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Mobility
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Top 10 Cities With The Best Public Transport
Hong Kong has been named the world’s top city for public transit, according to a new study by consulting firm…
The 8 Pillars Of The New Age Of City Mobility
An additional 2.5 billion people will live in cities by 2050. This entails an increase in the movement…
Don’t Feel Like Taking Public Transport? Try These Next-Level Ways To Get Around The City
People are searching for alternative ways to get around cities worldwide, with many individuals still concerned about the…
How Has The Pandemic Changed The Movement Of People Around The World?
Here’s how the assortment of pandemic response policies have altered the mobility of the people. Mobility is among…
COVID-19 Pandemic Fuels Bicycle Boom
The cycling market experiences a surge in demand in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Before COVID-19, we…
Why Are Electric Scooters Dangerous?
Electric scooters seem like a fun way of getting around the city, but they’re far more hazardous than…
The Impact Of COVID-19 On Future Mobility Solutions
What does this global pandemic entail for the future of mobility in the new world? With the world…
A Better Daily Commute Is Possible – Just Ask Residents In These Cities
Public transport plays a vital role in cities around the world, connecting people to their jobs, schools and…
Mobility-As-A-Service: The Value Proposition For The Public And Our Urban Systems
Private car ownership is going down soon — it is time for Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) to shine. In a…
The Most Congested Cities In Asia 2019
Being stuck in a traffic gridlock could easily ruin a good day. While there are some small things…
Rethinking Urban Mobility
Cities are the drivers of change. If there is one aspect where cities haven’t driven much change over…
How Data Is Powering Smart City Micromobility And Public Transport
The massive volumes of information brought upon by the digital age allow us to move forward in ways…
Are Shared E-Scooters Good For The Planet? Only If They Replace Car Trips
Shared dockless electric scooters, or e-scooters, transport riders over short distances in cities. Ride share companies promote them…
On The Move: What You And The City Can Do To Close The Gender Gap In Urban Mobility
The way we design our cities are far from being gender-neutral. In their paper, Laeticia Gauvin, Michele Tizzoni,…
Why US Public Transportation Is So Bad — And Why Americans Don’t Care
The US has bad public transit, but you probably already know that. While some cities do have impressive…
How Traffic Signals Favour Cars And Discourage Walking
Traffic signals give priority to motor vehicles over pedestrians. This inequality undermines many of the stated goals of…
How To Build Global Cities Without So Many Cars
Expanding public transportation, walking, and biking in cities could save more than $100 trillion in public and private…
Preparing Your City For The Electric Vehicle Surge? Ask Oslo.
An automobile revolution is coming our way – only you might have trouble hearing it this time. Oslo’s…
Love The Bus, Save Your City
Talk of the transportation future is focused on the next shiny thing. But one old technology is central…
Smart Cities Objectives & Tactics: Work Smarter Not Harder
As the world’s biggest cities continue to sprawl with many millions of new people, they’ll look to many…
Here Are The Best Cities For Digital Nomads
The one thing truest about technology is that it is always evolving. These days, technology is more accessible…
Does Transit Always Increase Land Value?
Cities are harnessing future land values to pay for new infrastructure. But the research behind this approach may…
Mobile Big Data Discoveries Show Social Segregations In Hong Kong
There’s plenty to learn about where residents travel each day, and with whom they choose to interact. Inequality…
Gil Penalosa : Citizens Can’t Be Spectators In Urban Planning
Gil Penalosa wants you to act now. So it’s a good thing that when he’s expounding on how…
The Urban Family’s Guide To Living Car-Free
You can do it. If your family leaves the suburbs for the city, there are certain changes that…
Why The Downward Spiral Of Inequality Is Becoming Harder To Fix
Why does economic inequality—as opposed to just poverty—matter? There are a lot of reasons, but a big one…
The City As Cause & Cure For Its Own Sickness
Do cities make us sick? A century ago, it went without saying that they did. With their teeming…
A Tale Of Many Cities & The Impacts Of Bikesharing
Public bikesharing has emerged as one of the latest transportation innovations, transforming North American cities and providing people…
Can Cars That Park Themselves Reduce Traffic?
New England’s most densely populated city is testing a new way to alleviate congestion and free up more…
How Spokane Started A “Smart Bus System”
The new tracking system will give riders a sense of security for where the bus is at all…
Is A High-Speed Rail System In The U.S. Just A Dream?
Virtually every wealthy nation in the world has invested in a high-speed-rail network — with the striking exception…
A Tale Of Four World Cities Compared
These four cities – home to a total of more than 80 million people – respond to economic,…
How Transportation Nourishes And Shapes Urban Communities
It is estimated that by 2050, two-thirds of the world’s population will live in cities. Denser cities and…
The Transportation Choices That Millennials Want
To attract young professionals, cities increasingly are going to have to think multi-modal. With no long-term solution in…
Why City Government Innovations Is Simply Good Business
Other agencies want to buy Longboat Key, Fl.’s award-winning fire application, but can the city venture outside of…
How Driverless Cars And Big Data Intersect in Simulated City
The fun thing about driverless cars is the cars, of course: how they recognise and stop for pedestrians,…
Why eGovernment Has Such A Long Way To Go
The video accompanying this story was produced for NIC in support of its Innovation Nation initiative. Two decades…
How NYC Transit Leverages Analytics For Better Services
New York City Transit Uses Analytics to Improve Service to Public To make sense of all the data…
Without Smart, Connected People There Are No Smart Cities
Driverless cars, smart homes, streetcars and high-speed rail, skyscrapers clad in solar panels – there are a lot…
How Ford Innovation Center Tackles Transportation Tech
As cities grow more congested, Ford wants to be there for customers whether they buy, rent or share…
How Governments Get Better With Citizen Engagement Platforms
Every year, more consumer technologies find their way into government agencies where they can help improve service delivery…
Why Citizen Engagement And Digital Cities Start With Awareness
A survey of 15 major cities highlights communications gaps separating citizens from civic tech. Services that cities provide…
2015 Survey Honors Most Innovative, Pioneering Digital Counties
In this year’s survey, the Center for Digital Government recognises 54 counties as adaptive IT leaders, collaborators and…
How Virtual Reality Shopping Is The Next Big Thing
High street shops are well-established online these days and provide new opportunities for interaction between shop and shopper.…
What Cities Can Do to Increase the Use of Alternative Transport
A few weeks ago, we invited people to share their thoughts with us about what their cities could…
Enjoying Mobility In Stuttgart
Stuttgart has set an aspiring goal when it comes to mobility on two wheels: the long term, the…
How To Make Infrastructure Sexy
INFRASTRUCTURE IS VITAL, BUT TOTALLY BORING. ONE CHICAGO AGENCY TRIES TO SPICE THINGS UP WITH DATA VIZ. Infrastructure…
Why Our Cities Need Smart Transport
The reform of urban mobility remains one of the biggest challenges confronting policy makers around the world. According…
The Future Of Walkable Cities, Now
To walk in our cities is more than just a simple act of transport. Walking represents an appropriation…
Why Can’t Public Transit Be Free?
The main goal of transportation that costs riders nothing—getting people out of their cars—can’t be achieved by eliminating…