The transportation category of Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Awards honors projects that make driving, biking, or flying more accessible…
Imagine a future with nearly silent air taxis flying above traffic jams and navigating between skyscrapers and suburban droneports. Transportation arrives at…
To define the problem I first conducted my researches by interviewing 5 people that go through public transportation on a…
Hardt Hyperloop will be the first to commence tests at the centre in Groningen Province but it is an open…
The Pandemic hit mass transit hard. From fears of getting sick on public transportation to the rise of remote work, most metro areas are still not back up to the ridership they had in the Before Times. Some transit agencies are experimenting with gamification to lure riders back.
While critics claim it’s an example of policymakers “chasing a shiny object,” backers believe hyperloop could become a mainstay of…
A 420-meter or quarter-mile white steel tube running alongside a railway line in the windswept northern Netherlands could usher in…
Last November, a small, white, oblong helicopter with four passenger seats and six whirring electric engines took off from the…
Maglev transport systems present an attractive option for the mobility mix. They’re quick and quiet, and are low maintenance. But…
Ireland is positioning itself at the forefront of urban air mobility, with plans to introduce the country’s first air taxi…
By running a low-weight, single-carriage train, it reduces wear and tear on the infrastructure and, therefore, operational costs. The demonstration…
Archer Aviation is one step closer to getting its electric air taxi certified to ferry people across cities at speeds…
The answer to easing car traffic in the greater Dallas area could come from above. The master-planned Legacy business area…
HyperloopTT is forming a joint venture with Webuild and Leonardo that could lead to the construction of the world’s first…
Alicia Winkelblech, Arlington’s director of transportation, is preparing for a new type of aircraft to fly over the city. The…
Amazon’s industrial innovation fund is evolving to include transportation technologies in its investment categories. The Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund, which…
The tech startup’s ambitions suffered from internal strife, regulatory hurdles and more. Bloomberg reporter Sarah McBride covered the twists and…
Brandon Branham, CTO in the City of Peachtree Corners, explains how connected vehicle technology is making the city’s transport ecosystem safer – even beyond…
The future of Berlin’s public transit could be trains that use magnetic-levitation propulsion technology, according to a plan launched this week.…
Public transportation, along with many other professions, is experiencing a shortage of qualified workers. According to a recent study published…
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced today that the downtown Manhattan heliport would add the infrastructure necessary to support…
The problem San Francisco cannot regain its economic footing without a downtown revival, but many obstacles stand in the way.…
Announced this week at Micromobility America in San Francisco, Joyride has partnered with GEM to deploy IoT-connected low-speed vehicles (LSVs) for shared use. The…
As we shift from summer into fall, I have compiled the most striking posts from the past few months. Organizations are using HHS grants for transit, making new partners, and trying new models to best support their communities.
A flying car company claim to be the first to successfully pilot a two-seater personal Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL)…
This is the fledgling South Florida company’s entry in a novel and increasingly competitive race to be one of the…
In 2019, Stark County’s SARTA system was awarded an Integrated Mobility Innovation (IMI) grant to make public transit more accessible to all riders. Successful partnerships and communication led to more equitable mobility programs.
Air taxis are moving closer to reality, but federal, state and local governments have not yet developed or implemented policies for the…
The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) partnered with the Mississippi Home Corporation (MHC) to provide driver training and employment for unhoused people. The success of the program has been life changing for Mississippians experiencing homelessness, while helping transit providers solve critical driver shortages.
Considered perhaps the most prominent staple of public transport everywhere, it is precisely the bus that keeps on innovating –…
A new study suggests that when employees from one company run into employees from another company, creative sparks fly Do…
By 2030, electric vertical and takeoff landing (eVTOL) and other passenger-carrying advanced air mobility aircraft could offer many more flights per…
Key Findings 21 percent of U.S. adults without access to a vehicle or public transit went without needed medical care…
The student Dream Team Delft Hyperloop prototype can now ‘fly’ across the Delft campus. The nearly 40-meter-long test track is…
For a small but growing number of food banks, distributing food is no longer enough. These food banks, including Feeding…
Karl von Drais, inventor of the first bicycle, showed that extraordinary genius is not necessary for great invention. Innovation can be…
In a groundbreaking development that could change the face of personal transportation, technology company Aerwins Technologies has unveiled the world’s…
From Ford, Bosch, and Alphabet’s Waymo to startups such as Sea Machines and Wallbox, these companies are bringing fresh thinking…
Well-funded startups set out to build super-fast transit; passengers are still waiting.
