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Insight into Capital Bikeshare – From the People Who Use It

Wednesday, May 22, 2013 12:00 PM

New Yorkers, take notice … Capital Bikeshare just released two new reports containing a wealth of information on its members and how they use the program. The reports contain valuable insights into the many benefits of bikesharing, such as travel cost savings, reduction in car use, health improvements, and local business patronage. As New York [...]

by Chris Eatough

Mobility Lab In the News

Thursday, March 14, 2013 2:02 PM

May 2013 The Transport Industry Daily: Shopping is 45 Percent of U.S. Miles Traveled, Study Finds (May 24) DCist: Capital Bikeshare: Good for Wallet, Good for Body (May 23) WJLA ABC7: Tour de D.C. (May 23) Energy Central: Secretary LaHood Lauds Capital Bikeshare as Pioneer: Bikeshare Option Saves Members $17 Million (May 23) Patch: Capital Bikeshare Member [...]

by Paul Mackie
Activity Centers
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The Silver Line Playbook: Clarendon and Tysons

Wednesday, January 16, 2013 5:01 PM

The differences between Clarendon and Tysons Corner – two communities in Northern Virginia – are readily apparent to even a casual observer. Clarendon has walkability, cohesion, and sense of place and Tysons has sprawl, confusion, and traffic gridlock. Although these two places will soon be linked when Metro’s Silver Line opens west of Washington D.C., [...]

by Paul Goddin
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Data Visualization Hack Day

Monday, January 14, 2013 11:59 AM

Free registration is now open here. Overview: Open data gives us the power to better understand the world we live in. But how do we turn that data into a useful tool? Mobility Hack Day aims to turn mobility-related data into useful content. Our focus will be on visualizing data in the Washington D.C. region. [...]

by Michael Schade
Environment
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Bikeshare Bag Given Away to Promote Upcoming LEED/Transportation Event

Monday, November 5, 2012 12:13 PM

We’re happy to announce that Michael O’Hara of Bohler Engineering won a Capital Bikeshare bag that Mobility Lab was giving away on Friday at the Arlington Economic Development Real-Estate Showcase at Artisphere in Rosslyn, Virginia. Mobility Lab held an exhibit at the event to help promote our upcoming LEED/Transportation Symposium, which is coming up on [...]

by Paul Mackie
Community Design
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Construction and Building a Vibrant Arlington Go Hand-in-Hand – Patch

Wednesday, October 17, 2012 3:05 PM

Dennis Leach, Arlington County’s transportation director, is interviewed in the excellent, hyper-local newspaper endeavor Patch about building a vibrant bikable and walkable community in the midst of “unprecedented construction.” (I can literally hear the jackhammers right now outside my office window in Rosslyn!) Leach highlights some really interesting insights on the inner machinations of how [...]

by Paul Mackie
Environment
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Mobility Management Starts with Our Energy Supply – Deloitte

Tuesday, October 16, 2012 12:10 PM

According to a new report by global professional-services firm Deloitte, the transportation sector in the U.S. consumed 28 percent of our energy supply. Energy Independence and Security: A Reality Check finds that “transportation is really the only sector that remains dependent on imports.” The author argues that “we need to lower demand through continued improvement in the [...]

by Paul Mackie
Environment
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LEED/Transportation Symposium

Thursday, September 27, 2012 12:46 PM

Please register to attend. WHAT: Mobility Lab’s LEED/Transportation Symposium will provide developers and property owners with insights on how they can accumulate significant points toward LEED status – and improve the bottom lines of their projects – by incorporating “alternative transportation” strategies.  Arlington Transportation Partners and Arlington Economic Development are co-hosting the symposium. WHO: Moderator Dann Sklarew, Ph.D., [...]

by Paul Mackie
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Americans Are Driving Less. Are You?

Friday, May 25, 2012 9:05 AM

This article was originally published by Anne Factor at goDCgo. Americans, especially the young, are driving less. We’ve been hearing this for a while now and have recently seen a flurry of new reports, statistics, articles and editorials documenting and trying to explain the downward trend. The theories put forth are varied and all seem [...]

by Paul Mackie
Mobility Lab & Partner Research

2009 Arlington County Resident Study

Monday, March 5, 2012 2:05 PM

The Arlington County Residents’ Transportation Study conducted by ACCS is based on 4,344 survey responses, of which 1,263 were responses to the long form. Randomly selected Arlington residents were surveyed over the telephone. The primary purpose of this study was to assess the performance of ACCS programs and to enhance their effectiveness in providing travel assistance/support [...]

by ACCS Research Team

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