Transportation

September 22, 2021 Transportation This article originally appeared in Government Technology. Austin, Texas, recently became the first major U.S. city to allow drivers to use their car’s in-dashboard software to complete digital parking transactions...

Like many other facets of public life, the pandemic’s impact on public transit has been nothing short of devastating. Business closures, as well as stay-at-home and social distancing orders, coupled with the significant increase of people working remotely...

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...

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 —...

August 17, 2020 Transportation Climate change is increasingly a top public priority, and cities are listening. Concern over sustainability and the environment is guiding where and how cities are investing their time and funding, and mobility is an...

August 13, 2020 Transportation “If you want to tackle historic racism and inequality, but you don’t understand the current needs, then you make decisions for the average population,”said Jeff Rosenblum, a transit activist and PhD candidate studying...