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LaHood: America’s Transportation Future is in Rail, Google Car, Mobility Labs
In the next 25 years, America’s highway system will be replaced in large part by a crisscrossing network of passenger rail lines. The automobile will be replaced by the Google (driverless) car....
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Will Housing Costs Price Service Workers Out of Arlington?
A church near numerous transit options in the Clarendon area of Arlington with affordable housing being constructed on top. Is service quality at risk in Arlington, Virginia – including those related...
View ArticleThis Video Tells You Why You Should Attend TransportationCamp
Chris Hamilton, bureau chief of Arlington County Commuter Services, says TransportationCamp is “so exciting because it’s this convergence of urbanists, people interested in transportation, and people...
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Ten Things I Learned at TransportationCamp
TransportationCamp DC ‘14, organized by Mobility Lab, Open Plans, Conveyal, Young Professionals in Transportation, the Transportation Research Board, and the George Mason University School of Public...
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Discussing Metrorail’s Future in Arlington County and Beyond
Shyam Kannan, WMATA director of planning, spoke to a large gathering of transit enthusiasts last night at George Mason University’s Arlington campus. It was an interesting discussion hosted by...
View ArticleThe Future of Transportation: Key Insights From TransportationCamp DC 2014
What are the most cutting-edge transportation experts around the U.S. excited about? Find their answers in this video – the first of several we’ll be releasing – from this month’s TransportationCamp...
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What is Needed to Educate Next Generation of Transportation Experts?
Laurie Schintler (pictured, with Mobility Lab’s Tom Fairchild) of George Mason University’s unique transportation-planning master’s program is the guest at April 23′s Mobility Lab Lunch At the Lab....
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To Continue as a Leader, Arlington Must Look to Future of Transportation
Nicholas Scherer of the George Mason TPOL program presents at Mobility Lab Arlington, Virginia is a well-known national leader when it comes to fiscally responsible practices of transit-oriented...
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Idea for Smarter Transit Fares Wins George Mason Competition
Contestant Earl Kaing addresses the GMU Outside the Box judges. Transit would be better served if the pay-per-ride and unlimited fare schemes that currently dominate were expanded to include more...
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CaBi Hack Night 2 Brings Out Nerds Who Love Bikesharing
Transit data reveals patterns about our community, but no other system in the Washington D.C. region (or perhaps in the nation) makes it as easy for people to access the raw data and crunch the...
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TransportationCamp Provides a Twist on the Usual Academic Conference
TDM TAKEAWAY The innovative approaches discussed at TransportationCamp provide a glimpse of the way public transportation will operate in the future. Four-hundred twenty-five transportation...
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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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