Infrastructure
India’s tramway turned 150. But it’s on its last legs.
Kolkata’s 150-year-old tram system is limping along. It’s down to just two lines and there is little political will, or room in the city’s crowded streets, to bring the streetcars back to their former glory days. The tram does have a small but loyal band of supporters who want to keep it alive.
How to bring high-speed trains to the US
Japan’s high speed trains run upwards of 200 miles per hour while Amtrak’s Acela can only go its top speed of 150 for short stretches. The reason? Outdated infrastructure. After World War II, the US invested in cars, not trains, and today its passenger railways lag far behind countries in Europe and Asia. Harvard Business School professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter lays out a new vision for US transportation in her book “Move: Putting America’s Infrastructure Back in the Lead.”
São Paulo residents demand their city take a new attitude about water
The unprecedented water crisis in South America’s largest city is leading citizens to change everything, from how they use water to how they engage with politics. But while the government is taking action, residents say it’s not nearly enough.