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September 15, 2021The peril of climate change inspired Meg Merritt of Movitas Mobility’s entry into the public transit industry and continues to motivate her fight to change how we incentivize and... -
September 8, 2021Tomika Monterville of the San Antonio Transportation Department takes us inside her journey to helm this new department, why she’s so excited about San Antonio, and what it’s going...
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September 1, 2021According to Mike McGinn, executive director of America Walks and former mayor of Seattle, walking is not just about sidewalk infrastructure, but how we express ourselves as a community...
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August 25, 2021On issues of zoning, housing, and transportation, Greater Greater Washington’s policy manager Alex Baca recognizes that while the decisions made are political, the outcomes she wants are simply the...
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August 18, 2021If we want better mobility in our communities, TransitCenter’s Steven Higashide, author of Better Buses, Better Cities, believes better transit policy starts with a broad multi-racial coalition and ends...
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August 11, 2021Both a provoker of bold ideas and an implementer of practical ones, Geraldine Gardner of the Centralina Regional Council dives into what’s necessary to make regionalism work for over...
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August 4, 2021L’erin reflects on her time as co-host of The Movement Podcast and highlights some things she’s learned and episodes that will stick with her. EPISODE TRANSCRIPT TO COME Read more about...
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July 28, 2021In part 2 of a special 2-episode series on mobility access for people with disabilities, Anna Zivarts of the Disability Mobility Initiative at Disability Rights Washington recognizes the limitations...
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July 21, 2021In part 1 of a special 2-episode series focused on the lived experiences of people with disabilities, Zack Hurtz, Micah Lusignan, Krystal Monteros, and Tanisha Sepulveda share their everyday mobility...
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July 14, 2021Executive Director of the Alliance for a Just Society, LeeAnn Hall reminds us that it is people’s lived experiences that help define what barriers to access exist and highlights...
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July 7, 2021We won’t achieve equitable mobility without involving local government. Co-host of the GovLove podcast Ben Kittelson takes us inside City Hall to break down how funding decisions are made...
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June 30, 2021Providing mobility options in the Cincinnati metro area that has over 200 different jurisdictions requires Andy Aiello of the Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky and Wade Johnston of Green...
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June 23, 2021Ashton Simpson leads Oregon Walks, a non-profit organization that is advocating for everyone’s right to roam, a right that is too often obscured by political dithering and a reluctance...
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June 18, 2021In a special episode celebrating some of the guest teachers of the upcoming Unurbanist Assembly, Mouchka Heller and Jose Richard Aviles explain how equitable access to mobility comes from...
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June 9, 2021The Shared-Use Mobility Center’s CEO Benjie de la Peña shares how the market is constantly evolving to allow mobility to connect us to opportunity and community, from informal transportation...
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June 2, 2021Though BikeWalkKC spearheaded the advocacy on decriminalizing walking and biking in Kansas City, they didn’t go it alone. Michael Kelley breaks down the process BikeWalkKC used to change city...
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May 26, 2021Reflecting on his 10 years as CEO of Rail~Volution, Dan Bartholomay highlights the importance of vision and true community engagement to create the alignment —and energy—required for truly impactful...
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May 19, 2021Not only has Mitchell Silver prioritized equitable access to the 14% of NYC land that encompasses its parks, playgrounds, and recreational facilities in his role as commissioner of NYC Parks...
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May 12, 2021Most shared mobility systems like bikeshare weren’t started with equity as a foundational element. For those systems, Waffiyyah Murray and the Better Bike Share Partnership stand by to help...
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April 28, 2021Implementing regional policy changes doesn’t happen overnight. Chrissy Mancini Nichols shares the little steps she took over a number of years to make major changes to how Chicago funds...
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April 21, 2021Jameson Auten, Deputy CEO and Chief Operating Officer of the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, understands that innovation is a trial and error process, and that things will get...
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April 14, 2021Oonee’s Shabazz Stuart celebrates how cities are prioritizing safe, protected bike lanes in their communities, but, as he’s found out several times, if bike infrastructure stops at the street,...
