transportationpursueWriting an Editorial for a new journal provides a nice opportunity to express some ideas that normally would tend to lack space to be aired in public.I decided to concentrate on research ideas that I would welcome to see pursued in the near future....
If you were tuned into the Talks At Google channel on YouTube or read Mashable yesterday, then you know that --as promised last month—Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx has launched "Beyond Traffic: Trends and Choices," DOT's 30-year outlook on the future of transportation:"For too long...
Buildings begin to crumble and rust away after years of neglect, public transportation sits idle, and overgrown weeds spring from the cracks in the unmanaged sidewalks and streets. The scene feels eerie because we can’t imagine letting our physical environment sit in decay. It seems impossible ...
would require more and more attention both from the scholarsand business society. While the former shall provide scientific background and identify new ways towardssustainable future, which is largely the aim of the sustainability science, the latter are responsible for implementing these ideas in ...
Standardized apartments would have access to shared public spaces. Residents would enjoy the peace away from industrial districts. Save this picture!The diagrammatic plan of the Radiant City.. Image Courtesy of Le Corbusier, 1922 Though it was envisioned as a utopian city, Le Corbusier...
a 12 week innovation sprint, partner organizationsbrainstormed more than 100 ideasfor tackling Detroit’s mobility challenges. The options were whittled down to six projects that ran as 12 month pilots, ranging from a revolutionary car-sharing approach to dynamically-scheduled public transportation. ...
Through key informant interviews and strategy meetings, national, state, and local expertsrepresenting different sectors, including public health, active transportation, economic development, children and youth, the community, and otherscontributed their ideas on how to catalyze and strengthen the public's...
While public administrations’ capacity for urban planning (for ideological reasons or due to a lack of tools and resources) has mostly diminished in recent decades, Amazon has an increasing capacity to produce its own urban plan. In fact, it creates an interconnected geography of large and small...
The revolution incorporates new modes such as flying cars, and novel ideas such as flexible road trains [1]. In this revolution, public transporta- tion is being integrated with micro-mobility vehicles and networks such as bike-sharing and scooter networks and is evolving towards flexible routes...
What this also does is ‘buy more time’ for the transportation, lodging, and dining sectors to appropriately plan for effective safety, cleaning, and spacing of common areas [77]. Additionally, these sectors can also determine the most effective means by which to stagger their offerings, ...