Mobility

March 3, 2020 Economic Mobility “I’m glad you did this. I had to walk home at 11 at night over five miles, and now that this is available I don’t have to walk anymore.” This was the response from a participant in South Bend, Indiana’s Ride Guarantee, a...

February 27, 2020 Mobility Data-Smart City Solutions sat down with Stephen Goldsmith, the Daniel Paul Professor of the Practice of Government at Harvard Kennedy School and the director of the Ash Center’s Project on Mobility and the Connected City, which...

February 26, 2020 Mobility As technology continues to transform transportation, what can cities accomplish with the strategic use of new mobility options like ride-, car-, bike-, and scooter-share? Surely there are goals broader than simply providing more...

February 20, 2020 Mobility As new innovations in mobility have entered the marketplace, local government leaders have struggled to adapt their regulatory framework to adequately address new challenges or the needs of the consumers of these new services...

February 18, 2020 Mobility New York City is the biggest city in America, and the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) is tasked with making sure that the movement of people and goods happens in a safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible way...

January 29, 2020 Mobility This article originally appeared in Governing. Six years ago, as deputy mayor of New York City, I was involved in the battle to add taxi service to the outer boroughs. The city's familiar yellow cabs essentially served only...

January 23, 2020 Mobility Streets and their sidewalks—the main public places of a city—are its most vital organs. —Jane Jacobs As vital organs of the city, streets and sidewalks not only move people but bring them together. When well designed and operated...

December 18, 2019 Mobility In today’s rapidly-changing transportation landscape, Seleta Reynolds, the general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Transportation, is guiding mobility from a place of empathy and equity. Reynolds uses partnerships...

December 12, 2019 Mobility The scooters are coming. And the dockless bikes. And maybe even dockless mopeds? These micro-mobility vehicles can be useful last-mile solutions and complement the public transportation infrastructure of a city. They can also be...

December 5, 2019 Mobility Definitions from the American Psychological Association Dictionary Loss aversion — the tendency, when choosing between alternatives, to avoid options that entail a risk of loss, even if that risk is relatively small. Sunk-cost...