Transportation Demand Management (TDM) professionals in the DC area and beyond are abuzz with the passing of Bill 23-148, Transportation Benefits Equity Act, an amendment to the Sustainable DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2014. Foursquare ITP is particularly gratified by this…
Happy National Bike Month! Who better to share their favorite bike routes than a group of transportation planners? The following routes include trails, beautiful views, and even post-biking snacks! Let us know if you follow any of these routes on…
Foursquare ITP transportation planners Jamie Roberts and Finn Vigeland both visited Mexico City in the last six months. As urbanists are wont to do, they sat down to discuss what they loved about the city’s transit, infrastructure, and design, and…
Bigger data sets demand bolder solutions, and that’s why we’re excited to announce the launch of Foursquare ITP’s Transportation Data Science Team. Foursquare ITP has already been pushing the envelope in complex data analysis, web app development, and interactive data…
One of the best ways for transportation planners to understand the strengths and weaknesses of a public transit system is to experience it for themselves. That’s one reason why I like to ride public transportation wherever I go. On a…
In August 2011 at my dining room table, the Foursquare ITP team – myself, Shana Johnson, David Miller, Gary Byala, and two other then-current employees – crafted Foursquare ITP’s core values. These values, which supported us as we grew from…
Thanks to a plethora of easy-to-use tools and experts who invest time in exploring them, good data viz practice is now an emphasis when communicating with expert and non-expert audiences alike. At Foursquare ITP, we do a lot of both:…
The last eleven months working on the goDCgo program has been a combination of learning, developing, and putting plans into action. With an entirely new team onboard we had to hit the ground running to quickly understand the needs of…
These are heady times in the transportation sector. In the past decade we’ve seen the rise of third generation bikeshare systems; private dockless bike share; the race to develop electric, connected and automated vehicles (CAVs); demographic and lifestyle preference changes;…
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…
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…
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…
