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TSRC Study Earns Transport Policy Prize

TSRC Study Earns Transport Policy Prize

Parking and the City

Parking and the City

Understanding Impacts of Incentives on One-Way Electric Vehicle Carsharing: A Case Study of Car2go in San Diego

Understanding Impacts of Incentives on One-Way Electric Vehicle Carsharing: A Case Study of Car2go in San Diego

The Transformation of Transportation

The Transformation of Transportation

1000 Words: Susan Shaheen on Shared Mobility Equity (CALCOG)

1000 Words: Susan Shaheen on Shared Mobility Equity (CALCOG)

10 Commandments for Making Future Cities More Livable

10 Commandments for Making Future Cities More Livable

“One-way” car sharing grows in the East Bay (KALW)

“One-way” car sharing grows in the East Bay (KALW)

TSRC featured on Deal Crunch

TSRC featured on Deal Crunch

Susan A. Shaheen, PhD, Awarded TRB’s 2017 Roy W. Crum Distinguished Service Award

Susan A. Shaheen, PhD, Awarded TRB’s 2017 Roy W. Crum Distinguished Service Award

Chariot is Suspended in San Francisco, and the Transportation Biz is Still Hard

Chariot is Suspended in San Francisco, and the Transportation Biz is Still Hard

Planning for Shared Mobility: Incorporating Shared Modes into the Public Rights-of-Way

Planning for Shared Mobility: Incorporating Shared Modes into the Public Rights-of-Way

Smart Cities and the Future of Transportation

Smart Cities and the Future of Transportation

Car-Sharing Companies Hit Speed Bumps as Demand Slows, Ride-Hailing Grows

Car-Sharing Companies Hit Speed Bumps as Demand Slows, Ride-Hailing Grows

Mobile Apps and Transportation: A Review of Smartphone Apps and a Study of User Response to Multimodal Traveler Information

Mobile Apps and Transportation: A Review of Smartphone Apps and a Study of User Response to Multimodal Traveler Information

Still Waiting for the Transportation Revolution

Still Waiting for the Transportation Revolution

Does Car Sharing Help the Environment? The Early Evidence Is In

Does Car Sharing Help the Environment? The Early Evidence Is In

Google Is Driving a Blurry Line With Waze Carpool Pilot

Google Is Driving a Blurry Line With Waze Carpool Pilot

Driving Down GHG Emissions with Carsharing

Driving Down GHG Emissions with Carsharing

Top 10 Transportation Thought Leaders in Academia

Top 10 Transportation Thought Leaders in Academia

Casual Carpooling: Saving Users Time & Money

Casual Carpooling: Saving Users Time & Money

The speed bumps on the road to the self-driving car future

The speed bumps on the road to the self-driving car future

How the Daily Commute Is Going to Change

How the Daily Commute Is Going to Change

Are Uber and Lyft helping or hurting the environment?

Are Uber and Lyft helping or hurting the environment?

Convergence – A One Day Event Exploring the Role of Public Policy in Mobility Innovations

Convergence – A One Day Event Exploring the Role of Public Policy in Mobility Innovations

Self-Driving Cars May Get Here Before We’re Ready

Self-Driving Cars May Get Here Before We’re Ready

In shadow of Uber and Lyft, car sharing tries to shape a future in Tampa Bay

In shadow of Uber and Lyft, car sharing tries to shape a future in Tampa Bay

GM deal with Lyft signals changes in car ownership

GM deal with Lyft signals changes in car ownership

Study: Innovative transportation services favor some, hamper others

Study: Innovative transportation services favor some, hamper others

Are Uber and Lyft Really ‘Disrupting’ Transportation?

Are Uber and Lyft Really ‘Disrupting’ Transportation?

How Should Uber Be Regulated?

How Should Uber Be Regulated?

