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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CyclingMAX and the Case for Active Mobility
As cities around the world face growing traffic congestion, rising emissions, and strained transport budgets, the case for investing in cycling and walking infrastructure...
Jakarta’s Traffic Management Strategies Set a Standard for Indonesia
Cleaner air has long been a shared goal for Jakartans, and it has become increasingly urgent with visible smog and pollution regularly shrouding the...
Jinan’s Electric Trolleybuses Spark A Transformation for China
In recent years, China has made remarkable achievements in vehicle electrification, positioning itself as a global leader in electric mobility as it pushes for...
How the Cycling Cities Campaign Helped Scale a Global Movement
Amid the devastation wrought by the pandemic were small glimmers of hope. Vehicle use was down, and people wanted to spend time outside, enjoying...
