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In Midtown Manhattan, motorists now have the convenience of paying for parking via the ParkNYC mobile app. Image: NYC DOT/Parkmobile

NYC Now Has a Smart Parking Payment App. When Will It Get Smart Parking Prices?

By David Meyer | Dec 19, 2016 | 5 Comments

A new mobile platform makes it easier for drivers to pay for street parking, and the added convenience should clear a path for dynamic parking prices that reduce traffic and double-parking. But so far DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg has not committed to reforming the price of NYC curb space.

Beyond Car Ownership: How Finland Set the Stage for Mobility-as-Service

By David Meyer | Dec 2, 2016 | No Comments

This October, the Finnish company MaaS Global launched Whim, an app that serves as a portal to a wide array of transportation services. Helsinki residents who sign up for Whim pay a flat fee for unlimited access to transit and get points that can be spent on taxi rides or car rentals.

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6 Principles to Make Self-Driving Cars Work for Cities, Not Against Them

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 24, 2016 | No Comments

Self-driving cars are coming, and maybe sooner than we think. But the question of how they will shape cities is still wide open. Could they lead to less traffic and parking as people stop owning cars and start sharing them? More sprawl as car travel becomes less of a hassle? More freedom to walk and bike […]

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Google Patents “Flypaper” to Save Pedestrians By Sticking Them to Car Hoods

By Angie Schmitt | May 19, 2016 | No Comments

The minds at Google have come up with a novel idea to protect pedestrians in the event of a collision with the company’s self-driving cars. The tech behemoth was awarded a patent this week for what it describes as a “flypaper or double-sided duct tape”-type substance beneath an “eggshell” exterior on the hood of the car. In a collision […]

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High Stakes for Cities as Feds Start Regulating Self-Driving Cars

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 21, 2016 | No Comments

Last week as part of his State of the Union Address, President Obama announced a $4 billion investment over the next 10 years to test autonomous vehicles and get them ready for the market. Two days later at the Detroit Auto Show, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced that federal regulators would begin to develop coherent safety regulations for […]

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Can a New Way to Measure Streets Help Advocates Tame Speeding?

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 29, 2015 | No Comments

You’ve heard of sensors that can count cars or bikes. Tools like that can help transportation planners make smarter decisions about where bike infrastructure is needed, for example. A new digital tool called Placemeter aims to measure streets at a much more fine-grained level, analyzing a variety of different aspects of movement in an urban environment. […]

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