by Thomas Hohenacker | Sep 27, 2018 | Economy, Mobility
Editor’s Note: Thomas will present a free webinar on this topic on October 24th, 2018. He will be joined by the Mayor of Bad Hersfeld, Thomas Fehling. More info and registration. For a city’s residents and visitors, ease of travel is imperative....
by John Addison | Sep 26, 2018 | Mobility, Society
Cars, vans, trucks, and buses are legally driving themselves on city streets and highways. Over 50 companies now have licenses for autonomous vehicles (AV) in California. Some have drivers behind the wheel, ready to take over. Overs have no steering wheel and no brake...
by James Courtney | Sep 20, 2018 | Announcements, Mobility
The City of Tomorrow Challenge is focused on Re-Imagining Mobility for People Ideas are great. Technology is great. But if those new ideas manifest as products and services that don’t serve a need, then why make them? This is a question our City of Tomorrow Challenge...
by Daniel Rice | Sep 19, 2018 | Governance, Society
Trust is critical to our society. But headlines show Americans no longer trust government and institutions, and we certainly don’t trust business. Even trust among our fellow Americans is in decline. Without trust, how can our society function? Without trust, how can...
by Melissa Custic | Sep 17, 2018 | Environment, Society
When we celebrated the kickoff of the Chicago Region Trees Initiative (CRTI) in July of 2014, we had already spent a year gathering partners and ideas on how best to overcome challenges to the trees in this region. A study done by the US Forest Service and The Morton...
by Rose Jordan | Sep 13, 2018 | Infrastructure, Resources
“Peoria should be proud today. We’re standing on a piece of property that was vacant for a lot of years, and we’re seeing crops grow… and we’re talking about them growing from stormwater.” Everyone gathered at today’s Well Farm at Voris Field Ribbon Cutting...
by Ted Wheeler | Sep 12, 2018 | Economy, Resources, Smart Cities
Like many cities, Portland, Oregon has had a massive influx of new residents in the last decade. More than 100 people move to Portland every day—and more than 100,000 more are projected to move here over the next 20 years. This growth is undoubtedly exciting: Portland...
by Jason Schulz | Sep 11, 2018 | Mobility, Technology
It’s the end of a long week. You and your better half are due for a much-needed date night. The kids are with the sitter, the car is washed, and the mood is set. Dressed to the nines, the two of you drive downtown where you’ve scored reservations at the hottest...
by Brian Chandler | Sep 10, 2018 | Mobility, Society
On September 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 people were killed in New York City, Washington DC, and Pennsylvania, in the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history. It was a senseless act of violence. On September 12, 2001, 100 more people were killed at dozens of locations...
by Ronald T. Milam and William (Billy) Riggs | Sep 5, 2018 | Mobility
This is the second and final article in this series. Read the first article here. Our modeling results confirmed the expectations noted above, but the magnitude of the effects may be surprising. Figures 1 and 2 show the range of effects captured by the models...
by Kate O'Brien, Senior Writer for Meeting of the Minds | Sep 4, 2018 | Global Mobility Research
Robert Cervero, Professor Emeritus at University of California at Berkeley, recently spoke with Kate O’Brien by phone to discuss his body of transit and mobility research and writings he’s amassed over the course of his 30-year career. Recently retired and traveling...
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