Infrastructure

Here’s how Joe Biden can decarbonise US buildings

US President Joe Biden wants to halve the carbon footprint of US buildings by 2035. Working across federal agencies, here is a road map to get it done.

When rethinking the streets, don’t forget the power of cargo bikes

Cargo bikes can play a key role in designing car-free streets

They really can compete against delivery vans and trucks in urban settings, especially when pollution and congestion charges factor in.

Will Ethiopia’s controversial new dam repeat the “world’s worst environmental disaster”?

The National Infrastructure Commission makes the case for improving intra-city transport

China’s ‘Silk Road urbanism’ is changing cities from London to Kampala

Is burying power lines underground really worth it?

“A blueprint for cities outside London”: The UK’s National Infrastructure Commission on its new cities programme

Why Italy’s coalition government needs to go all-in on infrastructure

Why the government must start consulting locals before building

Infrastructure populism: on the politics of building big, or failing to

An official and objective ranking of the seven bridges linking Newcastle and Gateshead