McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

AUGUST 30, 2022

In an interview at the M30 Mobility Summit, Navistar’s Michael Grahe shares his views on the latest developments in mobility.

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The City Fix

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Transforming Transportation 2022 will continue on February 17. The case for decarbonizing transport cannot be clearer: it’s the fastest growing sector of emissions after. Visit transformingtransportation.org to register and watch full sessions. And join the conversation on Twitter with #TTDC22. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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The City Fix

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Some of the fastest growing cities in developing countries like India, Brazil and Ethiopia are strapped for cash. Up to 70% of residents in developing. These cities often struggle to provide basic infrastructure and services for a growing population, leading to widespread inequalities. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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The City Fix

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

2020 brought tremendous disruption to the global transportation sector. As the world coped with a pandemic, millions began working from home and millions more lost their jobs. Logistics networks were broken and then reshaped. All while the planet experienced the. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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The City Fix

JUNE 24, 2021

The global coronavirus pandemic brought a wave of public and private initiatives to help societies adapt and recover, from economic stabilization and safety measures to new business models and shifts in consumption. Many of these initiatives are not green, despite. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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The City Fix

MARCH 11, 2024

Urban development in many cities around the world prioritizes making space for cars over pedestrians, cyclists or public transportation. In Brazil, this design led to an average of more than 30,000 annual road crash fatalities nationwide by the turn of the century,

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Partnership for Public Service

OCTOBER 24, 2022

With the holiday season approaching, millions of people will be flooding to airports and other transportation hubs across the country. In addition, the agency’s customer service branch collaborated with the TSA’s Training and Development Office to ensure plain language training would be implemented for all new officers.

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The City Fix

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Long queues for public transport have become common sights during peak hours all over Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Under the hot sun or the heavy rain, people anxiously wait for the next public transport to arrive. Frustrated and eager to reach.

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The City Fix

MARCH 22, 2024

If a picture can tell a whole story, then the image below of an intersection in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, shows the past, present and future of global transformation in the transport sector. During Transforming Transportation 2024, which focused on.

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GCN

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The House GOP’s Transportation and Housing and Urban Development funding bill would cut $8 billion from the departments. But that’s not what scuttled the vote.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 8, 2023

In 2022, the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC) initiated a pilot project to analyze traffic patterns and provide analytics within the Philadelphia Navy Yard. The PIDC is Philadelphia’s public-private economic development corporation and master developer of the historic shipyard, which is now a thriving, mixed-use campus.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 1, 2023

From the article: The Disneyland Resort has been putting out an impressive case for new rules to govern its development through its DisneylandForward proposal. On the best of these, Disneyland Paris lies just 10 minutes from Charles de Gaulle airport via France’s high-speed TGV network. Blame for that must spread beyond Disney.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JULY 12, 2024

Hydrogen aviation This development promises to revolutionise short and medium-range flights, offering a sustainable alternative to traditional fossil-fuel-powered aviation. Researchers at Chalmers have been developing a new heat exchanger, now patent pending by partner GKN Aerospace, to efficiently manage extreme temperatures.

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The City Fix

APRIL 21, 2022

There’s never been a better time to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. Oil and gas prices are skyrocketing as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with gas prices exceeding $4 a gallon in the United States in March 2022. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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The City Fix

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The transportation sector is the fastest growing contributor of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and must be drastically transformed. This year, reports have indicated that to keep temperatures from rising more than 1.5°C, C, there must be a major drop in greenhouse gas emissions. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 21, 2024

A problem on Market East and in Philadelphia, they said, is the city government only contemplates the future in response to developers’ wishes. Plus they have a bias against development to begin with, think developers are monsters because they make profits, etc. Philadelphia has advantages.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

AUGUST 3, 2022

Road developers and operators have a unique position in the transport industry and can enable significant change around lowering emissions.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JULY 12, 2023

Artificial intelligence can be a game-changer in the mission of modernizing urban development, especially when it comes to transportation infrastructure Planning and maintaining communities in the modern world is as simple as threading a needle with an elephant. So, too, do the grids and topography that are unique to every city.

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The City Fix

AUGUST 1, 2022

Their strategies typically focus on reducing emissions from sectors such as transportation, energy, housing and waste. Cities and communities around the world are stepping up to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and prevent dangerous climate change impacts. But there’s one sector many communities.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 28, 2024

It reminds me of the UMN Center for Transportation Studies study of the Hiawatha Light Rail Line there, which found that the best ROI is within the first 10 miles of the system. I wrote a summary piece about this a few years ago, " The ability to develop around transit stations is conditional on land use and mobility context " (2021).

