Mobility

Government innovation typically focuses on agencies and how better internal processes can reshape their missions. These supply-side innovations concentrate on legacy structures and administrative requirements. This approach tends to produce services that...

In the world of government contracting, requests for proposal, or RFPs, are rarely exciting to anyone but the company who wins the work. But city leaders everywhere should pay attention to a creative RFP issued by the city of Boston earlier this year. It...

New York City’s Vision Zero program, passed into law by Mayor Bill DeBlasio in 2014, aims to achieve zero traffic deaths or serious injuries by investing in data-driven and comprehensive engineering, enforcement, and education strategies aimed to improve...

This article originally appeared in Government Technology. As cities confront a falloff in revenues compounded by competition from a wide range of new uses for curb and sidewalk space, the time has come to appropriately price parking and other uses at the...

An influential observer of urban life, Jane Jacobs argued that sidewalks play an essential role in cities as places for social interaction, allowing diverse residents to mix around varying activities safely. City planners have ignored this famous...

The widespread adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is poised to affect cities' infrastructure significantly. As the US federal fleet aims to go fully electric by 2035, cities nationwide must address various infrastructure features. First and foremost...

August 22, 2023 Infrastructure In the rapidly evolving landscape of urban development and planning, data-driven decision-making has emerged as a powerful tool for city planners to create more efficient, sustainable, and people-centric cities. Strava Metro...

In the era of smart cities and advancing technology, integrating data into mass transit systems for analysis has emerged as a game-changer for city government leaders. By harnessing the power of data, city authorities can uncover valuable insights and...

June 12, 2023 Data Visualization First adopted by the Swedish Parliament in 1997, Vision Zero is a collection of strategies whose goal is to eliminate traffic related deaths and serious injuries. Since its implementation in Sweden, the movement has spread...