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Vote for your Favorite Bus Design

06/18/2013

Voting for the ARTists for PAL Bus Design Contest is open! Vote at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ARTforPAL for your favorite design. The one with the most votes will be used to wrap an ART bus!

Mobility Lab Express #16 � June 15, 2013

06/18/2013

Mobility Lab Express #16 � June 15, 2013 (PDF) It's been a year since Mobility Lab really ramped up our efforts to get the word out about mobility management. It's thrilling to see how many connections the topic makes to our daily lives. Just in this issue of the Express alone, we feature human rights, technology, healthcare, and [...]

Take Advantage of Capital Bikeshare Corporate Memberships!

06/18/2013

Employers in the DC and Arlington area can take advantage of Capital Bikeshare's corporate membership program and provide employees access to one of the most popular and fastest-growing forms of transportation! By offering bikeshare memberships, companies can promote health and wellness among employees, encourage a sustainable and affordable way to get around, and ultimately improve employee satisfaction and productivity. Get started today!

ART 45, 53, and 75 Changes Effective July 1

06/17/2013

Schedule and route changes for ART 45, 53 and 75 will go into effect on Monday, July 1, 2013.

The Pre-School Take on Why Bikes Are Good

06/14/2013

Today I was honored to present a session at my son's pre-school on 'Why Bikes Are Good Things.' Jackson and I drew the above poster last night. We brainstormed all the benefits of riding bikes. They are really broken into the categories of healthy, fun, transportation, economic, and environmental. So it was fun to see [...]

Arlington's Car-Free Diet - 'Cody's One? is Biking'

06/14/2013

Cody tells us one way he reduces car trips. What's Your One? (video)

San Francisco Works to Calculate the Market Price of Parking

06/14/2013

Parking is far from glamorous, as public issues go. It is the kind of service that is rarely appreciated when it works, only garnering attention when it fails to live up to expectations. But several cities across the United States � including Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Seattle � have begun to understand [...]

How Do Bicyclists and Pedestrians Get Equal Rights in Car-centric America?

06/12/2013

To document the safety risk to cyclists on the Pennsylvania Ave. cycletracks from illegally U-turning car drivers, I took all of these photos within a half-hour, from ~5:45 to 6:15pm 5.21.2013. I want these bike lanes to be safe for cyclists.

Connecting Data to Our Health Receives Boost at Recent Code-a-Thon

06/11/2013

Mobility Lab's Director Tom Fairchild served as a guest judge in Kaiser Permanente�s recent Code-a-Thon, a competition in which software developers from across the country traveled to the company's state-of-the-art Center for Total Health in Washington D.C. The developers worked on different apps envisioned under Kaiser Permanente�s just-launched application programming interface (API) program called Interchange?. [...]

June 20th Is Dump The Pump Day!

06/11/2013

Next Thursday, June 20 is National Dump the Pump Day, sponsored by the American Public Transportation Association! In its 8th year, Dump the Pump Day is a national celebration that encourages drivers to leave their car at home for the day and instead use public transit to get to work, school, or run errands. Save money and improve your mental and physical health by riding public transit next Thursday!

Active Transportation Information Needed at Event-Planning Websites

06/07/2013

I was recently organizing an event in downtown Austin, Texas. The event space was partially chosen because it offered ease of access, with many public-transportation options. I built the event page where guests would register online. But soon after the event was posted to this event-planning web service, I received a message to add the [...]

Survey to Help Shape the Future of Bus Service in Arlington

06/06/2013

Arlington Transit is conducting an online survey to get feedback from County residents and stakeholders regarding desired changes in ART and Metrobus service. The input you provide will be considered when Arlington County updates its six-year Transit Development Plan (TDP). You can take the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5VGKKBL

Comparing Driving to Transit in the Next Version of Google Maps

06/06/2013

Google is beginning to unveil its new version of Google Maps. The functionality for directions will let you quickly compare driving a car to taking transit. I tried it out by asking for directions in Washington D.C. from Nationals Park to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. It defaulted to showing the best route for driving [...]

Employers Make A Difference In Arlington County

06/06/2013

At Arlington Transportation Partners, we work every day with employers in Arlington County to assist them in implementing programs such as transit benefits, telework, bicycle initiatives, and many others. Through ATP’s Workplace Commute Champions (WCC) program, we will be highlighting employers who are leading examples in the county in offering these commuter programs and benefits to their employees.

Summer To Do List: Have Fun on Foot!

06/05/2013

Summer has arrived! Take advantage of the plethora of activities offered this season.

2013 Vanguard Conference - Next City

06/05/2013

Mobility Lab Research Manager Stephen Crim will be co-facilitating a session at the 2013 Vanguard Conference - Next City in Cleveland, Ohio on Wednesday, June 12. The topic for the session is on the limits of information technology for transportation systems around the country. Stephen will be joined by co-facilitators Jules Flynn of New York [...]

Pedestrian and Cyclist Rights Are a Horse of a Different Color

06/04/2013

I�m going to be writing a series this summer focusing on cultural attitudes towards various transportation methods and how this impacts individual mobility. I�ll save the U.S./Europe comparisons for a later post because there is a wealth of information to extract there. For this first entry, I�d like to start with a basic assessment of [...]

Interchange by Kaiser Permanente Launch and Code-a-thon

06/03/2013

Kaiser Permanente is developing solutions for the next generation of health care. As part of the company's Code-a-thon, external teams will utilize Interchange?, a location API being used to create a unique consumer-focused mobile app to address the daily challenges of a person living with diabetes. Tom Fairchild, Mobility Lab director, will participate in Day 1′s [...]

Coded In Law: Challenges for Pedestrians and Cyclists

06/03/2013

While walking and biking are great for our health, our wallet, and the environment, too often we see that traffic laws, urban design, and public attitudes make it difficult to get around on foot or by bike, and typically favor the automobile. This post goes into detail about the local regulations and planning that have a significant impact on the safety and perceptions of pedestrians and cyclists.

North Harrison Street Goes on a Diet!

05/30/2013

N. Harrison Street, between Lee Hwy and 26th Street N. by the Harris Teeter and Safeway, has just completed it's road diet! Four lanes of car travel have been reduced to two, with a center turn lane.