International Day of Women and Girls in Science is this Thursday, February 11th. It’s a celebration of the vital role that women play in advancing science and technology. Girls not only rock—they code, engineer, and discover. The theme for 2021...
Public Transportation Funding: Doing More with Less
February 03, 2021
Public transportation in the United States is currently in a state of crisis. A shock to no one, the COVID pandemic - and the associated changes in how we live, work, play, and move about our communities - has a deep impact on public transit. ...
To Share is Human
January 21, 2021
Our transportation system is evolving, and the year 2020 forced an unparalleled rate of change. Falling transit ridership and soaring automobile sales have led some to predict the end of shared mobility and the obsolescence of public transit....
2021 Transit Predictions
December 17, 2020
What does 2021 have in store for transportation? We don't have a crystal ball, but our solutions engineers have a strong pulse on the industry and have made their predictions for the upcoming year:
Save Public Transit
December 15, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has driven home the vital role public transit plays in our communities, bringing healthcare professionals to the frontlines, delivering groceries and medicine to at-risk populations, and connecting essential workers to their...
Race and Place: Who Do We Plan For?
November 30, 2020
Most planners have an aspiration toward placemaking: we dream of quaint public squares where residents can walk to local businesses as streetcars hum past tree-lined sidewalks. We dream of the “15 Minute City”, of cheerful connected places where...
Your Mayor Should Be Riding The Bus
November 24, 2020
After losing his wife and daughter in a car crash in 1972, newly-elected US Senator Joe Biden famously took Amtrak home from Washington DC to Wilmington, Delaware almost every day so that he could be home for his two sons as they grew up. So now...
Doing More with Less: Art or Science?
November 23, 2020
During the last week of October I attended the Rail~Volution transit conference. While the sessions were timely, insightful and thought-provoking, I couldn’t help but notice the eight-ton elephant in the room: COVID-19. Even when we don’t talk...
Transformative Transportation in the Age of COVID-19
November 19, 2020
The One-Stop-Shop Approach to Transit Management
“The next generation of transformative transportation is here in front of us...This is the age of acceleration.”
- Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti
LA Mayor Eric Garcetti’s words are from 2018;...
Tools for Accessible Transit
November 17, 2020
At TransLoc, a big piece of our mission has and will continue to be providing users with an equitable transit experience. This commitment has driven our investment in building product features that provide transit opportunities to all users, with...