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Imagining the impact of putting all roads underground raises important questions about how our global transport system is developing (Credit: Zhuang Wang/Getty)
Future Planet

The promise of a world without roads

By Laura Paddison

Pathfinder 1 testing (Credit: LTA)
Aircraft
Reinventing the airship for the 2020s
By Mark Piesing
Waymo is already offering driverless taxi service in San Francisco, California, and Pheonix, Arizona (Credit: Alamy)
Change Agents
How long until your car drives itself?
By Jenny Cusack
The transport sector makes up the largest share of the US's carbon emissions, with cars the primary source of CO2 (Credit: Getty Images)
Towards Net Zero
America's greatest source of emissions
By Ula Chrobak
The emergence of grassroots charging networks is helping defeat range anxiety in rural Costa Rica as the country seeks to decarbonise (Credit: Mariela Vásquez)
Future Planet
Costa Rica's answer to 'range anxiety'
By Reena Shah
In 2017, images of vast fields of bicycles began to emerge – a sign that setting up a successful bike share scheme wasn't as easy as it looked (Credit: Getty Images)
Future Planet
The fate of China's bike share boom
By Hope Ngo
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Future Inc
The fuel that could transform shipping
By Jocelyn Timperley
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Future Inc
How flying cars could change the world
By Adrienne Bernhard
Computers may well be better at making choices that save fuel but there are other factors that can make self-driving vehicles less efficient (Credit: Alamy)
Transport
The flaw with driverless cars
By Ashley Nunes
Satellite positioning systems play a crucial role in our everyday lives, not just in helping us find our way around, but in the goods we buy and services we use (Credit: Nasa)
Transport
Why we don't need GPS
By David Hambling
A woman rides a sparsely occupied carriage in Hong Kong (Credit: Getty Images)
Covid-19
How to take the bus and train safely
By Richard Fisher
Parked airliners during lockdown (Creidt: Getty Images)
Aircraft
Will Covid-19 kill air travel?
By Ashley Nunes
Electric scooters are loved by some, abhorred by others - and they are not quite as green as their image (Credit: Getty Images)
Future Planet
The speedy rise of the electric scooter
By Francesca Perry
On the crowded streets of Mumbai, trains and bicycles are quicker than cars and motorbikes (Credit: Getty Images)
Future Now
The world's best food delivery service
By Edd Gent
In many countries even short journeys that could be easily made by foot or by bike are taken in a car (Credit: Getty Images/Javier Hirschfeld)
Smart Guide to Climate Change
Why we need to walk more
By Jocelyn Timperley
An aerial image of busy city streets at night (Credit: Getty Images)
Transport
The cities trying to ban cars
By Len Williams