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Transport

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

(Credit: CMB)
Future Inc
The fuel that could transform shipping
By Jocelyn Timperley
(Credit: Getty Images)
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
(Credit: Getty Images)
Psychology
The tricks of airport design
By Addison Nugent
BigRep's 3D-printed electric motorbike
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A 3D-printed electric motorbike?
Future
Soaring numbers of cars and lorries on roads around the world is creating a headache for motorists as they find themselves stuck in traffic jams (Credit: Getty Images)
Machine Minds
Is this the end of traffic jams?
By Francesca Baker
India traffic
Grand Ideas
How to tame overcrowded roads
By Edd Gent
Although the 1880 tunnel never was completed, the Channel Tunnel intersected with the century-old version during its construction (Credit: Alamy)
Best of BBC Future
The Channel Tunnel that was never built
By Chris Baraniuk
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