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March 31, 2021Across hundreds of guests and topics, Jeff Wood of The Overhead Wire and the Talking Headways Podcast has learned some fundamental lessons about infrastructure, access, and the nuance necessary...
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March 24, 2021Move LA founder Denny Zane was instrumental in getting transit funding measures passed in Los Angeles County. He shares the importance of seeing opportunities in otherwise disappointing turnouts to...
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March 17, 2021SEPTA’s Leslie Richards has led organizations at the local, regional, and state levels cognizant of two things: that more women should be involved in public service and that the...
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March 10, 2021Julia Thayne’s and Lilly Shoup’s careers have straddled the public and private sectors. Now, they are building Los Angeles’ Urban Movement Labs in the same way to solve transportation...
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March 3, 2021As someone who has found her home in public service, Anita Cozart of the District of Columbia’s Office of Planning recognizes that while there is power in one voice,...
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February 24, 2021In a special two-year anniversary episode, L’erin and Josh get updates from former guests, highlight some episodes that resonate with them, and celebrate the power of using one’s voice...
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February 17, 2021For Remix’s Rachel Zack and TransForm’s Jamario Jackson, the combination of technology and advocacy to advance mobility justice is more than an academic exercise; it’s a tool to achieve...
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February 10, 2021To truly solve climate and poverty issues, the Shared Use Mobility Center’s Sharon Feigon believes it’s not enough to increase access to shared and low-impact mobility options like transit,...
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February 4, 2021L’erin and Josh discuss the week’s biggest news, including the Senate confirmation of Mayor Pete Buttigieg as the new Secretary of the US Department, parking minimums in Berkeley, and...
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January 26, 2021David Zipper shares how perverse incentives and negative externalities are part of the reason US transportation policy prioritizes decisions that benefit individuals and not those that benefit communities like...
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January 20, 2021Lessons in civic engagement from his immigrant parents and early rides on Amtrak and BART in the 1970s shaped California State Transportation Agency Secretary David Kim’s commitment to both...
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January 12, 2021Transit advocate Sunday Parker uses storytelling and pictures to help others overcome the lack of empathy for the systemic and ongoing barriers that impact public transit riders with disabilities,...
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January 6, 2021Michigan’s Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist and Chief Mobility Officer Trevor Pawl share how Michigan views the present and future of mobility, which combines the power of technology with ensuring...
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December 28, 2020Barb Chamberlain, director of the Active Transportation Division at Washington State DOT, shares how her upbringing shaped her desire to advocate for those whose voices are often ignored and...
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December 21, 2020Especially during COVID-19, Benita Hussain shares how getting 100% of US residents with park and greenspace access within a 10 minute walk of their homes is more important than...
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December 16, 2020Az Chougle, executive director of Transit Alliance Miami, has learned that advocacy is a “grand experiment in psychology” where clear goals, crisp communication, and a foundation of equity are...
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December 9, 2020After being the victim of an automobile-bicycle crash, Tara Pham co-founded street sensor startup Numina to give communities a better way to understand how people were using the street...
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December 2, 2020Daniel Firth has spent his career helping communities around the world study and implement congestion pricing, one of the most politically challenging transportation tools available. One of the most...
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November 25, 2020The Movement · 094 One Voice to Elevate Other Voices with Linda Lopez Being an advocate can be scary, especially when you are challenging those in power. Lynda Lopez has...
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November 18, 2020As Chief Deputy Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Transportation, David Howard must balance not only the needs of both urban and rural transportation users, but also the...
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November 11, 2020The Movement · 092 Straighten, Then Strengthen with Paul Supawanich The principles of good strength training that Paul Supawanich teaches moonlighting also have served him well in his day jobs...
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November 4, 2020The Movement · 091 Equity is not going to happen on its own with Graham Stone As co-founder of community engagement software, PublicInput.com, Graham Stone believes that equity is at the...
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October 28, 2020The Movement · 090 It's Incumbent Upon the People Leading Projects to Rectify Systemic Racism From tactical applications on community engagement and a new car-free development in North Carolina to...
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October 21, 2020The Movement · 089 Never Let a Consultant Tell Your Community Its Goals with David Field As a former consultant himself, David Fields knows the risks of communities not aligning...
