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| ABC-UTC | ABC activity: Balsa-wood bridges | When learning about structural engineering, the building of balsa-wood bridges ... |
| ABC-UTC | ABC: Bridge in a "pocket!" | Yes, it is a pocket! But it's not exactly the size of your back pocket, it's actually much bigger. Take a ... |
| ABC-UTC | ABC: Fiber diet for bridges | Many nutritionists tell us that fiber is essential to our health, and that we should take it in various forms every day. ... |
| ABC-UTC | Accelerated bridge construction: Constructability is KEY! | More than 100 years ago, Ransom Olds and ... |
| ABC-UTC | Build bridges faster — but can you keep them together? | This article is the third in a series: ... |
| ABC-UTC | Can't stop the traffic! | We've all experienced traffic jams and slow downs in road construction zones, and we all hate it. They waste our ... |
| ABC-UTC | The ABC advantage: Time, safety, and quality make ABC a bridge construction hero | In our on-going series about accelerated bridge construction (ABC)... |
| ABC-UTC | The ABCs of putting "drivers first" in bridge projects | If you were a bridge, chances are pretty ... |
| ABC-UTC | The importance of ABC today: A commentary | Transportation in the United States is usually by road, air, rail, and waterways ... |
| ABC-UTC | The many faces of bridge engineering | There are more than 600,000 highway bridges in the United States. Have you ever ... |
| ABC-UTC | The rise of 3D printing in ABC | Prefabricated bridge elements and systems (PBES) are key technologies used in accelerated bridge construction (ABC). ... |
| Blog | A pleasurable struggle: When childhood dreams come true | My name is Stefon Gonzalez and I'm ... |
| Blog | Aircraft archaeology: A new frontier | Recently, I attempted to write a careers post about Aircraft archaeology for Go!. ... |
| Blog | Bike to freedom! | Maybe you don't have your driver's license or, almost worse yet, you do have your license but you don't ... |
| Blog | Discovering your sparkle: Heather Taylor | What is the most inspiring aspect of the First Women's National Air Derby ... |
| Blog | Doctor Who's "Gridlock": A vision of the future of transportation | By definition, a "gridlock" is a traffic jam that affects a whole network of intersecting streets? |
| Blog | Driving is a privilege | I remember that thrilling moment when I turned sixteen, and I could finally get my driver's license. I work up earlier ... |
| Blog | Driving trend: A downward spiral? | In 2008 only half of all potential millennial drivers (those born between the late 1980's and mid-1990's) ... |
| Blog | Five reasons to be a transportation engineer | When you hear the word "engineering" what do you think? Really difficult ... |
| Blog | Flying in virtual reality: counterfeit comfort? | If you have ever flown on an airplane, ... |
| Blog | Fossil Fuels=Fossil Earth? | For millennia, centuries, decades, and years, Earth's ecosystems have borne ... |
| Blog | Hot enough to fry an egg | When the summer heat is sizzling and pavements are too hot for bare feet, it feels like it could actually work to fry ... |
| Blog | Los Angeles Freeway | On the night of June 23, 1997, boxer Oscar De La Hoya was driving his brother's Mercedes on Interstate 605 near Whittier, California. He was in the fast ... |
| Blog | Porco Rosso review: Whole-hogged | Often referred to as one of Director Hayao Miyazaki's "most underrated ... |
| Blog | Rainforest revolution: How do you get there? | Tram time! Thick dense vegetation, trees everywhere, more species of insects, ... |
| Blog | Should safety be mandatory in the tech revolution? | Looking forward to the future has never been the same. For my entire life, the ... |
| Blog | The college student perspective: ISU | When it comes to transportation, sometimes it's hard to understand what's ... |
| Blog | The Dinkey: A blast from the past | As a graduate student at Iowa State University, I commute 3-4 days a week from ... |
| Blog | The new dawn of self-driving cars | Do you remember the last sci-fi movie you saw? Were the characters in the story assisted by robots or did their cars ... |
| Blog | The Wind Rises review: A story of love and war in Japan | Inspired by the true life of warplane designer ... |
| Blog | Transportation for dummies: Six lessons from a transportation amateur | Transportation. What exactly does that mean? ... |
| Blog | Voyaging through the sand dunes | Are you planning to brave the heat on a wild desert themed vacation soon? If so, you're going to need to know the ... |
| Blog | What being a millennial means when it comes to safety | I am a millennial, and I'm in trouble. I ... |
| Blog | What transportation culture do you live in? | Maybe you have seen some of those old movies ... |
