Transportation

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...

September 20, 2022 Transportation This article originally appeared in Government Technology. Peter Little, the executive director of the Parking Authority of Baltimore City, oversees a large portfolio — including 13 city-owned parking garages, two dozen...

August 24, 2022 Public Health In this episode Professor Stephen Goldsmith, Ernani Choma (postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard), and Matt Raifman (Ph.D. candidate at Boston University) discuss their new report, which revealed that the racial disparities...

August 3, 2022 Infrastructure Pop quiz: if a truck is traveling at 65 miles an hour for 5 hours and crosses three state borders, where does its pollution end up and who is responsible for the associated poor air quality? While this question sounds like a...

July 6, 2022 Transportation In this episode Professor Stephen Goldsmith and Executive Director of Baltimore's Parking Authority Peter Little discuss how he manages occupancy, parking rates, and open spaces in the city. As part of Baltimore's innovation...

June 23, 2022 Infrastructure This page is a resource for cities in the Working Group for Digital Infrastructure, Equity, and Sustainability, supported by the Knight Foundation. This page indexes and highlights replicable innovations and emerging best...

January 5, 2022 Infrastructure Want to learn more? Check out this corresponding article to learn how Georgia is preparing for the highway of the future. In this episode Professor Steve Goldsmith interviews Allie Kelly, the Executive Director of...

December 8, 2021 Infrastructure In this episode Professor Steve Goldsmith interviews William "Bill" Flynn, the CEO of Amtrak, about navigating COVID-19, the intersection of trains and climate change, and the future of rail travel. As the CEO of a...

October 27, 2021 Mobility This episode a conversation between Professor Steve Goldsmith and transit expert Andrew Salzberg. Previously the director of transportation policy at Uber and a fellow at Graduate School of Design at Harvard Kennedy School...

October 6, 2021 Infrastructure This episode is a lightly edited version of a recent panel discussion about our newest paper, “Toward a Smarter Future: Building Back Better with Intelligent Civil Infrastructure -- Smart Sensors and Self-Monitoring Civil...