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Traffic engineering has everything to do with how we get around. It doesn’t matter how many neighbors sign a petition for new sidewalks, or more crosswalks, protected bike lanes, bus rapid transit, road diets…Everything goes through traffic eng
Not everyone can afford to own their own car. And even if everyone could, they should not be forced to spend their money to own and operate a personal car.Transportation equity should be about giving people the same access to homes, jobs, food,
Can you buy a self-driving car today? Right now, today, in early 2022, can you visit a dealer or hop on a website and purchase your own self-driving car?In the internet age, you’d think there’d be no confusion. But most people aren't sure of th
The Infrastructure Report Card is published every year by the American Society of Civil Engineers. It sounds like something you’d get in school, but the big difference is that this one is abstract and subjective.But once engineers get out of sc
Professional land use planners and traffic engineers look in the rearview mirror to see what’s through the windshield. It’s an embarrassing form of fortune telling. Inevitably, a long-range land use or mobility plan includes outdated assumption
One of Virginia's snowstorms made national news because portions of I-95 were shut down. Some people were trapped for almost 30 hours in the freezing cold.It was crazy. Thousands of people hemmed in with no way to get unstuck. Imagine having to
In the last year, the biggest selling electric vehicle was a bicycle. E-bikes outsold E-cars 2:1 in the U.S.:300,000 electric cars sold, with 60,000 places to securely charge them.600,000 electric bikes sold, with 8 places to securely charge th
Wayyyy back in 2020, I spoke at a conference about the danger of authorities controlling personal data, including travel habits. Locations, frequency, companions, purpose, etc. China tracks its subjects and decides who's allowed to travel and f
This is a short reaction to an article from Bloomberg's CityLab: "Can the U.S. Build Big Again?"Here's the pull quote they use to make urban planners nod in agreement, as if this is a moderate position.There is a sweet spot between Jane Jacobs
"Multimodal balance" is the idea that equal priority should be given to all types of transport - buses, cars, bicycles, delivery trucks, fire trucks, scooters, and walking.There's a huge problem with this concept.***https://www.AndyBoenau.comht
Lyft declared a commitment to reach 100% electric vehicles on their platform by 2030. Is it feasible? Financially sustainable? The economy needs profitable mobility businesses. Otherwise, we’re all just engaging in academic and philosophical e
John Ellis gave a TEDx talk called Zero Dollar Car: How big data will transform the transportation industry. There's a business model here for transport in a car, bus, train, scooter, bicycle, or self-driving pod.***https://twitter.com/boenauht
With all the recent news about autonomy, I thought I’d do my part to educate the masses about the different levels. The transition from where we are today to where we’ll be in the not-to-distant future. The Society of Safe Engineers defines 6 l
Amazon delivers 2-3 billion packages per year. In 2019, they went from delivering 20% of their own packages to 50%.Amazon announced in February that they ordered 100,000 electric vans from a company called Rivian, based in Michigan.***https://t
MaaS is a digital platform that has 3 key ingredients: plan a trip, book the trip on 1 or more modes, and pay for the trip. It can use different brands and vehicles in different markets. It can be pay-as-you-go or subscription.High-occupancy tr
Most of us have always lived in a car culture, so new forms of mobility are a jolt. It feels foreign to consider an environment where we aren’t burdened by personal car ownership and storage.Autonomous shuttles… self-parking mopeds… senior citi
One of the questions I get the most about shared mobility is "Do you think bike share will last?"So, I will give you 3 predictions because I know exactly what the future holds.And I will give you 3 reasons why I have no idea what the future hol
One of the purposes of compulsory schooling is social uniformity. Homogeneity. From the time we’re young, we’re trained to stifle critical thought and innovation. It’s socially risky for children and adults to challenge widely held beliefs.In t
Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) is a digital platform where you can plan a trip, choose multiple modes - like trains, bus, car, bikes, and pay for the trip. All within one platform. Three key things: plan, book, pay.You might compare Mobility-as-a
I own hundreds of CDs and DVDs. Ever since I started earning money pushing a lawnmower, I was spending it on music and movies that I was convinced needed to be at my fingertips. Sure, I'd never be able to own every piece of audio-visual art I e
Personal car ownership has the allure of freedom, giving Americans the ability to drive anywhere at a moment’s notice. The reality of modern travel is that most trips are less than a few miles. We like transportation on demand, but we don’t go
Is the aim of this story to turn people against Lyft? Or to suggest politicians should have the power to decide how businesses are run? Whatever the purpose, it’s manufactured outrage. Here we go:“A city supervisor hopes to force Lyft to keep a
The year 2020 is upon us, so you’ll find a slew of articles recapping the last 10 years. I’ve read several on urban planning that highlight the dramatic role of the humble bicycle. This one is from Forbes.Guess what? The best city planning idea
I'm reading from one of the thousands of opinion pieces about the dangers of autonomous technology as it relates to cars. I react to these claims:“...as with any new technology, especially one involving the transportation of human beings from p
“Porsche is expanding its app-based subscription service to four new cities in the U.S. and Canada, deepening its experiment i n flexible car ownership even as other automakers back away.Monthly subscribers can drive as many as 20 different mod
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