Optimal transportation networks represent a vital intersection of mathematical optimisation, network theory and applied engineering. These problems focus on designing networks that transport resources ...

Alessio Figalli studies optimal transport, a field of math that ranges from the movements of clouds to the workings of chatbots. By Siobhan Roberts The words “optimal” and “optimize” derive from the ...

WILSON, N.C. — When a small city abruptly parked all its buses to launch a publicly subsidized van service offering $1.50 trips anywhere in town, only one of its bus drivers — a big-city transplant — ...

To overcome the Buffalo Public Schools' transportation problems caused by a shortage of bus drivers, the district has proposed changing start and end times for the school day and also reimbursing ...