The battle to be the Amazon (or Netflix) of transport
High-tech companies and venture capitalists have been striving to break into the transport and mobility market. Between 2016 and 2018, venture capital investment in...
A Post-Pandemic Reality Check for Transit Boosters
In 1918, streetcars were the top urban transportation mode in the United States. And they were packed: Americans made about 140 trips per capita,...
Who Wants to Be a Contact Tracer?
It starts with a phone call. You may have been in contact with someone who has coronavirus, a kind-sounding voice tells you: You should...
A NYC Councilmember’s Plan to Save Public Transit
The New York City subway has been a convenient target for pandemic blame, demonized as a vector of disease that spread the coronavirus poison...
How Will Americans Commute After Lockdowns End?
More than zero, fewer than 45, ideally 16: Those are the number of minutes that workers would prefer to spend commuting, according to various...
How to Safely Travel on Mass Transit During Coronavirus
As lockdowns start to ease, trains, buses and planes are becoming an even greater focus of anxiety, with larger numbers of people considering when...
In Minneapolis Protests, Bus Drivers Take a Side
As demonstrations in Minneapolis continued Friday over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died on May 25 after pleading for help...
In Japan and France, Riding Transit Looks Surprisingly Safe
Between May 9 and June 3, 150 clusters of new coronavirus cases emerged in France, according to the country’s national public health body. Defined...
Growing cities face challenges of keeping the masses moving up, down and across
Cities are growing vertically as well as horizontally, so infrastructure needs to ensure people can move up and down as well as across the...
Londoners Have Become Afraid of Public Transit
Seventy percent of Londoners no longer feel comfortable with the idea of commuting to work via public transport. So says a poll released this...
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Congressional briefing emphasizes electrification and public transit to meet climate goals
54 years since the first Earth Day, the US is still focusing on highway expansion. In light of increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, due...
There’s a climate cost to America’s freeways, and it’s not paid equally.
The environmental impacts of the Interstate Highway System continue to harm communities of color through health hazards, pollution, and displacement.
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The sprawling roadway network...
How Indonesian Cities Are Prioritizing Inclusive Public Transport
The lack of holistic data on how marginalized and differently-abled groups move in major cities is often a barrier to developing more inclusive urban...
How Indonesian Cities Are Prioritizing Inclusive Public Transport
The lack of holistic data on how marginalized and differently-abled groups move in major cities is often a barrier to developing more inclusive urban...