| Blog | Whistlestop in Ames, Iowa | Early morning wake-up call. I've live across the street from the Union Pacific line-hauling depot, in Boone Iowa. ... |
| Blog | Wild Wild West review: A Steampunk Western | We're going to the Wild West! This month we've been talking about ... |
| Blog | Your life, your transit | For many people driving a car is about freedom, to go where you want, when you want, how you ... |
| Book Reviews | Book stop: Amazing Bridge Building Robot Adventures | For Stuart Nielsen, writing is just a side project. But to his readers, he is ... |
| Book Reviews | Book stop: Feed | Imagine a world where the updates are even more instantaneous. Imagine a world where you don't even need a computer to receive... |
| Book Reviews | Book stop: Head Case | What would life be like if you couldn't walk, or feed yourself, or clean up after yourself? Head Case, a novel ... |
| Book Reviews | Book stop: Hit the Road | Brit's summer starts with a thud. She's had her driver's license for 11 days, but she has no car to ... |
| Book Reviews | Book stop: Laika | On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union shocked the world by being the first country to successfully launch an artificial satellite into space. Sputnik I was a ... |
| Book Reviews | Book stop: Listening for Lions, Mortal Engines, and Spacer and Rat | Listening for Lions by Gloria Whelan starts in Africa in 1919? |
| Book Reviews | Book stop: NieKo is the newest bridge building robot | What to expect Stuart ... |
| Book Reviews | Book stop: No Bridge! No Fair! | What to expect Nielson begins by introducing the team of Bridge-its, also known as "Bits" ... |
| Book Reviews | Book stop: The Little Engine that Could | The Little Engine that Could is an illustrated children's book by Watty ... |
| Book Reviews | Book stop: Uncommon Carriers | So what's it really like to drive a semi-truck, or a coal train, or a river barge? John McPhee, author of 27 ... |
| Careers | Aerospace engineer | At NASA, aerospace engineers design, test, and supervise the manufacture of aircrafts, spacecrafts, and missiles. Because aerospace technology ... |
| Careers | Automotive service technician | Automotive technicians perform a wide variety of preventative maintenance and repair tasks on automobiles ... |
| Careers | Careers in aviation | Airline pilot Do you love to fly? Most pilots have a passion for flying. You also need to be detail-oriented and concerned about the safety of your passengers ... |
| Careers | Careers in construction | Road construction worker (entry level) Do you like to work outside? Use your hands? Work with equipment? Maybe get ... |
| Careers | Careers in ice road trucking | It's time for another Go! Careers. But this time, we're all the way up north in Alaska! Alaska has some ... |
| Careers | Careers in public transit | You might be interested in becoming a transit maintenance director or a transport planner. Or you might consider working ... |
| Careers | Careers in sustainable transportation | So you want to earn some green while going green? Below are a few careers related ... |
| Careers | Civil engineering | Civil engineers design, build, and monitor a broad range of construction projects, such as bridges, roads, water and sewage systems ... |
| Careers | CNC mill machinist | Computer numeric control (CNC) mill machinist helps with the design and production of launch vehicles. Engineers rely on the craftsmanship ... |
| Careers | Crashing for a living | A NASCAR race car flies down the 3,000-foot runway, propelled by 2 pickup trucks using a pulley system. A 100 foot long ... |
| Careers | Environmental engineering | Environmental engineering is an ever-growing field that addresses practical ÿissues regarding the ... |
| Careers | Information technology professional | An information technology (IT) professional with a railway operates ... |
| Careers | Mechanical engineering | Mechanical engineering is one of the broadest engineering disciplines. Engineers apply principles of ... |
| Careers | Outdoor recreation planner | A recreation planner plans, advises on, and coordinates the use of land and water resources to create ... |
| Careers | Railroad conductor | Railroad conductors do more than drive trains: Overseeing operation from onboard the train Relaying signals to direct the safe movement ... |
| Careers | Renew, Reuse, Employ: Renewable energy facts and careers | In our renewable energy journey so far, ... |
| Careers | STEM on: Port engineer | When you envision scientists, engineers, and inventors, what do you see? Picture this: You hear seabirds call to one ... |
| Careers | STEM on: Roller coaster engineer | When it comes to defining "engineer," or looking at jobs in the science, technology, engineering, or math ... |
