Across the nation major central business districts in cities like Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle remain eerily empty as employers continue to keep staff working remotely. Heading into the holidays, only 1 in 10 office workers had made their way back into Manhattan. But is the disruption caused by the pandemic—and the work from home […]
Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. Urban traffic congestion declined significantly worldwide in 2020 because of COVID-19 lockdowns and economic slowdowns. But the impact was more persistent in the U.S. than in any other country, according to new research. Of the […]
Mumbai. Jakarta. Manila. Every one these mega-metropolises reveal a worldwide threat, scientists say: they might be breeding grounds for another outbreak. A group of scientists, headed by scientists at the University of Sydney, have mapped from the towns offering the ripest requirements for its incubation of viruses that could jump from animals to people –then […]