Transportation and Mobility in Cities

Design of Roads, Streets and Infrastructure

14 resources

What sort of design goes into planning road safety?

• Video The Real Reason U.S.Highways Are Always Under Construction - Cheddar Explains
• Article Can cars and pedestrians safely share a Miami street? Wynwood will soon find out. | Miami Herald
• Article 'Shared Space' Design: Road Signs Suck. What if We Got Rid of Them All? - 99% Invisible
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Parking lots: Design of Roads, Streets and Infrastructure

3 resources

Parking lots: Design of Roads, Streets and Infrastructure

• Video Solar panel canopies: How to fight climate change with parking lots
• Book The High Cost of Free Parking - (book) by Donald C. Shoup
• Video The high cost of free parking | Vox

Bicycles in Modern Cities

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electric bikes, bicycle sharing, and other plans that cities are doing to get people biking

• Article Soon, Cars in Denmark Will Only Be Taxed at 100% - Bloomberg
• Article When are Citi Bikes Faster than Taxis in New York City?
• Podcast a16z Podcast: All about Bike Sharing – Andreessen Horowitz
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E-bikes (electric bicycles) and Scooters

8 resources

a collection of articles and videos about electric bikes and scooters

• Article A Tesla Too Pricey? E-Bikes Offer Entry-Level Electric Transportation - The New York Times
• Article Study proves that electric bike users are far from "cheating"
• Article First 100 miles on my E-Bike: what I learned
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Ride Sharing Apps (Uber, Lyft, others)

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a collection of articles and resources looking at Ride-Sharing Apps (Uber, Lyft, others)

• Article Waze CarPool
• Article How Delivery Apps Like Uber Eats May Put Your Favorite Restaurant Out of Business
• Article Update: Bird has raised $100 million to become the Uber of electric scooters – TechCrunch
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Uber - and public transportation systems, policy, cities

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a collection of articles about Uber - and public transportation systems, policy, cities

• Article Uber wants to be public transportation, and I have some serious concerns - The Verge
• Article A new study says ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft are causing urban traffic woes - Axios
• Article Uber Pivots to On-Demand Everything - CityLab
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Innovation in Bus Payment Systems

5 resources

A collection about Innovation in Bus Payment Systems

• Article Five Tech Breakthroughs That Will Make You Love the Bus - CityLab
• Article Distributed architecture concepts I learned while building a large payments system at Uber
• Article Uber Pivots to On-Demand Everything - CityLab
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City Bus transportation in the USA

11 resources

A collection about City Bus transportation in the USA

• Article Five Tech Breakthroughs That Will Make You Love the Bus - CityLab
• Article If You Want to Save Your City, Fall in Love With the Bus | CityLab
• Article Why Is It So Hard to Figure Out When the Bus Is Coming? - CityLab
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Train and Rail transportation - in the USA

11 resources

A collection about Train transportation - in the USA

• Article This Is Why Your Holiday Travel Is Awful - POLITICO
• Video Amtrack - Why Train Tickets Cost So Much In America
• Article Can this new privately funded train reshape transit in Florida? - Fast Company
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Alternatives to City Bus transportation

3 resources

A collection about Alternatives to City Bus transportation

• Article How Ford Is Thinking About the Future - Harvard
• Article Ford is making a big change to its shuttle-bus service Chariot
• Article Driverless shuttle in Las Vegas gets in fender bender within an hour

Bike and Scooter Sharing (businesses)

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a collection of articles and videos about Bike and Scooter Sharing (businesses)

• Article Charging Electric Scooters Is a Cutthroat Business - CityLab
• Article Unfortunately, the Electric Scooters Are Fantastic - The Atlantic
• Article Uber may try to buy bike-share company Motivate, which already has an offer from Lyft - Axios
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San Francisco and Bike and Scooter Sharing - Policy, City Design

2 resources

a collection of articles and videos about San Francisco and Bike and Scooter Sharing - Policy, City Design

• Article The Scooter Economy – Stratechery
• Article Save the Scooters, Redesign the Streets, and Save San Francisco | WIRED

Bird - Electric Scooter Sharing (business)

6 resources

a collection of articles and videos about Bird and Scooter Sharing (businesses)

• Article Can Bird build a better scooter before it runs out of cash? - Los Angeles Times
• Article Update: Bird has raised $100 million to become the Uber of electric scooters – TechCrunch
• Article Scooter startup Bird is seeking a $2 billion valuation - Axios
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Lime - Bike and Scooter Sharing (businesses)

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a collection of articles and videos about Bike and Scooter Sharing (businesses)

• Article Electric scooters: why Bird, Lime, Skip, and Spin are taking over cities - Vox

Bicycle - safety, bike lanes

5 resources

a collection of articles about Bicycle - safety, bike lanes

• Article We’re designing bike lanes wrong
• Article The best cycling hack is a pool noodle
• Article Drivers Beware: The Traffic Safety Reporting Apps Are Coming
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Bicycle - diy maintenance, repairs

4 resources

a collection of articles about Bicycle - diy maintenance, repairs

• Article What to Use to Get Rust off a Bike | Livestrong.com
• Article The best cycling hack is a pool noodle
• Video How to Change a Flat on an Electric Bike with a Hub Motor
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Traffic Jams, Transit Congestion - Design of Roads, Streets and Infrastructure

7 resources

Traffic Jams, Transit Congestion - Design of Roads, Streets and Infrastructure

• Article What's Up With That: Building Bigger Roads Actually Makes Traffic Worse | WIRED
• Video The Person Who Cut You Off In Traffic Is Right - Cheddar Explains
• Article Breaking Down the Zipper Merge - Ayres
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Uber - and self-driving autonomous vehicles

4 resources

Uber - and self-driving autonomous vehicles

• Article Uber’s self-driving trucks division is dead, long live Uber self-driving cars – TechCrunch
• Article Alphabet's Waymo Alleges Uber Stole Self-Driving Secrets - Bloomberg
• Article Uber in talks to sell ATG self-driving unit to Aurora
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