Smart Solutions
This city launched an action plan to eliminate all traffic deaths and severe injuries by a target year, using crash data to identify its highest-risk intersections and corridors
Durham, North Carolina
This common black road surface is actually the leftover byproduct of refining crude oil into gasoline, now used to make cheap, durable pavement
Asphalt
The animal that the Singapore architect, Khew Sin Khoon, liked to study
Butterflies
What is the power rule that Dr. Mauricio Hernandez talked about?
This is the Director of the Durham Department of Transportation
This city built a bridge over one of its expressways covered in native plants, so animals like pangolins and civets could safely cross between two separated nature reserves
Singapore
Before 1880, this was the main method of travel around and between cities
Horses and horse-drawn vehichles
The number of birds killed in building collisions annually in North America due to light pollution
600 million
This interconnected system of power plants, transmission lines, and substations delivers electricity from generation sources to homes and businesses across a city or region
In 2021, GoDurham launched its first bus of this kind, running zero-emissions along the Holloway Street corridor for Earth Day (you got mini-foam ones)
Electric Buses
This city used participatory data collection to map out its "dark spots" and find the best places to put new LED lights to light the way for pedestrians
Amsterdam, Netherlands
In the 1960s, construction of this highway plowed directly through Hayti, a thriving, historically Black business and residential district, to connect the Research Triangle and I-40 into downtown Durham
The Durham Freeway
This 210-foot-wide structure covered in an acre of natural habitat, helps animals cross the 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills, California
The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing
The amount of money that power outages cost cities in the United States per year
$150 billion
These high-speed rail systems, common in Japan, China, and France, let passengers travel between cities at speeds over 200 mph, offering a faster, lower-emission alternative to short-haul flights or driving
Bullet trains
This city used smart sensors to know when trash bins were full, so they knew when to empty them. They also used underground vacuum pipes to bring the trash to a central spot
Barcelona, Spain
This was America's first coast-to-coast road for cars
The Lincoln Highway
This Cornell Lab project uses NEXRAD Doppler Radar to detect flocks of birds at night, allowing cities to trigger a "Lights Out" alert
BirdCast
Cities encourage covering roof space on homes, offices, and parking structures with this technology, letting buildings generate their own electricity and reducing strain on the central grid
Solar Panels
This Durham initiative aims to eliminate traffic deaths and injuries by monitoring data and finding analytical ways to reduce fatalities
Vision Zero
This city saved 55% more birds' lives by having skyscrapers dim or turn off decorative lighting during peak spring and fall migration seasons
Chigaco, Illinois
In the 1880s, this group of road travelers advocated for better, smoother roads
Cyclists
The division of natural landscapes and wildlife habitats into smaller, isolated patches by roads, highways, and urban areas
Habitat Fragmentation
In the case of a blackout or lack of available energy, what key component gets prioritized to keep mechanical devices in hospitals and other city facilities cool?
Chillers
This is a major reason that the US has struggled to build high-speed rail trains like Japan and some European countries
Low population density
Urban sprawl
Lack of federal investment
Usage of airports