| Careers | STEM on: Skatepark engineer | When it comes to being an engineer, you're not just restricted to a nine-to-five workday and a hard hat. If ... |
| Careers | Supply chain analyst | Description Supply Chain Analysts (SCAs) help improve theÿsourcing, manufacturing, and transportation processesÿin ... |
| Careers | Transit Virtual Career Network helps job hunters match background to careers | Ever wonder what it takes to work in the growing transit industry?... |
| Careers | Transportation & me: A forensics expert | You might be surprised, but transportation can commit crimes too. This month, ... |
| Careers | Transportation & me: A railroad worker | Choo choo - all aboard the career train! This time for our Transportation ... |
| Careers | Transportation & me: A taxi driver | Now, for some, this may not be a "career" per se, but for those looking for a flexible job in a big city, ... |
| Careers | Transportation & me: A traffic planner | Is working in the transportation industry the right career path for you? Before ... |
| Careers | Transportation & me: A water transportation worker | Have you ever wanted a job where you could ... |
| Careers | Transportation & me: An air traffic controller | In our last Transportation & me article, ... |
| Careers | Transportation & me: An airline or commercial pilot | Transportation doesn't just happen ... |
| Careers | Transportation & me: An automotive stylist | When most people think about a career as ... |
| Careers | Truck/Semi-truck driver | The primary duty of truck drivers is to move goods both regionally and nationwide in an efficient ... |
| Explore | Before we were here: BCE transportation | We've talked a lot about transportation throughout the world today, but ... |
| Explore | Before we were here: CE transportation | We're traveling back in time to the beginning of the Common Era (CE)! In ... |
| Explore | Before we were here: The New World | In the Common Era, you could say transportation took a different course. In ... |
| Explore | Bizarre road signs from around the world | Road signs in the United States are pretty predictable and clear. Thanks to early ... |
| Explore | Bridges: May the force be with you | Have you ever looked at a bridge, no, I mean really looked at it? Bridges can range from logs used to cross streams ... |
| Explore | City by City: Urban living | As the second largest city, Los Angeles, California, boasts a population of almost four million people. With ... |
| Explore | Crazy roads | These roads are neat to look at, but can be scary to drive If you ever drive on roads similar to those ... |
| Explore | Dog sledding: Transportation meets legacy | The Iditarod Trail Race is where transportation meets legacy, and it all started ... |
| Explore | Exploring Asia: Unique transportation | Did you know that transportation can be more than just cars, trains, and buses? The ... |
| Explore | Exploring Europe: Unique transportation | How do you get around every day? Most of us welcome the familiarity of car rides, ... |
| Explore | Exploring space | On December 5, 2014, NASA's spacecraft Orion lifted off into space. In a mission known as ... |
| Explore | Exploring the Americas: Unique transportation | When it comes to getting from Point A to Point B, different parts of the world ... |
| Explore | Exploring the deserts | What do you think of when someone says "desert?" Rattlesnakes? Camels? Sand? What makes a desert a desert? ... |
| Explore | Exploring the oceans | Volcanoes, mountains, and a vast array of species. These things not only exist on land, but also within oceans, which ... |
| Explore | Final frontiers: Space odyssey | "The final frontier" is a description of space used in Star Trek, a science fiction TV show. In this article ... |
| Explore | Final frontiers: The Oregon Trail | Exploring uncharted territories can be a risky business. These predominantly unexplored lands ... |
| Explore | Final frontiers: Under the sea | This month we're talking about final frontiers! Exploring a final frontier means discovering the land of the unknown. The ... |
| Explore | Flight Q&A | Let's talk about the art of flight. It seems as if we're flying more than ever, with air travel ... |
| Explore | Great American Adventures: The American road trip | Have you ever taken a road trip with your ... |
| Explore | Great American Adventures: The Appalachian Trail | Hiking the Appalachian National Scenic Trail (simply known as the Appalachian ... |
| Explore | Great American Adventures: The Grand Canyon | The Grand Canyon National Park, or simply the Grand Canyon, is considered to be ... |
| Explore | Let's go: One day in Istanbul | It's time to say "Hello" to Istanbul, Turkey. Today we'll use "Merhaba," the Turkish ... |