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October 14, 2020The Movement · 088 You Should Never Give Up on the Goal of Reaching Common Ground with Amanda Eaken While once thought to be a problem for our grandchildren, climate...
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October 7, 2020The Movement · 087 This Top Down Approach of Leadership is Not Going to Work. Josh and L’erin discuss connections between Leadership Upside Down and recent news stories, including how...
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September 30, 2020The Movement · 086 The Data Will Validate the Community with Dr. Mariela Alfonzo Amenities that make communities more attractive, more walkable, and better places to live can also lead...
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September 23, 2020The Movement · 085 We Really Need to Be Thinking More Long-term with Dr. Tom Sanchez Dr. Tom Sanchez has spent over two decades studying how to create more liveable...
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September 16, 2020The Movement · 084 We've Used Streets as Instruments for Segregation with Robbyn Lewis Delegate Robbyn Lewis believes we’re valuing the wrong things like how fast cars can move instead...
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September 9, 2020The Movement · 083 We Need to Give More Back to This World Than We Take From It Like many of us, mobility shaped L’erin Jensen’s life, from public transit...
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September 2, 2020The Movement · 082 Failure Is Vital for What We Do with Nigel Jacob & Kris Carter As the co-chairs of Boston’s New Urban Mechanics, Nigel Jacob and Kris Carter...
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August 26, 2020The Movement · 081 Nuance is the Norm with Ariel Ward & Brytanee Brown In a complex world, we have to acknowledge that we are not, as activist Audre Lorde...
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August 19, 2020The Movement · 080 As Planners, We’re Asking the Wrong Questions with James Rojas During James Rojas’s formal planning education and the beginning of his career, he found that planning...
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August 12, 2020The Movement · 079 Legislation is Our Morality Codified with Rohit Malhotra Atlanta’s Center for Civic Innovation once earned the imprimatur of “good trouble” from the late Representative John Lewis....
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August 5, 2020The Movement · 078 Collectively, We Will Change the Name of the Game with Darnell Grisby As the American Public Transportation Association’s policy director, Darnell Grisby understands the unique role...
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July 29, 2020Throughout Naomi Doerner’s career and community involvement, she has married transportation and mobility justice to not only better understand community needs, but to begin to shift power from dominant...
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July 22, 2020The Movement · 076 We Can Only Move at the Speed of Trust with Lynn Ross Over the past four years and across 10 cities, Lynn Ross of Spirit for...
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July 15, 2020The Movement · 075 The Moment We’re in is Not About Individual Leadership with Suzanne Carlson If we want to overcome systemic racism as well as COVID-19 financial impacts, Tennessee...
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July 8, 2020The Movement · 074 You Can’t See What You Haven’t Experienced with Charles Brown What happens if you do planning work not from behind a desk, but in front of...
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July 6, 2020The Movement · 073 How We Define Professionalism is Rooted in RacismThree women—Dr. Destiny Thomas, Tamika Butler, and Sahra Sulaiman— who have been doing the work on the inequity...
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June 24, 2020The Movement · 072 Who is This Street Open for with Sam Zimbabwe Even before the racial justice protests, Seattle used their Racial Equity Toolkit to help prioritize the 20+...
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June 17, 2020The Movement · 071 What is the Root of the Root with Veronica Davis If we are to truly bring about change and address the barriers to inclusive, equitable and...
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June 10, 2020The Movement · 070 Everything is Driven by Context with Joe Iacobucci To move forward critical mobility goals, Sam Schwartz Engineering’s Joe Iacobucci has found that the best leaders not...
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June 3, 2020The Movement · 069 Everybody Has a Ministry with Lateefah Simon For over half her life, Lateefah Simon has served her community as a civil rights and racial justice advocate....
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May 29, 2020Disability advocate, transportation planner and engineer, and transit nerd Chris Pangilinan shares an inside look at the work he’s done to improve access for those with mobility impairments and...
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May 27, 2020The Movement · 067 The Challenges to Equitable Transit are Political and Social, Not Technological To help TransitCenter make cities more just and environmentally sustainable, Tabitha Decker is working to...