Does Uber Hurt or Help Environment? Researchers to Investigate

Outside researchers to probe environmental impact of Uber, Lyft

Outside researchers to probe environmental impact of Uber, Lyft

City of the future is closer, calmer than you think

City of the future is closer, calmer than you think

Disrupting Mobility Summit: A Synopsis of Proceedings

Catching Up with the Rapidly Transforming Transportation Landscape

Catching Up with the Rapidly Transforming Transportation Landscape

Google, Tesla, others wait for DMV’s self-driving rules

Google, Tesla, others wait for DMV’s self-driving rules

Carsharing becomes a real estate perk with GM, Daimler, Google

Carsharing becomes a real estate perk with GM, Daimler, Google

Uber steers focus towards carpooling

Uber steers focus towards carpooling

Council bill would give public curbside parking to private car-share companies

Council bill would give public curbside parking to private car-share companies

This tiny little car could transform how New Yorkers get around town

This tiny little car could transform how New Yorkers get around town

Study Finds Zipcar Membership Reduces Personal Car Ownership

Study Finds Zipcar Membership Reduces Personal Car Ownership

Equal access at issue in PUC battle with Uber over data disclosure

Equal access at issue in PUC battle with Uber over data disclosure

Ford Embraces Ride-Sharing

Ford Embraces Ride-Sharing

One-way carsharing’s evolution in the Americas

One-way carsharing’s evolution in the Americas

Five Steps for Growing Accessible and Inclusive Transportation Systems

Five Steps for Growing Accessible and Inclusive Transportation Systems

No Silver Bullet for Creating More Accessible Transportation Networks

No Silver Bullet for Creating More Accessible Transportation Networks

Zipcar, Google and why the carsharing wars are just beginning

Zipcar, Google and why the carsharing wars are just beginning

These startups want to do for buses what Uber did for taxi rides

These startups want to do for buses what Uber did for taxi rides

Transport sharing boosts health, wealth and climate

Transport sharing boosts health, wealth and climate

Ride-sharing forces automakers to rethink how they sell cars (via the LA Times)

Ride-sharing forces automakers to rethink how they sell cars (via the LA Times)

Quinn: Imagine an Uber Future That’s also Good for Workers

Quinn: Imagine an Uber Future That’s also Good for Workers

Ride-Hailing Apps Go the Extra Mile

Ride-Hailing Apps Go the Extra Mile

Sharing is (so much more than) Caring

Sharing is (so much more than) Caring

Car sharing thrives despite torrid new vehicle sales (via Detroit Free Press)

Car sharing thrives despite torrid new vehicle sales (via Detroit Free Press)

Car Share Services: Should you jump on the car-sharing bandwagon? (via Choice)

Car Share Services: Should you jump on the car-sharing bandwagon? (via Choice)

Who’s using those red BCycles? (via The Capital Times)

Who’s using those red BCycles? (via The Capital Times)

Savings Challenge: Conserve gas by carpooling to work (via Bankrate)

Savings Challenge: Conserve gas by carpooling to work (via Bankrate)

Car sharing not just for grocery runs any more (via Globe and Mail)

Car sharing not just for grocery runs any more (via Globe and Mail)

Sharing Cars: The Future of Road Transport (via Solutions)

Sharing Cars: The Future of Road Transport (via Solutions)

Crossing the Digital and Income Divide: Making Mobility Innovations Accessible to All – Workshop Summary

Crossing the Digital and Income Divide: Making Mobility Innovations Accessible to All – Workshop Summary

Smart Cities Workshop Summaries

Smart Cities Workshop Summaries

Do private high-tech commuter buses jibe with public transportation? (via CNET)

Do private high-tech commuter buses jibe with public transportation? (via CNET)

All aboard San Francisco’s hipster bus for leather seats, Wi-Fi and iced coffee (via The Guardian)

All aboard San Francisco’s hipster bus for leather seats, Wi-Fi and iced coffee (via The Guardian)

Start-ups offer Bay Area travelers alternative to crowded bus system (via The Los Angeles Times)

Start-ups offer Bay Area travelers alternative to crowded bus system (via The Los Angeles Times)

Let’s Uber It: Business Models for the Next Automotive Economy (via Automotive)

Let’s Uber It: Business Models for the Next Automotive Economy (via Automotive)

