by Ian Sacs, Market Manager, Ramboll | Feb 24, 2020 | Mobility
Is micro-mobility helping or hurting our cities? There are many questions helping to frame this issue in communities all around the world. Are the benefits to users of this new niche of transportation services greater than the frustrations experienced by those in our...
by Omar Carrillo Tinajero, Assistant Director of Programs, Connect Capital at Center for Community Investment | Feb 18, 2020 | Economy, Environment
In The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming, David Wallace-Wells details the disastrous effects our harm and neglect will have on our world and on our lives. From extreme heat, to disease outbreaks, to political conflict, our future seems bleak. The scale of the...
by Jeff Allen, Executive Director, CEO | Feb 17, 2020 | Infrastructure, Mobility
Throughout history, cities have invested in programs and infrastructure to support the efficient movement of people and goods. Once upon a time, this meant regularly cleaning up after horses and providing tethering rings. Over time, streetcar tracks ran down city...
by Gordon Feller | Feb 11, 2020 | Mobility
An interview with Matt Cole, conducted before his departure as the President of Cubic Transportation Systems. Interviewed by Gordon Feller, Founder of Meeting of the Minds. Gordon Feller: One question that’s often asked by public sector executives who’re responsible...
by Geoff Cape, CEO and Founder, Evergreen | Feb 10, 2020 | Environment, Infrastructure, The Future of Cities Project
More than 50 years ago Hurricane Hazel blasted across the Atlantic region, causing hundreds of fatalities in Haiti, the United States, and Canada. It had an unprecedented reach in my hometown of Toronto. To date, it was the city’s worst natural disaster, with the...
by Kate O'Brien, Senior Writer for Meeting of the Minds | Feb 4, 2020 | Global Mobility Research
What does it take to deliver a high-quality transport system across a metropolitan region, one that is socially inclusive, environmentally sustainable, and economically productive? This month Staff Writer Kate O’Brien spoke by phone with Måns Lönnroth, whose...
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