IT’S OFTEN DUBBED the Netflix of transport by its advocates for bringing together multiple transport and mobility choices into a single, digital platform which users can either purchase via subscription […]
Modernizing Mobility
The Future of Mobility
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Gen Z changing the transportation dynamic
A SHORT TIME AGO, the auto industry viewed millennials as the lost generation. Automakers expected car sales to plummet and prepared for change. But that didn’t happen. Instead, millennials delayed […]
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Moving toward one card to pay for all transport options
MOBILITY AS A SERVICE (MaaS) has now offered a vision for the future of transportation for several years. The ideas are ambitious: Providing travelers with the services they need to […]
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Keolis exec: T commuter rail shows progress
WHETHER YOU LIVE in the Worcester area or the North Shore, in Walpole or Weymouth, we tend to have the same thing in mind when thinking about the MBTA’s commuter […]
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Transportation equity: Is it a good thing?
What do we think about when we think about transportation equity?   There is regional equity – the question whether every region in a state, or every neighborhood in a city, is equitably treated from […]
Posted inOpinion
For walkers, the last six inches are important
WALKBOSTON HAS BEEN TALKING about transit as the middle leg of a walking trip for many years. We understand that even the most avid walker or walking advocate knows that […]
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Regulatory reset needed on Uber, self-driving cars
Second of two parts (First part can be found here.)Â MASSACHUSETTS STATE AND MUNICIPAL DECISION MAKERS must push a reset button and develop a template for a more comprehensive and […]
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TNCs existential threat to public transportation
First of two parts ADVOCACY IS WHAT LIKE-MINDED people do, usually in an organized fashion, to effect change in the way government or public policy impacts their lives. Advocacy can […]
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A question of access: Shifting the transportation conversation
TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY matters to everyone who commutes, travels, or runs errands on a daily basis, and these everyday trips create a sense that we are all experts on transportation. […]
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Bus stops and the future of digital placemaking
THE TYPICAL URBAN BUS STOP is a miserable thing: a piece of metal attached to a pole; a strip of colored paint on a curb; a beaten-up shelter. Such bad […]
Posted inTransportation
Transportation tech isn’t easy
AS THE LEADER of a transportation agency, there is no shortage of people ready to tell me how technology is going to revolutionize the way we do business. From autonomous […]
Posted inOpinion, Transportation
One payment system is needed for all transportation
ONE OF THE IRONIES of the advancements in mobility over the last decade has been the driving force of competition involved – and perhaps no development has affected the recent […]
Posted inOpinion, Transportation
The world isn’t as flat as we thought
LONG-TERM TRENDS WILL CHANGE the global economy, putting unique strains on both large cities and outlying areas. PwC has identified five megatrends actively shaping our world: rapid urbanization, technological breakthroughs, […]
Posted inEnvironment
Preparing for a shrinking Boston
SETTLED BY EUROPEAN COLONISTS in 1630, Boston was founded on the narrow Shawmut Peninsula behind the protective landforms of what are today Stellwagen Bank, Winthrop, Hull, and the 34 Boston […]
Posted inOpinion, Transportation
Boston emerging as mobility innovation center
IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING that mobility – the movement of people and goods – is an incredibly hot space. Start-ups are cropping up across the entire value chain as significant […]
Posted inOpinion, Transportation
Buses are what’s next in transportation
YOU WAIT 20 MINUTES for a bus, only to watch three show up all at once. Soon after boarding, the glut of vehicles carrying hundreds of commuters comes to a […]
Posted inOpinion, Transportation
Zipcar founder Robin Chase on upending the status quo
This article is part of a series entitled The Future of Mobility, a joint project of CommonWealth and Meeting of the Minds, a San Francisco-based organization that seeks to build alliances around […]
Posted inOpinion, Transportation
Situational awareness key to safe, self-driving cars
This is another in a series entitled The Future of Mobility, a joint project of CommonWealth and Meeting of the Minds, a San Francisco-based organization that seeks to build alliances […]
Posted inState House News Service, Transportation
MassDOT looks to trash records
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE IF YOU USED an old Fastlane transponder on the Massachusetts Turnpike 18 years ago, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation likely has a record of that trip. […]
Posted inOpinion, Politics, Transportation
Being smart is not enough
This is the third in a series entitled The Future of Mobility, a joint project of CommonWealth and Meeting of the Minds, a San Francisco-based organization that seeks to build alliances around […]
Posted inOpinion, Transportation
Driverless car revolution is coming
This is the second in a series entitled The Future of Mobility, a joint project of CommonWealth and Meeting of the Minds, a San Francisco-based organization that seeks to build alliances around […]
Posted inOpinion, Transportation
Guiding principles for transportation
This is the first in a series entitled The Future of Mobility, a joint project of CommonWealth and Meeting of the Minds, a San Francisco-based organization that seeks to build […]