Why taxis can never compete with Uber (via The Week)

Why taxis can never compete with Uber (via The Week)

NYC taxi industry to propose cap on Uber (via USA Today)

NYC taxi industry to propose cap on Uber (via USA Today)

Launching Carsharing the Right Way in Los Angeles (via DTLA Rising)

Launching Carsharing the Right Way in Los Angeles (via DTLA Rising)

Mobility and the Sharing Economy: Impacts Synopsis

Mobility and the Sharing Economy: Impacts Synopsis

Car Sharing is Caring (via BreakThru Radio)

Car Sharing is Caring (via BreakThru Radio)

The Safer, Faster, More Efficient Commute of the Future (via Popular Science)

The Safer, Faster, More Efficient Commute of the Future (via Popular Science)

Shared-Use Mobility: What Does the Future Hold? Workshop Synopsis

Shared-Use Mobility: What Does the Future Hold? Workshop Synopsis

People + Packages: The Future of Same-Day Delivery (via Sidecar)

People + Packages: The Future of Same-Day Delivery (via Sidecar)

Interview with Susan Shaheen, expert in shared mobility in North America (via Chronos)

Interview with Susan Shaheen, expert in shared mobility in North America (via Chronos)

Car-sharing pilot may take precious city parking spots (via Boston Globe)

Car-sharing pilot may take precious city parking spots (via Boston Globe)

A Melting Pot in the Ride-Sharing Economy (via Real Business)

A Melting Pot in the Ride-Sharing Economy (via Real Business)

Why own a car when you can share one? (via SF Gate)

Why own a car when you can share one? (via SF Gate)

Bike-Share Could Be ‘A Much More Integrated Platform,’ Says Bike-Share CEO

Bike-Share Could Be ‘A Much More Integrated Platform,’ Says Bike-Share CEO

He Leaves School by Uber. Venture Cap Dad Just Wishes He’d Invested (via Bloomberg)

He Leaves School by Uber. Venture Cap Dad Just Wishes He’d Invested (via Bloomberg)

Bike-Share Is (Still) Struggling to Reach Poor People Across North America (via CityLab)

Bike-Share Is (Still) Struggling to Reach Poor People Across North America (via CityLab)

Car-Share Services as Added Resident Amenity (via Multi-Housing News)

Car-Share Services as Added Resident Amenity (via Multi-Housing News)

Susan Shaheen: How car sharing accelerates sustainability (via GreenBiz)

Susan Shaheen: How car sharing accelerates sustainability (via GreenBiz)

California says ride firms can’t have carpools (via SF Gate)

California says ride firms can’t have carpools (via SF Gate)

How to Make the Future of Transportation Happen — Live from the ITS World Congress (via Real Business)

How to Make the Future of Transportation Happen — Live from the ITS World Congress (via Real Business)

On-demand services top S.F. taxis in arrival times, study says (via SF Chronicle)

On-demand services top S.F. taxis in arrival times, study says (via SF Chronicle)

People in a Hurry Choose Uber Over Traditional Cabs (via CityLab)

People in a Hurry Choose Uber Over Traditional Cabs (via CityLab)

Report: Shared-Use Vehicle Systems Continue to Expand (via AutoRental)

Report: Shared-Use Vehicle Systems Continue to Expand (via AutoRental)

Lyft Hopes to Coax Commuters to Leave Their Cars (via The New York Times)

Lyft Hopes to Coax Commuters to Leave Their Cars (via The New York Times)

The Most Persuasive Evidence Yet that Bike-Share Serves as Public Transit (via CityLab)

The Most Persuasive Evidence Yet that Bike-Share Serves as Public Transit (via CityLab)

We Need to Think Bigger About Transit-Oriented Development (via CityLab)

We Need to Think Bigger About Transit-Oriented Development (via CityLab)

Is it worth it to ditch your car? CPR staffers race to find out (via Colorado Public Radio)

Is it worth it to ditch your car? CPR staffers race to find out (via Colorado Public Radio)

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