| Explore | Let's go: One day in Rome | It's time to travel to one of the most ancient cities in Europe. Through its 2,700 years of being a civilized ... |
| Explore | Let's go: One day in New York City | Have you ever wanted to see the world? Visit the Statue of Liberty, spend a day in Istanbul, or see the Colosseum with ... |
| Explore | Main modes of transportation: DESTINATION CHINA | Did you know that China is nearly the same size as the United States? But did ... |
| Explore | Main modes of transportation: DESTINATION PERU | Peru is the fifth most populated country in South America, with over ... |
| Explore | Main modes of transportation: DESTINATION SWITZERLAND | The Switzerland public transportation system ... |
| Explore | Man vs. machine | Transportation is a necessity of life, but it can also threaten it. Perhaps no form of transportation ... |
| Explore | Railway in Alaska | Alaska is sprinkled with small towns that make up the populace of the most sparsely-populated state ... |
| Explore | Steampunk transportation: A pirate's life for me | This month we're talking about Steampunk, ... |
| Explore | Steampunk transportation: Dystopian futures | In our own timeline of history, steam power would prove to be obsolete when compared ... |
| Explore | Steampunk transportation: The Victorian era and the Steampunk craze | Are you in the loop about Steampunk? Steampunk may be defined ... |
| Explore | Taking the laughs out of sign vandalism | One pleasant February night, three young joy riders uprooted or stole about 19 ... |
| Explore | The journey of bananas: Crossing the great 'food desert' | Did you know that bananas are important foods that impact a person's healthy? ... |
| Explore | The journey of bananas: From land to your hand | Have you ever wondered what the difference is between a banana and a plantain? ... |
| Explore | The journey of bananas: Fruitful exploration | Our story begins at Port Manatee near Tampa, ... |
| Explore | Town by Town: Suburban living | Suburbs have gone through several changes since their initial explosion in popularity following ... |
| Explore | Transportation Feats of the World: Journey across the Akashi Kaikyo | We're traveling across the globe to highlight the greatest? |
| Explore | Transportation Feats of the World: Journey across the Golden Gate | There's nothing quite like the Golden Gate Bridge? |
| Explore | Transportation Feats of the World: Journey along the Great Wall | We're ending GO! Magazine's tour of the Seven Great Transportation Feats... |
| Explore | Transportation Feats of the World: Journey on the London Underground | Across developing countries in the West, railway travel really? |
| Explore | Transportation Feats of the World: Journey on the Trans-Siberian | The Seven Wonders of the World has historically been a listing of seven sites? |
| Explore | Transportation Feats of the World: Journey to the International Space Station | To get to our next stop along GO! Magazine?'s tour of the Seven Great Transportation Feats... |
| Explore | Transportation Feats of the World: Journeys from the Kansai Airport | We're checking back in with GO! Magazine's tour of the Seven Transportation Feats ... |
| Explore | Transportation of Tomorrow: A call to infrastructure | Whether you realize it or not, you interact with infrastructure on a daily basis. Infrastructure ? |
| Explore | Transportation on the "Last Frontier" | To understand transportation in Alaska, you first need to understand the state ... |
| Explore | Village by Village: Rural living | What comes to mind when you think of a rural village? Is it filled with miles ... |
| Explore | Walk the walk | What does it mean to walk? Walking is the original mode of transportation. Actually, walking on our own ... |
| Explore | Why did the chicken (deer, raccoon, frog, wolf, snake, bird, bear, etc.) cross the road? | While we're barreling through the countryside at 55 mph or more? |
| Green | "Green" transportation innovations: "NextGen" air traffic control | When it comes to transportation, there's almost always room ... |
| Green | "Green" transportation innovations: Autonomous pods | This month we're talking about where ... |
| Green | Bike share in Chicago | This past weekend, my family met in Chicago to see my sister's new home. On Saturday, we decided to go to Wrigleyville ... |
| Green | Cars now and into the future | By the year 2050, it is projected that most cars will not involve a human driver. Technology that replaces the human ... |
| Green | Fuel for thought: Biodiesel | For the first time since 1979, cars, buses, trucks, and airplanes in the United States are emitting more carbon dioxide ... |
| Green | Going Green: 'Green' alternatives to the 'gas guzzler' | Did you know that most of the renewable ... |
