D.C. Metro’s Back2Good needs to aspire to more very, very soon
How far D.C.’s Metrorail has come from the excellent Silver Line opening dance-party video to the whimpering current “Back2Good” campaign. There’s no doubt WMATA is at least being realistic, but as...
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Are state DOTs finally getting creative with social media? – Talking...
After years of tepid adoption of creative social-media use by transit agencies, a new report from AASHTO shows an impressive “wide-scale adoption of an entire suite of social-media tools by state...
View ArticleDemand questions are the elephant in the room with autonomous vehicles
Say you live 1.3 miles from a subway station or a bus route that would offer you direct access to your job. Then picture an autonomous vehicle looping through your neighborhood every 20 minutes or so...
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DC Commute Times hopes to build a transportation community
We are in a period rife with experiments in transportation, from the top down, from the bottom up, from government, large corporations, and individual entrepreneurs. DC Commute Times homepage One fresh...
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Stories from youth summit display a bright future for bicycling
This article was originally published at PeopleForBikes. Eight years ago, Pasqualina Azzarello attended the National Bike Summit in Washington, D.C., along with two interns from Recycle-A-Bicycle in...
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Freedom’s just another word for public transportation
Customer service, great leadership, and better messages are keys to communicating the value of public transportation. That’s what a recent panel at the 2017 Remix Conference in Atlanta, Ga., confirmed,...
View ArticleDriver speed, texting is the new drunk driving
Streetsblog’s Angie Schmitt brings to light a really important issue that we think about every day at Mobility Lab. She notes that Americans spend more time on average every day driving their cars than...
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Why you should care about other modes now
This article is excerpted from an article at Arlington Transportation Partners. Not too long ago, I was biking down 14th Street and was halfway doored by an SUV that had pulled partially into the bike...
View ArticleMobility: How technology will shape the way we travel
Next-generation technologies are changing the way we travel, how we define transportation, and mobility options. Paul Mackie, our communications director, recently joined Tech Pulse TV’s panel of...
View ArticleD.C. Metro’s Back2Good needs to aspire to more very, very soon
How far D.C.’s Metrorail has come from the excellent Silver Line opening dance-party video to the whimpering current “Back2Good” campaign. There’s no doubt WMATA is at least being realistic, but as...
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Are state DOTs finally getting creative with social media? – Talking...
After years of tepid adoption of creative social-media use by transit agencies, a new report from AASHTO shows an impressive “wide-scale adoption of an entire suite of social-media tools by state...
View ArticleDemand questions are the elephant in the room with autonomous vehicles
Say you live 1.3 miles from a subway station or a bus route that would offer you direct access to your job. Then picture an autonomous vehicle looping through your neighborhood every 20 minutes or so...
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DC Commute Times hopes to build a transportation community
We are in a period rife with experiments in transportation, from the top down, from the bottom up, from government, large corporations, and individual entrepreneurs. DC Commute Times homepage One fresh...
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Stories from youth summit display a bright future for bicycling
This article was originally published at PeopleForBikes. Eight years ago, Pasqualina Azzarello attended the National Bike Summit in Washington, D.C., along with two interns from Recycle-A-Bicycle in...
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Freedom’s just another word for public transportation
Customer service, great leadership, and better messages are keys to communicating the value of public transportation. That’s what a recent panel at the 2017 Remix Conference in Atlanta, Ga., confirmed,...
View ArticleDo brands matter in public transit? – TheCityFix
One of the reasons public-transit agencies don’t focus much on branding is that’s often no other local competition. But, as TheCityFix notes, “brands can perform other functions besides competitive...
View ArticleOrganizations working to improve livability need to stay away from the...
We have written extensively about the mindless advertising that often may be well intentioned but probably instead does transit, biking, and walking no favors. The Copenhagenize blog goes deep into the...
View ArticleCommunications pinpointed by experts as one of the greatest needs for the...
Sure, a city or company can add all the bikeshare systems or transit amenities in the world, but it still might not drive a change in the habits of our mostly drive-alone population. But if you match...
View ArticleResearch Marketing Manager
Mobility Lab is seeking a Research Marketing Manager to work with the Destination Sales and Marketing Group’s acclaimed Mobility Lab team. The right person is a self-starter who works well with a small...
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Transit needs to find its voice if it wants to finally score touchdowns
The transit industry can learn a lot from the Super Bowl – not the players, but the commercials. As the big game draws near once again, car companies prepare to debut their finest TV ads in the most...
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