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 6, 2025

Based on a slew of previous writings, over the past few years I've codified an approach that I call "transformational projects action planning" as an element of planning at three scales: (1) for master plans; (2) functional plans (elements, such as transportation); and (3) for specific projects, aiming for innovative approaches.

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The City Fix

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Traditional, car-centric transport planning has not only increased greenhouse gas emissions, but has also detrimentally impacted air quality, road injuries and fatalities, and traffic congestion. As the world faces the climate crisis and continues to face a growing global road. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

In January 2022, the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) unveiled the National Roadway Safety Strategy , and Congress passed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that includes a new Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant program. W ork ing B ackwards to Vision Zero. Identifying the core problems in road safety.

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The City Fix

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

You start the day frustrated, your alarm clock ringing 30 minutes earlier than usual to try to beat the thousands of other morning commuters out the door. Battling bottlenecks has become your daily drill, from the side road shortcuts to.

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The City Fix

DECEMBER 7, 2023

In Asia, 14 countries — accounting for 26% of global transport emissions in 2019 — have made economy-wide net zero commitments. Momentum towards zero-emission transport is growing with countries enhancing ambition and including transport-related targets in their nationally determined contributions (NDCs). However,

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Designed in collaboration with 20 Greek and international companies, the Smart Island project was developed with the support of the Greek government, local authorities, and the US Embassy. Smart solutions deliver sustainable local economic development through the optimal use of local resources.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

AUGUST 1, 2023

The fund will empower local areas across the UK to enhance their digital connectivity and develop cutting-edge wireless technologies. These advancements are expected to revolutionise healthcare, agriculture, transport, and public services.

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The City Fix

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

From leading the shift to zero-emission transportation networks to advancing solutions to curb plastic waste at. If you’re a regular reader of TheCityFix, you’re no stranger to the vital role that cities play in shaping the future of our planet.

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The City Fix

MARCH 22, 2022

As the pandemic has changed the way we get around and purchase goods, the world is considering how to make transport more efficient and sustainable. We’ve seen increasing efforts to expand electric mobility, as governments formulate policies to stimulate adoption. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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The City Fix

APRIL 7, 2023

For decades, urban transportation policy and practitioners have favored a model of analysis that prioritizes increasing the speed of vehicles and the time saved for people as a result. While this may make sense on an intuitive level, it is.

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The City Fix

MAY 30, 2023

To cut transport emissions, moving vehicles away from burning fossil fuels is a fundamental step. However, the e-mobility transition is not only an opportunity to reduce emissions but to modernize mobility across the board, from expanding access to public transport.

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State Tech Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Roughly two years after Nathaniel Ford became Jacksonville Transportation Authority CEO in 2012, JTA launched what Ford refers to as “a very aggressive approach related to technology.” We have a very well-developed highway network here; commuting to and from work is rather easy and comfortable,” he says. There's also the cultural…

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The City Fix

OCTOBER 31, 2024

A city is a system of systems, bringing together transportation, energy, buildings, water, waste management and more. Cities are not just places where people live—they are interconnected networks of people, services and economic activity. Transforming these interconnected systems is vital.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JULY 4, 2023

I can't claim to have a handle on every great program, but for smaller communities, Tempe, Arizona, Long Beach, California, and Arlington County, Virginia, have very well developed local transit systems and complementary in-depth sustainable mobility programs.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

One overlooked segment in regional transportation planning is inter-city bus service/travel. Professor Joseph Schweiterman of DePaul University is rare in that he tracks this form of transportation and he wrote about it for MSNBC News (" Thanksgiving is a stressful time to travel. Why it may get worse for these passengers. ").

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JANUARY 3, 2025

A new revolutionary quantum clock developed by the UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is expected to transform military operations by providing them with more precise timing This new technology is a big leap forward in reducing reliance on GPS, often vulnerable to jamming and disruption, particularly in conflict zones.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

It's great that transit agencies are taking this step to link African-American and transportation history. But when a concerted organizing campaign was developed, she was chosen to be the face and spearhead out front. Davis, authored a book, Inclusive Transportation: A Manifesto for Repairing Divided Communities.

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