| Green | Going green: The history of re'new'able energy | Energy and transportation have ... |
| Green | Going Green: Who is powering our 'green' future? | The "what if this..." But really, what if this happened? Imagine ... |
| Green | Green infrastructure: 3D constructed bridges | Can three-dimensional (3D) printing help ... |
| Green | Green infrastructure: One "step" at a time | The PlasticRoad and 3D printed bridges ... |
| Green | Green infrastructure: The PlasticRoad | When it comes to redesigning transportation in hopes for a greener future, it's ... |
| Green | 'Green' transportation innovations: Solar bike paths | When you think about the different ways ... |
| Green | It's electric: Battery power | Most of us have heard of an electric-powered car, and maybe an electric-powered boat... |
| Green | Native Alaskan transportation: The original "green" energy | Alaska's landscape, riddled with ... |
| Green | Suburban sprawl series: Wait, what is a suburb? | Wait, what is a suburb? What is the difference between the city and a suburb? ... |
| Green | Suburban sprawl series: Young people driving less | Christy and Jim are both 25 and are on ... |
| Green | This will blow you away: Wind energy | If someone told you that the wind could power the world, would it blow you away? Wind power collects the natural airflow ... |
| Green | Whatever floats your boat: Solar energy | Our entire planet could be powered using solar energy alone. Did you know that ... |
| History | 3,980,817 miles | The United States has a lot of roads - 3,980,817 miles to be exact. Roads are relatively simple but make ... |
| History | A way across the country | Called the "Mainstreet across America" in its heyday, the Lincoln Highway was the first transcontinental ... |
| History | An abbreviated history of flight | Dreams of flying have existed since long before the Wright brothers' historic flight in 1903. Wilber and Orville ... |
| History | Four wheels: A history | Commuting as we know it has been centuries in the making. The transportation vehicles we've come to rely on - cars, ... |
| History | Frederick McKinley Jones: Refrigeration engineer | This month we're talking about inventors ... |
| History | Hedy Lamarr: Secret inventor | Hedy Lamarr was "the Angelina Jolie of her day," starring in films from the 1930s to the late 1950s. This ... |
| History | Historically Speaking: Women in construction | Dating back to the 13th century, women's contributions to construction have ... |
| History | John Boyd Dunlop: Veterinarian and inventor | Our inventors were more than just inventors - they were actresses, clocksmiths, ... |
| History | John Harrison: Seafaring revolutionizer | You may have never heard the name John Harrison, but he belongs to the list of ... |
| History | Maria Beasley: Engineering dynamo | This month we're talking about inventors who wore many hats. That brings ... |
| History | Origins of the semi-trailer truck | At the dawn of the 20th century, transportation was going through a period of ... |
| History | Preserving America's historical covered bridges | Covered timber bridges are one of the most ... |
| History | Taking flight: A history | It's said that the dream of flying is as old as mankind itself. Cars and motorcycles can be great, but what ... |
| History | Trains: A history | Over 200 years ago, when locomotives were first being developed, people worried ... |
| History | Trains: The future? | If trains keep progressing the way they have in the last 200 years, where will we ... |
| History | Trains: Today | When new technology provides a faster, better, or more efficient means of doing ... |
| History | Two wheels: A history | Transportation has been balancing on two wheels for centuries, but where did it all begin? Two-wheeled transportation ... |
| History | Who Am I? Historical Iowan aviatrix | My early life In 1915, I graduated from Ames High School in Ames, Iowa, and ... |
| History | Why should I care: Leaning Tower of Pisa with a civil engineer? | Like Mount Rushmore, the impetus ... |
| History | Why should I care: Mount Rushmore without a designer? | Did you know? Did you know that Mount ... |
| History | Why should I care: Statue of Liberty without construction workers? | Did you know that Mount Rushmore is made of granite? Granite ? |
| History | Women Engineers of the 20th century: Meet Bonnie Dunbar | Bonnie Dunbar grew up on a farm in Sunnyside, ... |
| History | Women engineers of the 20th century: Meet Lois Cooper | Lois Cooper (1931-2014) is known as a "true ... |
| History | Women engineers of the 20th century: Meet Olive Dennis | Engineering is, by definition, a branch ... |