Five years ago on a cold February morning, city and state leaders, along with the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency…
Boy Hendriks, Transdev Netherlands’ Manager – Innovative & Business Development, provides exclusive insight into the trial of the company’s new…
The saying, “think outside the box,” is used to inspire innovative ideas designed to overcome challenging and complex circumstances. However,…
Manufacturers are developing systems generically known as C-V2X — shorthand for cellular vehicle-to-everything technology — for vehicles to communicate with…
Though some efforts continue, the once-promising technology has run up against significant challenges — most notably creating an entirely new…
The “age of hyperloop” is just “years away”, according to Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HyperloopTT) chief marketing officer Robert Miller. Miller…
It has been almost a decade since Elon Musk floated the idea of hyperloop, a new mode of transportation that promises…
IF FOR SOME reason a 372 mph bullet train is too sluggish for your taste, you may be in luck: A new super…
Innovation debt and technical debt result from not evaluating and improving system and platform capabilities. In recent years, government has gotten better…
The Commonwealth of Virginia recently hosted a live trial of a new driver and pedestrian safety concept that allows near-real-time notification of…
Just a few years ago, it felt like flying cars were still a distant sci-fi future. But investment has increased…
Washington state’s Department of Commerce today announced an “Innovation Cluster Accelerator” that gives five organizations $550,000 to build an “innovation cluster” in a…
Flying cars, air taxis or aircraft with electrical vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOLs) are still, even by optimistic estimates, years away from…
A Swiss-American transportation technology company has announced it will build a new hyperloop test track in the U.S., according to a…
Pueblo will soon be at the forefront of the race to develop a hyperloop. The Swiss-American start-up Swisspod announced a…
This three-part series (Episodes 3-5 of NCMM’s Mobility Lines podcast) features a conversation with transportation technology expert Carol Schweiger. Episode 3 begins…
Hyperloop is a new form of ground transportation currently being developed by a number of companies. The transportation method would…
Image Credit: Hillsborough Area Regional Transit With the COVID-19 pandemic rocking the United States, transit, like other essential sectors, needed…
Panelists discussed how the next generation of innovations could reshape America’s car-centric lifestyle
The University of Cincinnati is working with NASA to help Ohio prepare for the advent of cargo-carrying drones and passenger-carrying…
Last December, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced that the city would become “an unmistakable leader on urban mobility.” Tech companies designing…
Seoul, South Korea’s capital, has started to install a set of 26 smart poles in six areas of the city.…
Google on Tuesday announced several new features that are coming to Google Maps. One feature lets you navigate indoors using…
Imagine a place near where you live, work or play to conveniently access walking or biking trails, rent a scooter,…
Flying cars got another step closer to reality when a prominent player in the space pledged to create an Urban Air…
Rep. Troy Balderson (R-OH) recently reintroduced the Strengthening Methods to Advance Research and Technology (SMART) in Transportation Act, which he…
New technologies and tech-enabled services present us with a window of opportunity to rethink our transportation system, address inequality and…
Over the last few decades, we have seen innovation transform myriad fields: medicine, computing, entertainment, mobility. Yet even as technology…
The Tampa Bay Area Regional Transit Authority is taking action to determine whether an aerial gondola system of transportation across…
A concept video shows how the company has taken some of the best aspects from aviation, rail, automotive, and even…
This is the first in a series of blog posts on this topic. In this blog, I will share some…
Mayor Eric Garcetti today announced a plan to bring public transportation to the skies of Los Angles by 2023 with…
Although many remain sceptical, Elon Musk’s demand for a ‘hyperloop’- magnetic levitation-powered trains carrying passengers at high speeds – is…
These hubs are centralized locations where various forms of transportation come together on one corner, from bike lanes and bus…
Residents near Orlando may soon be able to walk out of their homes, drive down their street and climb aboard…
Missouri Rural Health Association was developed to support rural communities’ health care. It does this through the programs they offer.…
The dream of high-speed ground transportation that can whisk you from L.A. to San Francisco, from New York to Washington…
Virgin Hyperloop has released a new concept video showing its plans for a transportation system it says will allow passengers to…
Traveling for the disabled is difficult even when there’s no pandemic to contend with. This group is chronically underserved and…
Following the launch of the Paradox Prize in 2019 to find solutions to Northeast Ohio’s ‘no car, no job; no…
Virgin Hyperloop is investing $500 million to build what could one day be the future of high-speed transportation. West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice…
“Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.” So said Dr. Emmett Brown in Back to the Future, and so agrees Mayor…
While public sector pilots are not new, their use has grown rapidly over the last 20 years with the adoption…
In the first post of this series, we looked at what open-source software (OSS) is and some of the key…
Dubey’s NSF project, “Mobility for all: Harnessing emerging transit solutions for underserved communities,” will focus on developing technology to design micro-transit…
General Motors Co is exploring options in the aerial taxi market, including whether to build the vehicles known colloquially as…
“We’re seeing less use of public transportation due to the pandemic, but there are also exciting new technologies around mobility…
Next week ACT Virtual will host a first-of-its-kind online forum focused on one of the hottest topics in clean tech—investment…
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced 25 projects in 24 states and one territory will receive a…
Aexa Aerospace, which provides custom software and hologram development for mixed and virtual reality devices for aerospace, medical and other…
States are adapting their methods to address emergent and unexpected needs of families for transportation as well as a precipitous…
Mobility has been impacted the world over due to the COVID 19 crisis. From public transport, to micromobility, to individual…
Dutch start-up Hardt Hyperloop has proposed the new service which would make the journey between the two cities 90 minutes.
