December 2015

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Transformational Change and the Future of Public Transportation

Glen Weisbrod Transit

Emerging Changes. At the January 2019 Annual Conference of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), the role of technology change and the future of public transportation both received significant attention –in both formal sessions and informal attend...

ROAD PRICING MAY BE COMING: ECONOMISTS ARE ON BOARD, BUT WILL THE PUBLIC BE CONVINCED?

Kyle Schroeckenthaler TRB2019

Most people seem to agree with a “user-pays” principle for transportation infrastructure, especially for roads and highways. The fuel excise tax on gasoline and diesel has long been the primary source of federal and state transportation revenues. Whi...

The Missing Link in Resilience Planning (Resilience Series - Part 3)

Mark Sieber Infrastructure

Growing up in the Swiss Alps, the natural hazard I was most aware of as a child was avalanches. My village was especially exposed to this risk. When the road to access the villages in the valley was improved by partly covering it with avalanche sheds...

When Will Blockchain Technology Reach the Transit Industry?

Mark Sieber Transit

Blockchain is a new and potentially transformational technology for tracking of transactions between parties in a verifiable and permanent way that also makes tampering virtually impossible. It is already being tested in use for supply chain manageme...

The Explosion of E-Commerce Deliveries in Cities: Predictive Analytics as a Planning Tool (TRB Recap Series #3)

Peter Plumeau TRB2019

How can we manage rapidly growing demand for same-day e-commerce deliveries within dense urban centers? That was one of the key questions addressed at a workshop during the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting in Washington, DC on Janua...

Glen Weisbrod co-authored a chapter of the recently published book: Developing Bus Rapid Transit: The Value of BRT… https://t.co/cKLfFz0jt7

Transformational Change and the Future of Public Transportation. Blog by Glen Weisbrod https://t.co/TZNj2kUBDE #TRBAM

ROAD PRICING MAY BE COMING: ECONOMISTS ARE ON BOARD, BUT WILL THE PUBLIC BE CONVINCED?, blog by Kyle Schroeckenthal… https://t.co/2LmkCtAJtF

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