Transit Tech
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 12:21 PM
Imagine the following scenario: Your daily commute in Washington D.C. requires taking metro's green line to Gallery Place, then transferring onto a metrobus to your final destination.
Unfortunately, the Washington Capitals hockey team is playing at Gallery Place's Verizon Center. The game has just completed, and the street is teaming with ... Read more
Health
Monday, May 20, 2013 3:39 PM
Please join us for a press conference at Mobility Lab for the release of two new Capital Bikeshare reports.
(At 12 p.m. EST this Wednesday, after the press conference, the reports will be available at Capital Bikeshare and further analysis will be published at Mobility Lab.)
In the “2013 Capital Bikeshare Member
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Community Design
Friday, May 10, 2013 12:06 PM
Jeff Speck has gone from being a city planner and architectural designer to one of the world’s most-acclaimed authors on walkability in a relatively short time.
The author of Suburban Nation (with Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk) and Walkable City spoke at a recent symposium sponsored by Mobility Lab and the Association of Commuter
Pop Culture
Monday, May 13, 2013 4:43 PM
Baltimore’s Kinetic Sculpture Race is an engineering challenge, a feat of endurance, and a display of visual kookiness that together make it a signature event of Charm City. But from my vantage points along the 14-mile route, it was also a demonstration of how human-powered vehicles can share the road
Mobility Lab & Partner Research
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 12:02 PM
In the world of “total health,” transportation and food are part of the health system. These industries combined make up a large chunk of the workforce and produce a large chunk of U.S. greenh
Economic Prosperity
Friday, May 3, 2013 2:02 PM
To call Washington D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray's Sustainable DC plan ambitious might be an understatement.
Piggybacking on predecessor Adrian Fenty's accomplishments in making the Nation’s Capital one of the most bicycle-friendly cities in the U.S., Gray has gone several steps further with Sustainable DC – a 20-year plan to make it
Health
Thursday, May 16, 2013 11:15 AM
May is Bike Month throughout the U.S. and Canada, and in the D.C. region specifically, tomorrow is Bike to Work Day. It’s a big party day for area cyclists, even those who regularly commute by bike.
Last year, more than 12,000 people registered at a number of pit stops throughout the region, where
Featured Research
Monday, May 20, 2013 3:39 PMPlease join us for a press conference at Mobility Lab for the release of two new Capital Bikeshare reports. (At 12 p.m. EST this Wednesday, after
Thursday, May 16, 2013 11:15 AMMay is Bike Month throughout the U.S. and Canada, and in the D.C. region specifically, tomorrow is Bike to Work Day. It’s a big party
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 12:02 PMIn the world of “total health,” transportation and food are part of the health system. These industries combined make up a large chunk of the
Friday, May 3, 2013 12:35 PMSeventy-three percent of the Arlington senior executives surveyed in Mobility Lab's latest study give “very good” or “excellent” ratings to the county’s business climate. Further, 58 percent of
Wednesday, April 24, 2013 1:12 PMThe next big health care breakthrough - which could cut rates of heart disease, diabetes, colon cancer, and Alzheimer's by at least 40 percent and
Featured Topic: Health
Monday, May 20, 2013 3:39 PMPlease join us for a press conference at Mobility Lab for the release of two new Capital Bikeshare reports. (At 12 p.m. EST this Wednesday, after
Thursday, May 16, 2013 11:15 AMMay is Bike Month throughout the U.S. and Canada, and in the D.C. region specifically, tomorrow is Bike to Work Day. It’s a big party
Friday, May 10, 2013 12:06 PMJeff Speck has gone from being a city planner and architectural designer to one of the world’s most-acclaimed authors on walkability in a relatively short
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 12:02 PMIn the world of “total health,” transportation and food are part of the health system. These industries combined make up a large chunk of the
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 2:12 PMAs our aging relatives live longer and with greater illnesses, we often witness their worlds becoming smaller, with a constant focus on the medical aspects
Planetizen
- Taking the Guesswork out of Designing for Walkability May 21, 2013The lack of adequate pedestrian behavior models means that designing for walkability has largely remained a matter of intuition. However, agent-based simulation can provide insight into the keys for creating pedestrian-friendly places. […]Planetizen
- Annual Search Begins for UK's Ugliest Building May 21, 2013Oliver Wainwright solicits contenders for this year's Carbuncle Cup, Building Design magazine's annual search for the UK's worst "crimes against architecture". […]Planetizen
Eltis
- CityMobil2 project launches its website May 20, 2013The FP7 project on automated road transport systems, CityMobil2, is now launching its new website: www.citymobil2.eu. […]
- CIVITAS II Policy advice notes May 19, 2013Policy advice notes on 12 key areas of sustainable travel produced by the CIVITAS II project are now available to download from the Eltis tools section. […]
CommuterPage.com
- D.C. council chairman seeks shift in collecting fuel taxes May 22, 2013D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson will ask his colleagues Wednesday to repeal the city's 23.5 cent-a-gallon gasoline tax and replace it with an 8.3 percent tax on wholesale gas and diesel purchases. -- Tim Craig, May 21, 2013, Washington Post […]
- GOP, Amtrak debate responsibility for long-distance train routes May 22, 2013Each side agrees that the routes are sure money-losers. But the agreement stopped Tuesday when it came to whether or not the federal government should be subsidizing the service. -- Keith Laing, May 21, 2013, The Hill […]
