State and local officials often ask me why they see so much Hazmat (HM) stored on rail sidings around the country.
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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.
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.
Jim Brogan
December 08, 2015
Airports support a range of business needs for their communities, including long distance professional travel, access for local shippers and customers to national or international markets, and even serving as centers for regional collaboration and training activities. Yet transportation planning and regional economic development activities often exclude or under-emphasize airports.
Jim Brogan
December 03, 2015
By now, we’ve all seen the news about the “Fixing America’s Surface Transportation” (FAST) Act, which passed the House and Senate over the last few days and is being sent to the President for signa
Brad W. Wright
November 19, 2015
The United States faces a crisis that has become all too familiar: infrastructure imperatives with insufficient investment funds to meet them.
Chris Hedden
August 24, 2015
There are numerous stories being written on self-driving vehicles today that are pretty impressive, and to be honest, almost a bit overwhelming.