Thursday, April 25, 2024

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...

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...

Pandemic-stricken mass transit would get $85 billion in Biden stimulus plan – a down...

New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority was hit hard by a 79% ridership reduction during the pandemic. It needs an extra $8 billion through 2024...

Deaths and injuries in road crashes are a ‘silent epidemic on wheels’

Pedestrians pass the aftermath of a crash in Gaza City in the Gaza Strip on Oct. 11, 2021. Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesThe...

Comment on A blueprint for Amtrak success from T4A Chair John Robert Smith by...

So many comments by some who have no apparent expertise in the subject matter.

Comment on A blueprint for Amtrak success from T4A Chair John Robert Smith by...

Message to Amtrak: If you want support from the hinterlands, you need to perform. Current long distance “service” is plagued by an equipment shortage...

Comment on A blueprint for Amtrak success from T4A Chair John Robert Smith by...

Mistakes by Amtrak management made prior to Covid disruptions certainly foreshadow current operating problems. However, they are hardly foreign to any US company. Why?...

Comment on Who We Are by Chart of the Day: CO2 Emissions vs. Cycling Modeshare...

a chart from a recent study by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), a big International thinktank, about the relationship between...

Comment on A blueprint for Amtrak success from T4A Chair John Robert Smith by...

I’m sorry to report here my long-held conclusion that the LD trains no longer provide much, if anything, in the way of meaningful transportation...

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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. Flickr photo 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...