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Arlington Businesses Honored as “Champions” of Making Transportation Easier
TDM TAKEAWAY Jurisdictions that work with businesses and organizations on transportation options can bring vibrancy and prosperity to communities. This time of the year in Hollywood, award ceremonies...
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Should Uber Get Special Treatment? A Look at Sharing-Economy Rules
Rendering of proposed Uber headquarters in San Francisco TDM TAKEAWAY Confusion on regulations for startups is making it tricky for cities and states to innovate with public transportation....
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To Take Back Our Streets, Remember How We Lost Them to Cars
OPTION OPPORTUNITIES Storytelling and public relations can take back the real story of American streets that was hoodwinked by auto-industry groups long ago. Children may again someday walk or bike to...
View ArticleWhy it’s so difficult for autonomous vehicles to see bikes
This is the first part of a new series on how bicyclists, pedestrians, and autonomous vehicles can cohabitate. When I’m pedaling down North Pershing Drive in Arlington, Va., dodging cars or car doors...
View ArticlePolicies for autonomous vehicles come into focus
This article was originally published by Brookings. It is co-authored by Annibel Rice, a research assistant temp with Brookings’ Metropolitan Policy Program. Autonomous vehicles own today’s hype cycle,...
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Get ready to plan automated vehicles on the streets where you live
To: City Manager (aka Mobility Momma) From: Concerned City Council Member (composite character, not intended to resemble a real live person) Re: Mini Metropolis – Behind the Eight Ball I...
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Resources and playbooks trickle out for city planners on autonomous vehicles
Click to view the AV Knowledge Base. For better and worse, planners are on the frontlines of the AV revolution. Automated vehicles and new business and service models are disruptive and transformative....
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Economically, walkable cities are like Germany, driver-centric cities are...
This is part one of a two-part series on the importance of “transit oriented development” in building economically vibrant places for people. Land use is the flip side of transit. They have a longer...
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A glimpse of TransportationCamp: An intellectual feast for transit geeks
TransportationCamp DC 2018, this past Saturday at Arlington, Va.’s George Mason University, was a smorgasbord of wonderful topics and discussion. Packed with thoughtful and knowledgeable people, for...
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How Washington, DC universities get commuters out of cars
Colleges are known for being centers of progress and innovation. The same can be said of their approaches to reduce drive-alone commutes, increase transit ridership, and encourage walking and biking....
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