All articles by Eva Grey

Rapid transit: why Europe is lining up to fast-track Iran’s rail revolution

Home to the world's most ancient highway, the 2,400km Persian Royal Road built by King Darius the Great in the…
Inside New York’s World Trade Center Transportation Hub

The hotly anticipated hub finally swung open its doors to the public on 3 March 2016, when an inaugural ceremony…
Turin-Lyon High-Speed Rail Project: controversy at the heart of Europe

For a quarter of a century, a contentious high-speed rail proposal meant to unite France and Italy has galvanised the…
Delivering the goods: a new direction for Scotland’s freight sector

In March 2016, Scotland's transport minister Derek Mackay launched the government's new rail freight strategy, an ambitious sector-wide programme called…
Worker drones: maintaining railway tracks from the air

It is often said that the reason around 60% of Americans don't have a passport is because they can experience…

The Brooklyn Queens Connector: reviving the American streetcar

In his annual State of City speech on February 4, 2016, Bill de Blasio announced his administration's most ambitious urban…
Can the US rediscover rail to tackle climate change?

In a commitment to drastic emissions reductions, 240 members worldwide, including the major railways of Europe, China, Russia, India and…
Waynaut: a new platform for multimodal transportation

With a growing number of transport start-ups taking the world by storm, local, regional and international travel has become a…
Helsinki-Tallinn rail tunnel: a future European link?

An undersea rail tunnel linking Helsinki and Tallinn has been on the cards for almost a decade, with multiple studies…
Improved access for Ethiopia: opening the Addis Ababa-Djibouti line

In 2015, during the first ever visit of a US president to Ethiopia, Barak Obama described Africa as the continent…