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December 22, 2017  by William Shuldiner

Lessons From New Dockless Bike Share Systems as They Enter American Cities

Working at Foursquare ITP has given me the opportunity to work with people who are extremely knowledgeable and passionate about bikeshare. Since Capital Bikeshare arrived in my hometown, Washington, D.C., in 2010, I have been excited to both use the…

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November 17, 2017  by Alex Cohen and Lora Byala

Ushering in a new generation of transportation planners

Transportation planning is all about preparing for the future. It’s not uncommon for planners to design rail lines that will not break ground for 40 years, or to create bus routes that won’t exist for 20 years. As we focus…

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October 26, 2017  by Sandy Klanfer, Transportation Planner

Making Public Engagement Informative (and Fun) for All

Transportation as a System – A Planner’s View As transportation planners, it’s our job to think deeply, on a daily basis, about transportation as a system that moves people where they need to go, as quickly, safely, and efficiently as…

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October 13, 2017  by Jarred Toups, Transportation Planner

Transit maps –
What makes good design for a variety of uses?

Transit maps are hot right now – a phrase that I never expected to write. Rapid transit simulation games like Mini Metro win awards for “Excellence in Visual Art” and “Excellence in Design.”[1] Artists now create fantasy metro maps for…

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September 28, 2017  by Jamie Roberts

Transit differences between Asia and the US – what could we be doing different?

Jamie started working at Foursquare ITP as a Transportation Planner in July after spending a month in Japan and Korea. Anyone who has been to East Asia will tell you the public transit is far superior to that in the…

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November 29, 2016  by Katie List

Civil Rights and Public Transit – How do they work together today?

From Plessy v. Ferguson to the Montgomery bus boycotts and beyond, public transportation in the U.S. has a long relationship with civil rights; Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 builds on this relationship by establishing a legal connection. How do civil rights and public transportation continue to work together today?

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November 17, 2016  by David Miller

Transformative Transit – One Vision Plan at a Time

Transit Vision Plans can and should be actionable blueprints for transforming the landscape of a city or region through innovative planning to help define an actionable vision. Agencies are no longer interested in unattainable transit plans that lay down every…

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November 1, 2016  by Michael Weinberger

Strategic Stakeholder Engagement Supporting Successful Grant Management

  The Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant program was created by Congress to stimulate job growth and economic development through the funding of major transportation infrastructure and Intelligent Technology System (ITS) projects. Through a highly competitive process, the…

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October 27, 2016  by Jessica Alvarez & Joshua Diamond

Transit Development Plans – Useful Tool or Dust Collector?

Recently, along with our partner VHB, we completed a transformative Transit Development Plan (TDP) for Arlington County, Virginia, which showcased our commitment to developing innovative service plans through outside of the box thinking. We developed proposals for a flexible transit…

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September 28, 2016  by Imogen Wirth-Granlund

From the Classroom to the Client to the Community

This summer, two talented graduate student interns joined the team at our headquarters in Rockville, Maryland – Alexis Robinson and Rachel Lesniak. Both contributed immensely to our staff’s work and we are thrilled to keep them on board! Alexis will…

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August 30, 2016  by Andrew Zalewski

The Bikeshare Equity Gap
Reflecting on the 2016 Better Bike Share Conference

How can we promote equity among bikeshare users? This simple question led us to some complex conversations at the 2016 Better Bike Share Conference, held this past June in Philadelphia. The conference explored the intersection between bicycling, public health, social…

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June 30, 2016  by Jessica Alvarez

Transit Along Managed Lanes

Managed Lanes are an emerging concept in the transportation realm as an effective way to reduce congestion and maximize person throughput on highway facilities. It used to be that the mere mention of toll lanes brought about a sigh of…

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