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May 14, 2020Led by Karina Ricks, Pittsburgh’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure is facilitating the creation of innovative mobility hubs and identifying clear principles for autonomous vehicle testing, all done in...
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May 6, 2020The Movement · 065 Preserving a Sense of Place with Jeremy Pate Understanding and investing in what makes NW Arkansas special is a key element of Jeremy Pate’s work at...
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April 29, 2020Eulois Cleckley provides an introduction to Denver’s new department of transportation and infrastructure that focuses on how things move—whether that’s people, vehicles, or water—as well as how he helps...
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April 22, 2020You might think opening up 70+ miles of streets to the people would take a while, but Oakland mobility policy director Warren Logan shares how alignment—not agreement—helped the city...
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April 17, 2020Shelley Poticha of the Natural Resources Defense Council works to create a just and equitable world and shares specific examples from Portland, Memphis, and San Antonio on how government...
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April 9, 2020Keith Benjamin is transitioning Charleston’s Traffic and Transportation department from one that focuses on maintenance to one that is mindfully using its power to expand access and increase equity,...
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April 5, 2020The last year for Uber and Lyft have been wild: going public, AB5 regulation in California, and now COVID-19 cratering demand. Harry Campbell of The Rideshare Guy shares what...
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April 1, 2020An already challenging time for micromobility has become even harder with COVID-19 limiting people’s movements in many cities and countries. But William Henderson, CEO of Ride Report, believes there...
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March 24, 2020Like many industries, public transportation is adapting to the dramatic impact of COVID-19 on our communities. APTA President and CEO Paul Skoutelas shares how their team is supporting critical...
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March 11, 2020Mike Lydon and Tony Garcia of Street Plans introduce Tactical Urbanism and how the process of trialing small, cost-effective changes in a community is sometimes more important than the...
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March 8, 2020With training as a civil engineer, Toole Design Group’s Bill Schultheiss has a particular window into the responsibility and opportunities available to the profession of civil engineering to create...
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February 28, 2020Veronica Vanterpool’s experience as an advocate and board member at New York City’s MTA was grounded in equity and sustainability. Now as Chief Innovation Officer of the Delaware Transit...
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February 24, 2020Underutilized public assets like parking lots or former government buildings in every community could be used for housing or redevelopment. Mariia Zimmerman from MZ Strategies shares what the best...
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February 19, 2020Whether it was the development of the Indianapolis Cultural Trail or revamping the Central Indiana Community Foundation’s mission to overcome the scourge of systemic racism, Brian Payne’s bold moves...
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February 5, 2020Charlotte’s growth to become one of our nation’s largest cities has not been seamless. In a special episode, learn from some of Charlotte’s leaders and advocates on what is...
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January 29, 2020In just a few short years, how cities and regulators engage with shared mobility companies (and vice versa) has changed. Shared Mobility Strategies’ Pete Gould helps promising new mobility...
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January 28, 2020Kansas City council member Eric Bunch’s experience as a bus rider and community advocate shaped his resolution to not only make transit fare-free in KC, but to implement policy...
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January 15, 2020Andreas Addison’s early-career experience deploying technology as a civic innovator provided key lessons and philosophies influencing his current effort as a Richmond City Council member to make Richmond’s streets...
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January 8, 2020Harriet Tregoning leads the New Urban Mobility Alliance, a coalition of public, private, and non-profit organizations shaping how technology can help create sustainable communities. But lessons from her career...
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December 31, 2019The end of the year is a great time to reflect, connect some dots from this year’s conversations, test out a new leadership framework, and share gratitude for a...
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December 27, 2019From his academic research at MIT to his blog The Transport Politic, Yonah Freemark has tackled a key question: what can communities and elected officials do to ensure that...
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December 21, 2019With Southern California boasting both extraordinary congestion and strong political support for transit, Nadine Lee of LA Metro explains how to invest in not only innovation, but also the...
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December 11, 2019From Don Kostelec’s beginnings in the transportation planning field, he’s questioned the orthodoxy that many cities and states just accept about how streets should look. The result? He’s democratizing...
