If you’re in the business of making transportation better—like my colleagues and I at Cambridge Systematics—you know that there has been rising concern for years about ebbing ridership on many publ
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Comment and analyses from our leadership, staff and colleagues provide key insights and launch new ideas. For our peers, clients and others considering the state and future of transportation, this dialogue helps keep pace with an ever-changing landscape.
Nate Higgins
October 26, 2017
I’m an analyst at heart. I think in numbers, trends, and statistics.
July 14, 2017
This Fourth of July, I reflected on the word “independence” and what it means in business—particularly in the world of consulting.
The Top 5 Things Safety Planners and Highway Safety Offices Need to Know About Self-Driving Vehicles
Ryan Klitzsch
August 28, 2016
Inspired by a SlideShare Chris Hedden, Dan Krechmer and Ron Basile created last year, The Top Five Things Planners Need to Know About Self-Driving Vehicles, Ryan Klitzsch presents this topic from the transportation safety planners and State Highway Safety Office perspective.
David Willauer
May 17, 2016
State and local officials often ask me why they see so much Hazmat (HM) stored on rail sidings around the country.
Chris Hedden
March 10, 2016
Some folks have suggested the introduction of self-driving cars, with their potentially significantly lower crash rates, could spell the end of the heyday of the auto-insurance industry. Digital music did it for the recording industry, will self-driving cars do it for the auto insurance industry?
Eric A. Ziering
March 10, 2016
As reported in the Washington Post, WMATA has adopted OneBusAway - an enterprise open source package for real-time information delivery - as its new platform for delivering real-time information to Metrobus riders. Washington DC joins New York City, Tampa, and the Seattle/Puget Sound region as the largest OneBusAway deployments in the US.
Dina Baker
March 10, 2016
We cannot silo external communication about our workplace (recruitment) and our work (marketing communication) from internal communication. Effective internal communication builds the engaged, consistently informed employee base that serves as our brand ambassadors. This adds credibility and lift to our efforts to recruit more great talent and to tell our buying audiences about the work they do.
Paula Dowell
March 09, 2016
Why integrate economic analysis in transportation planning?
Jim Brogan
March 09, 2016
Technology is always disrupting the global supply chain.