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Protected bike lanes increase Citi Bike ridership in New York City, but painted bike lanes and sharrows do not show a statistically significant causal effect on ridership after accounting for confounding factors, according to a new study from researchers at NYU's Tandon School of Engineering published this week in npj Sustainable Mobility and Transport. https://phys.org/news/2026-06-bike-lanes-nyc-bikeshare-ridership.html Social Sciences Mon, 08 Jun 2026 21:20:02 EDT news700147862 Amid a recent spate of reported sightings of bobcats and coyotes in Frisco, local experts are encouraging North Texas residents to be aware and to take precautions to avoid negative encounters between pets, people and wildlife. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-coyote-bobcat-sightings-dallas-fort.html Plants & Animals Thu, 15 Jan 2026 17:20:01 EST news687715933 Parents the world over have begun the task of negotiating Christmas lists written by their children. But buying the right presents for kids can feel like a minefield, with an ever-growing list of choices and factors to consider. Among all of this, the issue of gendered marketing looms large. https://phys.org/news/2025-12-toy-aisle-full-gender-bias.html Education Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:50:03 EST news684672554 Interactions between different users on roads are often a source of frustration, the most prominent being those between motorists and cyclists. https://phys.org/news/2025-11-cyclists-red.html Other Tue, 04 Nov 2025 14:12:03 EST news681487921 Many Canadians over the age of 40 likely remember spending their childhoods playing on the street and moving around their communities on their own or with friends. And, according to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 11, cities should in fact be places where all residents, including children, can thrive—they have as much right to occupy and use urban streets as motorists do. https://phys.org/news/2025-09-cars-kids-resistance-limits-children.html Social Sciences Thu, 25 Sep 2025 15:30:01 EDT news678032200 A UK study of data on more than 30,000 crimes sheds new light on crime after dark, suggesting that the overall risk of crime rises when darkness falls, but that risk varies depending on type of crime and geographical area. Jim Uttley of the University of Sheffield, UK, and colleagues present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS One. https://phys.org/news/2025-06-uk-crime-dark.html Social Sciences Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:00:08 EDT news670063081 Economist Ali Yurukoglu has some encouraging news for anyone who fears that an overconcentration of corporate power is hurting the U.S. economy, stifling innovation, and harming consumers: Dig deep into the data, and you'll see that competition is, in fact, alive and well. https://phys.org/news/2024-12-lack-corporate-competition-stifling-economy.html Economics & Business Wed, 18 Dec 2024 11:26:37 EST news653743593 Climate change is "wreaking havoc" on the coastal rail corridor from Santa Barbara to San Diego, Sen. Catherine Blakespear said at a Senate Transportation Subcommittee meeting in San Clemente. https://phys.org/news/2023-12-climate-imperils-southern-california-coastal.html Environment Tue, 12 Dec 2023 12:50:01 EST news621606092 "THEY park on the sidewalks and hide fire hydrants with their cars. They angle where they should parallel and turn normal streets into obstacle paths. They never seem to feed their parking meters, they rarely get tickets and they run red lights." https://phys.org/news/2023-04-standard-officers-issue-tickets.html Social Sciences Tue, 11 Apr 2023 12:50:01 EDT news600435299 Last Saturday night, a young woman out on the town in Brisbane saw a dog-shaped robot trotting towards her and did what many of us might have felt an urge to do: she gave it a solid kick in the head. https://phys.org/news/2023-01-robot-dog.html Social Sciences Wed, 11 Jan 2023 13:22:07 EST news592665724 On the wooded hill above the Stan Terg lead and zinc mine in Kosovo, there is an old concrete diving platform looming over what was once an open-air swimming pool. Before the break-up of Yugoslavia, people who worked at the mine would bring their families here to swim, sunbathe on the wide terrace with its view across the valley, and picnic among the trees. Now the pool is slowly disappearing into the forest, the view obscured by birch saplings. https://phys.org/news/2022-09-net-world-years-ive-evil.html Environment Fri, 23 Sep 2022 12:30:19 EDT news583155013 The World Cycling Championships in Bergen in 2017 had budgeted slightly more than €16.5 million in both revenues and costs. They missed the mark on both counts, and the event incurred a € 5.8 million deficit. https://phys.org/news/2022-05-exploring-deficits-major-sporting-events.html Economics & Business Tue, 10 May 2022 14:04:34 EDT news571410269 Every day, Raju gets on his bicycle and unwillingly pedals the world a tiny bit closer to climate catastrophe. https://phys.org/news/2021-11-hard-world-coal.html Environment Mon, 01 Nov 2021 04:05:55 EDT news554958350 The third typhoon to hit the storm-battered Philippines in as many weeks caused major flooding in Manila on Thursday, trapping people on rooftops and claiming at least 11 lives in other parts of the country. https://phys.org/news/2020-11-major-manila-typhoon-batters-philippines.html Environment Thu, 12 Nov 2020 05:03:56 EST news524379833 As states and workplaces