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December 4, 2019To make a city that works for everyone, the nonprofit 8 80 cities asks that we start with the perspective of an 8 year old and an 80 year...
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November 27, 2019Government officials and advocates are not enough to make cities safe, healthy, and climate resilient. Liz Sisson from investment firm Urban US shares how she translates between the public...
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November 20, 2019Before John Bauters was an elected official in Emeryville, California, he was an advocate. His work in social justice issues impacts how he approaches his role as a city...
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November 13, 2019To build the economy of the future, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego manages one of our nation’s youngest and fastest growing cities with a long-term focus, a healthy investment in...
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November 6, 2019Nidhi Gulati’s work at Project for Public Spaces ensures that the needs of vulnerable populations like women, immigrants, and children are prioritized in how we design our cities and...
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October 30, 2019Like access to mobility, access to lifelong learning has the potential to change lives. Lex Dennis of the Drucker Institute shares how they are working with residents of South...
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October 26, 2019Jerome Horne’s love for transit started young so perhaps it’s no surprise that he not only rides transit daily, but he serves as IndyGo’s Ridership Experience Specialist. This role...
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October 15, 2019The gradual privatization of the streets and mobility over the last century has Leah Shahum, the founder and director of the Vision Zero Network, breaking down silos to give...
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October 3, 2019In her policy roles at Lyft and Lime, Emily Castor Warren had a front row seat for two of the fastest technological adoptions in history: ridehailing and micromobility. The...
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September 26, 2019Across the US, bus ridership is floundering. But instead of looking at this problem regionally, transit researcher Simon Berrebi studies bus ridership at a hyperlocal level and created a...
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September 19, 2019The San Francisco Bay Area has 8 million people jammed into nine counties, meaning it is not only ripe for public transit, but also ripe for separate fiefdoms by...
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September 12, 2019Clear goals, a core value simple enough for everyone in the organization to understand, and a mindful investment in community engagement are what CEO Randy Clarke believes are the...
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September 4, 2019When the International Parking Institute recognized its members managed more than just parking, CEO Shawn Conrad helped the Institute not only add Mobility to its name, but also ensure...
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August 28, 2019Imagine a mobility hub where you can find not only transportation, but also food, medical care, and other services. Tom Fisher of the Minnesota Design Center discusses his research...
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August 21, 2019
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August 14, 2019Robin Hutcheson, the director of public works for Minneapolis, shares how the creation of the city’s Transportation Action Plan prioritizes equity, safety, and climate goals and ensures alignment with...
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August 8, 2019What could your community accomplish if it rethought how it engaged with its citizens on transportation, housing, and economic development? Heather Worthington shares how the City of Minneapolis approached...
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August 1, 2019The board that oversees the MBTA operates differently than most public transit boards. Board member Monica Tibbits-Nutt highlights how the board was constructed, who the members represent, and how...
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July 17, 2019Why is US public transit successful in some places and not in others? Christof Spieler believes the answer lies in how leaders deal with public opinion, why they build...
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July 10, 2019From the private sector to the public sector, Gillian Gillett has found that her willingness to point out that the emperor has no clothes is an important tool to...
Editorial: The Mobility Revolution: Let’s Do the Easy Things First
Blog, Equity, infrastructure, public transit, public transportation, transit planningShortly after the major news outlets made it official and named Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, his campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon shared a maxim that is uttered on a regular basis in our household, e...
How to Reach Your Riders Using Social Media
Blog, fixed route, Marketing, microtransit, on-demand transit, public transit, safe ride, universityDo you find the idea of using social media to reach your riders daunting? You’re not the only one. With the rapid increase in social media use over the last decade, coupled with new platforms and shifting algorithms, the idea of find...
Editorial: The Real Threats to Public Transit (Hint: It’s Not Uber and Lyft)
Blog, Equity, microtransit, on demand, on-demand transportation, public transit, public transportation, transit planningOn a brisk morning last May, Sunny Madra, vice president of Ford’s accelerator program, left his Manhattan apartment to catch a plane to San Francisco. After unsuccessfully trying to hail a cab for 20 minutes, he booked an Uber to JFK ...
