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Streets arranged in grids, with few dead-ends, encourage walking and transit. But in developing countries, growing cities are taking the opposite route.

The pandemic highlights the vulnerability of workers for private transportation services, which are essential to mobility in global south cities.

US representative Seth Moulton of Massachusetts proposes spending $205 billion over 5 years to connect Chicago with Atlanta, Portland with Vancouver.

The CEO sued a California county over the weekend and threatened to move the company to Texas—his latest tangle with government authorities.

Travel restrictions are blocking some marine workers from reaching their assigned ships. That's forcing others on extended tours. 

The Covid-19 pandemic will delay the arrival of flying cars, and Google sibling Sidewalk Labs abandons plans to remake part of Toronto's waterfront.

An economic slump is no good for a long shot business that's just starting to take off. 

The Google sibling envisioned a tech-enabled and eco-friendly neighborhood. But residents rebelled over plans to collect and use their data, among other things.

Restaurants are anxious to expand beyond takeout, and some researchers believe open-air transmission of the coronavirus is rare.

Using technology from Silicon Valley's Luminar, the Swedish automaker plans to offer completely autonomous highway driving by 2022. 

The state and three cities say the ride-hail companies are violating a new state law. The suit could lead to tens of millions of dollars in fines.

Empty highways clear the way for speedier construction projects, but loss of fuel taxes could bring them to a halt. 

Stay-at-home orders mean less traffic and fewer serious crashes, saving lives and money. Plus, Elon Musk does it again. 

An early-morning tweet punctuates a week in which the CEO has complained loudly and often about coronavirus-induced lockdowns.

Julian Thomson, the automaker's director of design, shares his predictions for what drivers can look forward to.

The CEO has criticized shelter-in-place orders, which have forced the closure of the company's California assembly plant.

Air travel is down more than 90 percent from last year, and analysts say the rebound will be slower than following 9/11 or the financial crisis.

Sheltering in place has driven up demand for deliveries, but machines still have trouble confronting the unpredictability of the real world.