prepare to open up after the lockdown, many people are looking for alternatives to public transit to get to work. https://phys.org/news/2020-05-poor-black-invisible-cyclists-post-pandemic.html Social Sciences Wed, 27 May 2020 11:18:50 EDT news509797126 On a Friday, in late February, during rush-hour in Truro, N.S., I recorded 80 seconds of noise dynamics at a four-way intersection. I returned on April 3 after the COVID-19 restrictions sent people in Canada indoors. More than just looking empty, Canada may also be quieter. https://phys.org/news/2020-05-covid-shutdowns-nature.html Plants & Animals Wed, 06 May 2020 09:50:02 EDT news507976810 The Morrison government keeps using the word "essential" to describe employees, public gatherings, services and businesses that are still allowed and not restricted as it tries to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. https://phys.org/news/2020-03-essential.html Political science Tue, 31 Mar 2020 10:00:01 EDT news504865552 Where there's a will, there's a way. The truth of that saying was revealed once again to Lance Rake when he traveled to Kathmandu, Nepal, last year to develop a delivery version of the bamboo bicycles for which he is known. https://phys.org/news/2020-03-eco-bike-aims-pollution-kathmandu.html Environment Tue, 24 Mar 2020 08:50:02 EDT news504258163 Beleaguered Australian communities braced for yet more catastrophic bushfire conditions expected on Saturday, as Australia's navy evacuated around one thousand people from a southeastern town. https://phys.org/news/2020-01-renewed-threat-exodus-australian-cities.html Environment Fri, 03 Jan 2020 07:03:11 EST news497257381 Thousands of protesters, many on bicycles, gathered in the southern German city of Frankfurt Saturday to protest outside the city's motor show, part of a new wave of environmental activism. https://phys.org/news/2019-09-protests-german-car-industry-rev.html Environment Sat, 14 Sep 2019 03:59:03 EDT news487652333 Germany on Friday authorised battery-powered scooters on its streets and cycle paths but banned them from pavements to protect pedestrians as the two-wheeled craze continues to spread across Europe. https://phys.org/news/2019-05-germany-green-lights-e-scooters-roads-pavements.html Energy & Green Tech Fri, 17 May 2019 09:14:41 EDT news477303277 Madrid on Friday launched an ambitious traffic restriction scheme in the city centre with which it hopes to reduce gas emissions by 40 percent, drawing mixed reactions. https://phys.org/news/2018-11-madrid-drastic-traffic-limits-ease.html Environment Fri, 30 Nov 2018 09:58:48 EST news462794312 Augmented reality technology can accelerate testing of connected and automated vehicles by 1,000 to 100,000 times, and reduce additional testing costs—beyond the price of physical vehicles—to almost zero, according to a new white paper published by Mcity. https://phys.org/news/2018-11-combining-real-virtual-worlds-driverless.html Hi Tech & Innovation Tue, 20 Nov 2018 08:30:02 EST news461924923 Cities across Spain are grappling with electric scooters that have popped up on sidewalks across the country, helping riders zip around but exasperating drivers and pedestrians. https://phys.org/news/2018-10-spanish-cities-grapple-invasion-electric.html Energy & Green Tech Fri, 05 Oct 2018 02:47:48 EDT news457926455 For the past week, Robert Tierney Jr. has been registering patients at a Northern California hospital in the mornings and checking out possible rentals after work, trying to count his blessings even though his house is one of the more than 1,000 destroyed in a deadly wildfire. https://phys.org/news/2018-08-hospital-staff-displaced-wildfire.html Environment Fri, 03 Aug 2018 16:22:10 EDT news452532121 The autonomous Uber SUV that struck and killed an Arizona pedestrian in March spotted the woman about six seconds before hitting her, but did not stop because the system used to automatically apply brakes in potentially dangerous situations had been disabled, according to federal investigators. https://phys.org/news/2018-05-feds-uber-self-driving-suv-pedestrian.html Hi Tech & Innovation Thu, 24 May 2018 11:10:02 EDT news446378154 Cyclists are being more seriously hurt in crashes with motor vehicles at intersections with 'Stop' or 'Give-way' signs than at intersections with traffic signals or without any signage, a QUT study has found. https://phys.org/news/2018-05-cyclistmotorist-worse-stopgive-junctions.html Other Thu, 24 May 2018 09:17:26 EDT news446372238 The governor of Arizona on Monday put the brakes on Uber's self-driving car program in that state, citing "disturbing and alarming" dashcam footage from a fatal crash in that state. https://phys.org/news/2018-03-arizona-uber-self-driving-car.html Hi Tech & Innovation Tue, 27 Mar 2018 02:53:48 EDT news441338023 Video of a fatal pedestrian crash involving a self-driving Uber vehicle that some experts say exposes flaws in autonomous vehicle technology is prompting calls to slow down testing on public roads and renewing concerns about regulatory readiness. https://phys.org/news/2018-03-uber-self-driving-safety.html Hi Tech & Innovation Fri, 23 Mar 2018 03:55:55 EDT news440996148 Two experts say video of a deadly crash involving a self-driving Uber vehicle shows the sport utility vehicle's laser and radar sensors should have spotted a pedestrian, and computers should have braked to avoid the crash. https://phys.org/news/2018-03-experts-uber-suv-autonomous-woman.html Hi Tech & Innovation Thu, 22 Mar 2018 11:49:56 EDT news440938186