It’s Your Microtransit: The Importance of Agency-Owned On-Demand Transit
Blog, microtransit, on-demand transit, safe ride, transit planningIn the past, transit systems were built to provide an efficient, balanced supply of transportation that met the needs of the mass population. Today, private transportation network companies (TNCs) offer flexible on-demand microtransit mo...
Three Quotes from TransLoc and CoMotion’s Transit Utopia Webinar That Have Us Talking
Blog, accessibility, Equity, public transit, transit planning, urban planningThe Transit Utopia may no longer be exclusive to the dreamers. On August 11th, Tyler Means and Austin Stanion — two of our AICP-certified planning and design strategists — partnered with CoMotion for the webinar Transit Utopia: Where...
What Rider Sentiment Tells Us About The Future of Public Transit
Blog, Equity, infrastructure, public transportation, rider surveys, ridership, transit planningWhile the onset of COVID-19 brought life to a standstill, many aspects of life continue to experience change as communities begin moving again. Last month, TransLoc polled 1,200 American transit riders about their pre-pandemic and curren...
Four Lessons We Learned About the Needs of Today’s Public Transit Rider
Blog, Equity, funding, infrastructure, public transportation, transit planningExperts predict that we are on the cusp of a transit evolution led by smart technology and data-driven planning. But how do the people who use these services everyday feel about public transit’s current state and emerging trends? In Ju...
Editorial: What More Can Public Transit Do to Keep Women Safe?
Blog, Equity, public transit, public transportation, safe transit, transit planning, women's safetyWomen have a sixth sense; an awareness developed overtime that keeps us out of harm’s way. Like a computer program running on autopilot, we are constantly scanning our environment to avoid external threats. Public transit provides freed...
How to Market Your Transit Services
Blog, fixed route, Marketing, microtransit, on-demand transit, public transit, safe ride, universityAre you launching a new fixed-route/on-demand transit service or looking to increase ridership for your existing services? Have you considered how you will get riders’ attention? At TransLoc, we recognize that the success of your servi...
Transit is a Family Business
Blog, careers, culture, Equity, people, TransLocWhen a TransLoc employee says that “TransLoc is a family,” it’s an expression that carries a deeper meaning to Megan Wilson and Ally Hatfield. In January 2017, Megan joined TransLoc’s Morgan, Utah office as a senior account manager...
Editorial: What the $550 Billion Infrastructure Bill Means for Public Transit
Blog, Equity, funding, infrastructure, public transportation, transit planningThe Senate has passed the largest ever federal investment in public transit: a $550 billion infrastructure package that improves transportation, internet and water/power systems to “grow the economy, enhance competitiveness, create goo...
How to Select Your First Microtransit Service
Blog, microtransit, on-demand transit, safe ride, transit planningAgency-owned microtransit provides the flexibility and accessibility that today’s transit riders crave. When paired with a fixed-route service and optimized by smart data, transit agencies can benefit from reduced expenses while mainta...
12 Brilliant Marketing Ideas for University On-Demand Transit
Blog, Marketing, microtransit, on-demand transit, safe ride, university, university transportationStudents are counting down the days until college and universities open for learning in the fall semester. Likewise, the hundreds of campus departments and services at every university are all strategizing on how to vie for their attenti...
University Transportation’s Role in Restoring the Campus Community
Blog, electric buses, electrification, emissions, public transit, transit planning, urban planningTransit professionals at 5,300+ U.S. universities and colleges are preparing for the return of in-person learning in the fall semester. Many university administrators are relying on new sanitation procedures, vaccine requirements, and hy...
Electrification Will Not Move Us Far Enough
Blog, electric buses, electrification, emissions, public transit, transit planning, urban planningElectrifying our existing transportation network has clear benefits, ranging from reduced climate impacts to improved public health outcomes especially in urban areas. However, our collective excitement to “go electric” may be disgui...
Addressing the Barriers to the Freedom of Movement for All
Blog, accessibility, Equity, public transit, transit planning, urban planningPrologue: Yesterday, we launched the first of two special episodes of The Movement Podcast showcasing challenges that people with disabilities face to access mobility and what can be done to improve it. You can catch that episode here. 0000...
