Make Travel Options Easy To Use — Shop Online or In a Store
What We Know: There is pent-up demand for using alternative commute options. According to the 2006 Arlington County Resident Study, 28% of residents who drive alone on their commutes said they were...
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Research Elevates TDM to the Strategic Level in Arlington County, Virginia
Research: An On-Going, Integral Part of the Commuter Services Program “The research is the lifeblood of our program”, remarked Arlington County Commuter Services Bureau Chief Chris Hamilton in a recent...
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In Zürich, Transit Means You Can Always Be on Time
I recently visited Zürich, Switzerland, and one of many nice things about the city is that transit is much more stable than cars. You always know when you’re going to get to where you want to go. In...
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Crippled NYC Subways Could Hamper Storm Recovery – Associated Press
In addition to the tremendous human suffering in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, the estimate of damages to the transportation infrastructure of New York City alone could tally up to $10 billion, with...
View ArticleHigh Quality of Life in Arlington Spurred by Less Air Pollution
Arlington County, Virginia is the home of Mobility Lab, and we’re proud of the work we do with our partners throughout the county’s Commuter Services and Department of Environmental Services...
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Increasing Gas Tax Shows as Surprisingly Popular in New Traffic-Congestion Study
People are frustrated and think that governments are not doing enough to improve transportation, according to a new report by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and the Brookings...
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Study: Business Leaders Give High Marks to Transportation System in Arlington
Seventy-three percent of the Arlington senior executives surveyed in Mobility Lab’s latest study give “very good” or “excellent” ratings to the county’s business climate. Further, 58 percent of local...
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Mobility Lab Joins With Blumenauer, LaHood in Calling for Transportation Revenue
Ray LaHood (right) talks with POLITICO reporter Adam Snider after Mobility Lab’s October event. Just over a month ago, former U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood made news as the keynote speaker...
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An Open Letter to Governor McAuliffe for Virginia’s Transportation Solution
This article originally appeared in InTheCapital. Parts of it also appeared in the Richmond Times Dispatch and the Arlington Sun Gazette. New Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe’s administration has the...
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“Drivers For Hire” Like Uber Will Be an Exciting Evolution
Bloomberg reported today that Uber is now facing two new challenges in New York City: competitor Lyft has now entered the market and new legislation is being enacted to place price caps on rides...
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Transportation Bill Misses Boat on Most Exciting Aspects of Industry
OPTION OPPORTUNITIES Tech and non-driving options could catch transportation sector up to what people are demanding if Congress allows it. From the fast-moving on-demand economy to increases in...
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How Transportation Funding Fails to Work the Way Anyone Intended
This is the first of a two-part Mobility Lab series. Part 1 looks at the big-picture history of transportation funding in the United States. Part 2 will examine ways we can fund transportation in a...
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Tech is good, but we need transportation planning for the city of the future
This article was originally published by EcoLocalizer and CleanTechnica. TRANSPO TAKEAWAY We will achieve embraceable cities of the future if we get the right people at the table now to start planning....
View ArticleLast chance to comment: Proposed USDOT rules would likely harm communities
If you value communities that are enhanced by transit, bikeability, walkability, and ridesharing, you should know that the proposed rules on Performance Measures for the National Highway System, the...
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Cities will need to fight zero-occupant miles with “TDM for autonomous vehicles”
The advent of autonomous vehicles is fraught with uncertainty, especially when it comes to their impacts on traffic, travel choices, and the broader transportation system. They offer many potential...
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Cities will need to fight zero-occupant miles with “TDM for autonomous vehicles”
The advent of autonomous vehicles is fraught with uncertainty, especially when it comes to their impacts on traffic, travel choices, and the broader transportation system. They offer many potential...
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