Sweden’s first Mobility Hotel is now opening in Nordstan, one of Sweden’s largest shopping and business centres. The mobility hotel…
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…
Green hydrogen is under the spotlight after Bill Gates backed a new production technology that could help the global push to…
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…
In 2017, the Montgomery County, MD County Council passed a resolution mandating a 100% reduction in the carbon emissions from county-owned transit and buildings by 2035. This was an expensive challenge, so the County’s Departments of General Services (DGS) and Transportation (DOT) had to get creative. The County partnered with private energy as service provider AlphaStruxure and a private equity firm to fund all upfront costs. Fleet costs are being subsidized by the federal government.
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…
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced the launch of the Transforming Transportation Advisory Committee (TTAC) to provide advice…
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 upstate New York, a rural community is offering an on-demand door to door service, and fixed route service. In Washington State, King County Metro created a community transportation navigator program, striving to create culturally inclusive systems to navigate their public transit system.
Personal AVs as a “False Early Dream,” federal funds for electric buses are released, Uber brings car-sharing to the US, and one town invests in “communal Teslas.” These are just a few of the many stories about mobility and technology assembled for mobility managers.
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…
May was a month chock-filled with transit technology hyperbole. Autonomous vehicles are “basically impossible,” delivery robots are in a “regulatory…
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…
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced over $94 million in grants designed to “leverage technology to create safer, more equitable,…
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.
A new innovation lab dedicated to solving the world’s most pressing transportation problems is opening soon in Detroit — the…
Five years ago on a cold February morning, city and state leaders, along with the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency…
An elderly person who needs a few extra seconds to cross the street. A recent newcomer who needs help navigating…
Boy Hendriks, Transdev Netherlands’ Manager – Innovative & Business Development, provides exclusive insight into the trial of the company’s new…
Transport needs to be decarbonized at every level if we are to meet climate goals. One of the most effective…
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…
We have been waiting a long time for vacuum tubes to be used for transportation, after witnessing how fast they work in…
City governments, colleges, and universities all want what’s best for their communities. Cities are tasked with responsibilities like adopting new…
The Commonwealth of Virginia recently hosted a live trial of a new driver and pedestrian safety concept that allows near-real-time notification of…
The Poverty Spotlight tool in use. (Image courtesy of Poverty Spotlight) Poverty has a disparate impact on communities across the…
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…
The principles will help set a strategy for the department’s approach to innovation in transportation, especially as companies deploy more advanced…
As we reflect on two consecutive years of community disruption, one area has remained a critical lifeline: our transportation systems.…
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…
Two walkways made from kinetic floor tiles have been installed at Leighton Buzzard train station, through a partnership between Central…
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…
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, The National Center for Mobility Management (NCMM) has pivoted their classic peer exchanges…
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…
Have more mobility news that we should be reading and sharing? Let us know! Reach out to Sage Kashner (kashner@ctaa.org).
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