How Sharp Financial Acumen Can Loosen the Grip on Local Transit Budgets
Blog, funding, public transit, transit planning, urban planningThe questions circling the future of public transit have put transit professionals in a precarious position. How will you predict the level of service needed to meet the demands of your riders? How fast will the demand for ridership come...
Editorial: Can the American Rescue Plan Save Transit from Itself?
Blog, accessibility, american rescue plan, Equity, public transit, transit planning, urban planningTransit professionals around the country joined in a collective sigh of relief with the passing of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARP), and its $30 billion in funding for transportation. After more than a year of facing budgets deep in th...
The Magic of Transit Hardware and Software Implementation
Blog, public transit, software, technology, transit planning, transit technologyWe believe in magic because “we are the magic,” as our team loves to say. We are the Client Implementation department: the landing spot for TransLoc’s new customers and projects. The moment the ink on the contract dries, we take a ...
Editorial: Fixing Transit Requires Grappling with Racism
Blog, accessibility, Equity, public transit, transit planning, urban planningThe U.S. and Europe have vastly different public transit systems. The accessibility and affordability of Europe’s robust public transit system is in contrast to the U.S., which, at best, is convenient and expensive in major cities and ...
Reimagining Public Transportation Safety after COVID-19
Blog, COVID-19, public transit, transit planningAs we continue to heal from the pandemic, public transit agencies find themselves at the intersection of efficiency and risk mitigation. A great transit system is a reliable one. When COVID-19 swept across the country, transit systems ha...
Boost Your Transit Marketing Assets with TransLoc’s Marketing Services’ Principles of Design
Blog, Design, Marketing, public transportation, transit planningIt’s a noisy world and everyone (and every thing) is clamoring for our attention. This rings true for transit riders. They’re responding to emails, listening to podcasts like [shameless plug alert] The Movement Podcast, checking text...
My Fantastical Journey as a Woman in Engineering
Blog, diversity, engineering, Equity, technologyWell, I wish I could regale you with a grand, fantasy-filled story of being a little girl on a farm in rural Eastern North Carolina who wanted nothing more than to realize her dream of becoming an engineer whose days were filled with wri...
Let’s Get Smart About Airport Ground Mobility
Blog, infrastructure, public transit, transit planningAs airports bounce back from 2020’s record-low airline passengers while juggling new operational challenges, as well as passenger and employee expectations for a clean and safe air travel experience, the time for smart airports to take...
Finally, It’s Infrastructure Week in the U.S.
Blog, infrastructure, public transit, transit planningAfter four years of talk, Infrastructure Week became a “catch-all term” meant to offer empty promises to the American people. From the beginning of 2017, there were talks of bipartisan efforts to rebuild America’s highways, bridges, ra...
Accelerating Public Transit’s Recovery with Scenario Planning
Blog, COVID-19, public transit, transit planningAs we all know, COVID-19 had a dramatic impact on public transit ridership. According to a report prepared for the American Public Transportation Association, public transit ridership fell 79% nationally compared to 2019 levels as a resu...
Inequitable Public Transit: A Detriment to Community Health
Blog, Equity, public transitHealth is everything. If that wasn’t clear before, then the COVID-19 pandemic made it crystal. The absence of a healthy body and mind robs people of life’s greatest joys. 0000...
A New Philosophy on Transit Planning and Design
Blog, Planning & Design, urban planningWe started Planning & Design Services with a simple notion: to build a genuine, supportive partnership with our clients that helps them address the unique mobility problems in their communities. 0000...
The New Transit: Unifying Fixed-Route and On-Demand Services
Blog, Fixed-Route Transit, microtransit, mobility, on-demand transitThe past 50 years for transit innovation have been relatively stagnant. Community development in the United States since World War II is best defined with two words: urban sprawl. Streets, houses, and commercial buildings are constructed...
The Convenience of Asynchronicity Has Us Out of Sync
Blog, Equity, leadership, mobility, the movementPrior to my kids learning from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, I had never heard of asynchronous learning: a term used to define learning that happens at different times for different students, enabling them to design a learning...