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A blue Johns Hopkins University shuttle bus parked at an angle on a sunny day in front of green trees

Sustainability

First electric buses will hit the road in 2025

Published Oct 11, 2024

The first wave of five all-electric, fully accessible buses will operate on the Homewood-Peabody-JHMI shuttle route beginning early next year, with help from a $1.5M state grant

Francis Scott Key Bridge, April 10, 2024

Bridge safety

Data mining reveals U.S. bridges with most large-ship traffic

Published Sept 23, 2024

Bridges in New York, California, and Georgia see the most traffic from the largest ships—findings that are the first step in post–Key Bridge vulnerability analysis

A large container ship pictured with the twisted steel remains of a collapsed bridge across its bow

3 Questions

Supply chains could feel ripple effects from bridge collapse

Published March 26, 2024

Operations management expert Tinglong Dai discusses the impact of the collapse for consumers, suppliers, and the economy

Public transportation bus in New York in Manhattan

Q+A

Unreliable mass transit and public health

Published Jan 19, 2024

Missed doctor appointments, school tardiness, air pollution—Hopkins expert Megan Latshaw unpacks a new CDC report

Transportation

New buses coming to shuttle route, transition to electric vehicles to follow

Published Sept 29, 2021

The Homewood-Peabody-JHMI route will be serviced by a new fleet of buses beginning on Oct. 2, and a conversion to electric buses is expected to be completed by 2026