Tag Archives: Transport

25Oct/26

How Sewage Tomatoes Beat the AI Web

October 25, 2026TechnologyAcademic disciplines, Articles, Artificial intelligence, Bus stop, Cartography, Computational neuroscience, Computing, Contents, Cybernetics, Data, DEEPSEEK, Digital technology, Ed Jefferson, Everything Framework, Geographic data and information, Geotagging, Germany, Global Positioning System, his Nicolas Cage, Intermodal passenger transport, Internet privacy, Journey planner, Kingston, London, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Matt Muir, Mimi Jiang, NextDoor, Nicolas Cage, Open-source intelligence, OpenStreetMap, Public transport, Reddit, Route planning software, Social information processing, Sustainable transport, Technology, Transport, Transport for London, United Kingdom, Wikipedia, World Wide Webadmin

Mapping the Neighborhood: Reimagining Wikipedia as a Proximity-Based Experience

Sat Oct. 24, 2026 /Mpelembe Media/ — Local Wikipedia is an independent, unofficial web application developed by journalist, software developer, and data specialist Ed Jefferson that turns Wikipedia into a proximity-focused, ambient spatial encyclopedia. Conceived during lockdown and released in late 2026, the application operates on the core thesis of displaying geotagged Wikipedia articles located within a thirty-minute walk from the user. Users can set their location using native browser geolocation or manual text queries such as town names, landmarks, and UK postal codes. To balance visual clutter and system performance across varying geographic densities, the platform automatically adjusts its operational scope, expanding up to six miles in low-density rural areas or capping results at five hundred items in dense urban centers. Designed with client-side privacy in mind, positioning coordinates remain strictly within temporary local browser memory, and exported links are sanitized to ensure physical location data is never shared. Continue reading →

04Apr/23

Virgin Atlantic Brings London to NYC with “Taxi For Takeoff”

April 4, 2023TransportAirbus A330, Airbus A330neo, Aircraft, Aviation, British Air Transport Association, British brands, John F. Kennedy International Airport, London, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Richard Branson, Transport, Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Groupadmin

This week, Virgin Atlantic’s brand new A330neo touched down at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and to showcase the amazing experience customers can expect on board this route to London, the airline has been delighting customers in Manhattan with a unique “Taxi For Takeoff” experience. The distinctive Virgin red hackney carriage picked up customers around the city, surprising them with a special guest appearance from founder Sir Richard Branson. Continue reading

14Feb/23

Jeep® Brand Slides Into the Big Game With ‘Electric Boogie’

February 14, 2023TransportAmerican Motors, Cars, Chrysler, Convertibles, Jeep, Motor vehicles, Off-road vehicles, Plug-in electric vehicle, Sport utility vehicles, Transportadmin

The Jeep® brand’s Big Game one-minute commercial “Electric Boogie” celebrates the brand’s expansion of its electrified lineup across the world, taking the new interpretation of the iconic song into the future with the brand’s new generation of vehicles.

The commercial, debuting on the day of the Big Game, features the brand’s hybrid electric plug-in vehicles Jeep Wrangler 4xe and Grand Cherokee 4xe with species from across the animal kingdom dancing along to the all-new “Electric Boogie” track. Continue reading

10Jan/23

INRIX: Return to Work, Higher Gas Prices & Inflation Drove Americans to Spend Hundreds More in Time and Money Commuting

January 10, 2023TransportBoston, Car, Chicago, INRIX, INRIX Inc., Land transport, London, New York, Paris, Road traffic management, Road transport, Traffic congestion, Transport, Transportation planning, United Statesadmin

INRIX, Inc., a world leader in mobility analytics and connected car services, today published the 2022 Global Traffic Scorecard that identified and ranked congestion and mobility trends in more than 1,000 cities, across 50 countries. Chicago (155 hours), Boston (134 hours), and New York (117 hours) lost the most time to traffic congestion in the U.S. and were all in the top five for most congested cities in the world, alongside London (156 hours) and Paris (138 hours). Continue reading

09Jan/23

EV Chargers: How many do we need?

January 9, 2023TransportCharging stations, Electric power, Electric vehicle network, Electric vehicles, Electrical engineering, EV Connect, Railway electrification system, Transport, United Statesadmin

Supporters of vehicle electrification point to the more than 140,000 EV charging stations currently deployed across the United States – including Level 2 AC and Level 3 DC fast chargers and both public and restricted access units – as a sign that a budding system to support our transportation transformation is in place. Continue reading

28Oct/22

30 Giga-Watt Hours of Electric Vehicle Markets Beyond Cars, Reports IDTechEx

October 28, 2022TransportElectric vehicle, Electric vehicle conversion, Electric vehicles, Government incentives for plug-in electric vehicles, Green vehicles, Sustainable development, Sustainable technologies, Sustainable transport, Transportadmin

Electric vehicle markets are growing globally – in total IDTechEx’s latest master electric vehicle report “Electric Vehicles: Land, Sea & Air 2022-2042” finds 35.7 million electric vehicles (EV) were sold in 2021 and predicts this will rise to over 74 million by 2030. Continue reading

22Jul/22

Trip.com features in the top 10 most downloaded OTA apps global rankings for H1 2022

July 22, 2022InternetApptopia, Human activities, Transport, Travel, Trip.com, Trip.com Groupadmin

Trip.com, the global travel service provider, has been named the 10th most downloaded OTA app globally in the first half of 2022 by leading app analysis firm Apptopia. The announcement comes as Trip.com continues to expand worldwide with its all-in-one app-first offering. Continue reading