As the pinch that Chicagoans feel at the pump intensifies, there are some well-meaning responses that have been employed, from gas giveaways to the rollback of motor fuel taxes. These short-term fixes ...

WILSON, N.C. — When a small city abruptly parked all its buses to launch a publicly subsidized van service offering $1.50 trips anywhere in town, only one of its bus drivers — a big-city transplant — ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A tech company is trying to solve a problem affecting employers and employees in Cleveland’s suburbs — a lack of reliable transportation to work. Share Mobility, a startup ...

Optimal transportation networks represent a vital intersection of mathematical optimisation, network theory and applied engineering. These problems focus on designing networks that transport resources ...

Alessio Figalli studies optimal transport, a field of math that ranges from the movements of clouds to the workings of chatbots. By Siobhan Roberts The words “optimal” and “optimize” derive from the ...