Electric aircraft can operate without “traditional” airports. With regulators moving fast to accommodate new airborne mobility, Transport Policy Matters finds that it’s not as futuristic as it might sound. Continue reading Look, no pilot! Vertiports are set to welcome unmanned aircraft
Supersonic air travel projects have been generating media buzz worldwide, but how likely is flying faster than sound in the near future? We investigate… Continue reading Boom or Bust: Can supersonic air travel take off once more?
With the finish line now visible in the race for commercial electric flight, we review the battery-powered flyers landing soon at a place near you Continue reading Aerial Revolution: Electrifying Air Travel is on the Horizon
The Coronavirus is the most recent in a list of global pandemics – and it is the most impactful. The human and economic costs of Covid-19 go far beyond those of Sars, the Swine flu or Ebola. Its immediate impact on transport activity has been nothing short of dramatic. Will it also change human mobility and freight transport in the long run? Continue reading Global pandemics and transport systems in an age of disruptions
In 2019, ITF shipping expert Olaf Merk decided to live up to his own recommendations on cutting transport CO2. So for all his professional trips, he tried to avoid air travel and use the train instead. Continue reading My year of train-bragging
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