What a Difference a Month Makes The COVID-19-related challenges facing transit overall and mobility management, in particular, are daunting enough…
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has made $11 million in funding available to support and advance innovation in the transit…
New In the Podcast Playlist On the War on Cars podcast: Kara Swisher Says Car Ownership is Finished. “Last March,…
Acquisition, Investment, and Divestment Roundup Ford to end GoRide Health transportation service by Katie Pyzyk, Smart Cities Dive I talked…
New In the Podcast Playlist On the City of the Future podcast: “Hear Horace Dediu talk micro-mobility; Bibiana McHugh tell…
TNCs/Ride Sourcing Companies Uber & Lyft move from traffic congestor to mobility provider by Fien Van den steen, Global Fleet…
2018 saw the highest number of pedestrian deaths in over 30 years. Such a disturbing trend is based on a…
New In the Podcast Playlist Although transit is never mentioned directly, a new episode from 99% Invisible podcast on the…
A Time of Reckoning In the Podcast Playlist From the Autonocast, “Three Case Studies For The Autonomous ‘Trough Of Disillusionment'”,…
This is the first in an ongoing monthly series covering technology relevant to mobility management. Though conceived to be a…
In early October, the City of Pittsburgh convened a group of employers, tradeworkers, and mobility advocates in a visioning session…
As mobility managers know, not only does every community have unique challenges when it comes to mobility, these challenges shift…
We’ve focused a lot on what the future of mobility will look like, and that’s because it’s changing so quickly.…
Ridehailing services, dockless bikes, electric scooters and more represent a rapid change in personal mobility trends and technology that continues…
As the transportation landscape continues to shift, it can feel tempting to give into hype around new technologies that promise…
Descriptions of mobility management vary, and therefore make it difficult to define. That said, professionals can use this to their…
There are a number of communities pursuing big ideas to get ahead of the changing mobility landscape. It’s worth looking…
Though it may not fall directly under mobility managers’ mandates, placemaking – designing and engineering spaces to encourage their use…
Getting people to change their behavior is difficult. Yet it is vital for mobility managers and their colleagues to understand…
There have been a number of developments in transportation with technology, design, and experimentation that will influence mobility management in…
This is part four of NCMM’s blog series on Mobility as a Service, which explores how communities across the country…
NCMM wants readers to develop creative solutions to the mobility challenges that their communities face at both the collective and…
This is part three of NCMM’s series on Mobility as a Service, which explores how communities across the country can…
Building off of last week’s post about the need to set a positive narrative, it’s important for mobility managers to…
This is part two of NCMM’s series on Mobility as a Service (MaaS), which explores how communities across the country…
Recent years have seen a rapid expansion of technological tools, data availability, and transit services. Though it can be overwhelming,…
Connecting individuals to the transit options that exist in their area is a key component of mobility management. From updating…
Welcome to a new year of mobility management! Though the new calendar sadly does nothing to alleviate the challenges of…
Different technological advances have created an opportunity to think creatively about transportation options to serve communities. These ideas offer a…
It’s important to remember that mobility goes beyond the vehicles and providers that move people around. Infrastructure in communities also…
From year to year it’s difficult to determine when shifts in data can finally indicate lasting change. However, by examining…
This week, Harvard Business Review got us thinking about changes in technology that are changing transportation and what cities and…
The nature of mobility management makes professionals in the field experts at working with customers to reach the “right fit”…
With today’s rapid evolution of technology, it can be difficult for transit agencies to choose a path that will help…
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