Mobility

Oakland, California has long fought against gentrification, and for racial equity, but it has rapidly become one of the most gentrified areas of the country, with limited housing availability and a high cost of living. These changes have particularly...

May 6, 2021 Mobility The only time I’ve ever been spit on was on public transit, riding one evening on the MBTA in Boston. It was a normal summer day; my friend and I were going back home after dinner and the sun was just setting. But once on the train...

MARCH 5, 2021 Civic data NPR: COVID-19 VACCINE TRACKER: HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VACCINATED IN THE US? As vaccines are approved and vaccination infrastructure takes shape, more and more Americans are getting vaccinated against COVID-19. This interactive...

February 19, 2021 Civic Data BLOOMBERG CITY LAB: POST-COVID TRANSIT NEEDS A NEW METRIC FOR SUCCESS The typical transit authority sees ridership as the gold standard of transportation data. So what does it mean that the usual metric of success has been...

November 16, 2020 Mobility Cities across the world are adapting to life under COVID-19 lockdowns and trying to mitigate a second (or third) wave of infections during reopenings. One area that has been seriously impacted is mobility; as entire cities shut...

October 13, 2020 Transportation Mobility equity is an important consideration for many cities, as new modes of transportation like ride-share and micro-mobility vehicles profligate. These new services have the potential to disrupt entrenched inequities —...

July 23, 2020 Mobility As our economy continues to reopen from the COVID lockdowns and we all start going back to work or socializing in cities, we will inevitably confront the familiar issue of fruitlessly hunting for parking in downtown areas. Living in...

April 14, 2020 Regulation This article originally appeared in Governing. As more and more digitally enabled services begin doing business in cities, public officials whose job is to regulate them struggle to apply outdated rules with obsolete processes...