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May 15, 2019
Accept No Substitutes for Full Trip Data From Uber and Lyft

Uber's new Movement platform is no substitute for the full data cities have been asking for.  

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February 13, 2019
Who’s on Board? Riders Explain Why They’re Using Transit Less — And How to Win Them Back

Public officials can’t throw up their hands and claim there’s nothing they can do about falling transit ridership. Despite strong headwinds, they can win back riders.

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August 14, 2018
Millennials Are “Killing” DC’s Metro

New data suggests that younger people have been the least likely to return to WMATA following years of crisis.

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May 3, 2018
4 Things For Transit Agencies to Remember in a World of Driverless Car Hype

The threat that automated vehicles pose to public transit is a political threat.

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March 1, 2018
How to Put the Pool into Uber

More people are taking Uber and Lyft than there is space for them on city streets. The result is more traffic, slower buses, and falling transit ridership. Cities can't build new streets or widen the ones we have—even if they wanted to. Instead, cities need to make more efficient use of existing streets.

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April 24, 2017
States of Uber

In a recent scan of state-level transportation conferences we spotted a noteworthy sign of the times.

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March 31, 2016
Rules for Uber: A Tale of Two Big Cities

Chicago is abuzz over city legislation introduced last week requiring Uber and Lyft drivers to meet some cab driver licensing...

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January 22, 2016
Inside City Hall’s “Uber Report”

When Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration released its long-awaited report on Uber and other taxi-like services on January 15, press...

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