Legislative Alert — Tell FTA to Extend the Buy America Waiver for Mini-vans

Legislative Alert: Minivan Buy America Waiver In May 2016, the FTA issued a partial Buy America waiver for the procurement of minivans used in vanpool programs. Specifically, the notice waived steel content requirements.  FTA did, however, require final assembly in the United States. The waiver is limited to contracts entered before September 30, 2019 or…

Eno Foundation Releases Report ‘A Fast-Changing Mobility Landscape’

  The Eno Foundation released a report regarding the changing mobility landscape. Eno also developed an infographic that accompanies this report    From the Report Summary:  Cities, states, and metro areas throughout the United States are going through a period of profound change and transition that is having enormous impacts on public transit. Demographic and cultural…

Transit Tech Spotlight: Trip Planning – Fare Payment – Integration

The Coalition for Smarter Transportation has released a ‘Transit Tech Spotlight” that focuses on available technologies for trip planning, fare payment, and integration.Technology can play a critical role in improving rider experience, thus increasing transit ridership and reducing the number of people on our roads. Simple, seamless, and multi-modal trip planning and fare collection are…

The Three C’s of Shared Mobility — Commentary by Cubic

Published on August 23, 2018 Andy Taylor –Co-authored with Stephen Coulter, Founder of Localift. — To say technology is forever changing mobility sounds like a terrible cliché. But the truth is, technological advancements and new economic models are changing transportation faster than many of us can comprehend, leaving us all in a constant race of ‘catching up’ and…