toyota’s Tom Stricker shares his view with the MIT community.
New study links air pollution and early death in the U.K.
Researchers find car exhaust causes more premature deaths than car accidents.