| History | Yeehaw for horsepower | There wasn't always a bus to take, plane to catch, or car to drive. Transportation has evolved, ... |
| Interviews | 3D printers in the classroom | What do you think of as a "typical" high school classroom? To me, what comes to mind is an image of students ... |
| Interviews | 5 Questions with...an air traffic controller | When we're flying high in the sky, ... |
| Interviews | A fight between tradition and safety: the breaking point of the Pont des Arts | Love locks are a symbol of love and commitment. Inspired ... |
| Interviews | 'C6' virtual reality room ties in transportation research in multiple dimensions | Imagine being in a room with a 3D projection system and asked to make ... |
| Interviews | Claymation transportation: An interview with Jack Skellington | So long, Halloween was all Jack Skellington, beloved Pumpkin ... |
| Interviews | Clearing the street: DSMove is an active Open Streets movement in Des Moines, Iowa | So far this month we've talked about some types of street "movements" and ... |
| Interviews | Creating passages to new worlds: The role of transportation in film | Just like the film-making process itself, the world film studies minor offered ... |
| Interviews | Exploring Asia: A Filipina perspective | Decerie Chua Deluta, called "Denxei" by her friends, is a 20-year-old ... |
| Interviews | Great American Adventures: A week at the Grand Canyon | It's so nice to be down at ... |
| Interviews | How fishermen can stay safe at sea | Boats are different from cars in that they do not travel on a paved road to get to a destination. The ocean offers millions ... |
| Interviews | How the Department of Transportation is helping stop human trafficking | Human trafficking is the act of trading humans for sexual slavery ... |
| Interviews | How the video game 'DAVinCI Flight' is helping schools reach STEM education goals | Have you ever wished that instead of textbooks you could learn through something more ... |
| Interviews | Impacts of "Teaching in the Fastlane" | Confucius once said this: "Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I ... |
| Interviews | Lessening the carbon footprint: Compressed natural gas for major fleets | Do you ever wonder how many total vehicles are on the road ... |
| Interviews | Mentoring future architects, construction workers, and engineers | Are you currently in high school? Do you often wonder how you will combine your ... |
| Interviews | Oh carp! How to manage invasive species with early prevention, control | n conjunction with our Go! Explore series about the transport and travel of animals ... |
| Interviews | One bike, two bikes, shared bikes: Bike-sharing program in Ames, Iowa | Hundreds of colleges across the country have implemented bike-share programs ... |
| Interviews | Rome through the eyes of a traveler | I've read that Rome, Italy, is one of the most amazing places on earth, ... |
| Interviews | STEM on: An internship with Boeing | Tyler Oviatt is a senior industrial engineering student at Iowa State University ... |
| Interviews | Taking traffic tracking to the next level: Inside the Traffic Operations Laboratory in Ames, Iowa | What's happening on the road? What's causing it? Those questions continue to daunt transportation ... |
| Interviews | Transportation & me: Interview with a bridge engineer | Meet Katelyn Freeseman, a bridge engineer ... |
| Interviews | Transportation of Tomorrow: Navigating big data | You hear the term "big data" ... |
| Interviews | Transportation of Tomorrow: The next generation of engineers | Pranamesh Chakraborty is a graduate student ... |
| Interviews | Transporting a town: Redesigning the CyRide bus system | As a passenger, public transportation is ... |
| Interviews | What do railroads carry? | Do you see a lot of rail cars passing by with what looks like a lot of different stuff? Ever wonder just how much "stuff" ... |
| Interviews | What do tribal communities have to do with transportation? | Did you know that Iowa has identified thousands ... |
| Interviews | What makes a road last longer? | When you are driving on a highway, do you ever imagine what the land was like before the road was constructed? For instance, ... |
| Interviews | Who put those pretty flowers in the roadway? | Wildflowers, prairie grasses, and wildlife habitat. You might not think of these ... |
| Interviews | Why should I care: Stormwater | Have you ever wondered where rain goes after it lands on a parking lot? Stormwater systems work to move water away from ... |
| Interviews | Women engineers today: Meet Shauna Hallmark | "Science is not a boy's game, it's not a girl's game. ... |
| Safety | Aging population and aging drivers: When is the limit? | In our society today, mobility is one of ... |
| Safety | Animals abroad: Do plants count? | Next up is another, although non-mammalian, type of invasive species ... |
| Safety | Animals abroad: How did the livestock cross the road? | America is a nation of beef eaters, ... |
| Safety | Animals abroad: The invasion of the species | Invasive species often compete so successfully in their new ecosystems that they ... |
| Safety | Autonomy meets the automobile | Transportation technology has changed a lot over the years, but there's something special ... |
| Safety | Breaking Point: Planning a hurricane exodus | How does transportation help us survive severe weather? This month, we've ... |
| Safety | Breaking Point: Transportation and tornadoes | This month we're talking about transportation that takes place at the breaking ... |
| Safety | Breaking Point: Traversing a winter wonderland | How does transportation play a role in our survival? Almost every region in ... |
| Safety | Creating active communities: The Complete Streets movement | You may be wondering, what is a "Complete ... |
| Safety | Creating active communities: The Open Streets movement | In the previous article, "Creating ... |
| Safety | Creating active communities: The Vision Zero initiative | In the previous article, "Creating ... |
| Safety | Green light, yellow light, red light . . . STOP! | Did you know that in the United States, ... |
| Safety | How do YOU drive? | This article attempts to answer one of the unspoken questions in western ... |
| Safety | If the shoe doesn't fit, don't wear it! | Have you ever worn shoes that were too large for your feet? Did you feel uncomfortable ... |
| Safety | Iowa DOT campaigns to end traffic fatalities | How has Star Wars been used to decrease the number of people killed in vehicle ... |
| Safety | Nighttime construction | If you have ever driven late at night and were surprised to see bright lights and a construction ... |
| Safety | No matter the weather, Iowa DOT Traffic Management Center is a "Highway Helper" | Few things seem to send people into varying levels of uneasiness more than a harsh ... |
| Safety | Observing drivers in their natural habitat | Imagine if you had to sift through two petabytes of information and try to make ... |
| Safety | Seeing the signs: finding meaning behind traffic control signs | Remember when you were a kid and you and ... |
| Safety | The more you know: How countries are combating road fatalities | Imagine yourself walking along ... |
| Safety | The more you know: Safety statistics around the world | Did you know that one person is killed ... |
| Safety | The more you know: What technologies can help reduce road fatalities? | Let's look at some different methods and how they can slow down those "speedy" ... |
| Safety | The not-so-distant future of car safety | What do windshield wipers, turn signals, seat belts, and airbags all have in common? ... |
| Safety | What color is that traffic light? | "What color is that traffic light? This traffic light is horizontal, so I can't tell which ... |
| Tech Trends | 3D printing: Building future infrastructure | In our last article, "3D printing: What can it hurt?," we looked at ... |
| Tech Trends | 3D printing: How can it benefit you? | In terms of technology, 1983 was a pretty exciting year. This was the year that ... |
| Tech Trends | 3D printing: What can it hurt? | In our last article, "3D printing: How can it benefit you?," we unveiled that the possibilities ... |
| Tech Trends | Claymation transportation: Chicken Run | In Nick Park and Peter Lords? Chicken Run, we find another movie that utilizes ... |
| Tech Trends | Claymation transportation: Fantastic Mr. Fox | In the world of claymation, transportation isn't just for humans. Wes ... |
| Tech Trends | Claymation transportation: Wallace and Gromit | In the world of claymation, anyone can ... |
| Tech Trends | Driving into the future: Self-driving cars | Although self-driving cars are still years away from being put on the market, ... |
| Tech Trends | Driving the future: The cons of virtual reality | We are in the Information Age, also known ... |
| Tech Trends | Driving the future: The pros of virtual reality | Virtual reality (VR) and artificial intelligence ... |
| Tech Trends | Driving the future: What is virtual reality? | In the last 10 years or so, technology like smart phones, tablets, and computers ... |
| Tech Trends | 'Drone' on: The future of US and UK commercial drones | Imagine you need to order a textbook and ... |
| Tech Trends | 'Drone' on: The next cell phone? | According to a 2011 report from the International Telecommunications Union ... |
| Tech Trends | 'Drone' on: the rise of the unmanned aircraft | What do you think of when you think of a "drone?" The noise bees make? ... |
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