In this webinar, we will discuss how for many people, owning and using a car symbolizes social status and personal image and how this symbolic value reinforces car consumption. In addition, we will discuss the key differences between age and generational effects and the tools that are needed to disentangle them. Lastly, we will then […]
This webinar will describe several ways in which urban planners are working with data sources and colleagues in public health and healthcare. Case studies show how collaboration is being used to improve planners’ ability to make data-driven decisions, measure the outcomes of a program that expands transit access, and broaden their understanding of how well […]
In this Rapid Response webinar, Eno's Jeff Davis will explain and analyze the billions of dollars in emergency assistance that will be provided to the transportation sector by the massive coronavirus relief package that Congress hopes to finalize this week. Speakers: Jeff Davis, Senior Fellow, Eno Center for Transportation Robert Puentes, President and CEO, Eno Center for […]
Eno President and CEO Robert Puentes summarized rapidly-emerging transit trends in light in COVID. Eno Transportation Weekly editor and Senior Fellow Jeff Davis, a nationally-recognized expert on federal transportation funding and policy, explained and analyzed the billions of dollars in emergency assistance provided to the transit sector in the recent coronavirus relief package, as well […]
Cities are looking to their transportation systems to promote mobility, safety, equity, climate and accessibility goals. Some trends, such as the growth in e-commerce and ride-hailing, are making these achieving these goals more complex. Cities can be stymied, sometimes by other levels of government, in efforts to combat congestion. But cities typically exercise significant control […]
Previous plans to expand bike networks and more space for pedestrians are being fast-tracked as stay-at-home orders for COVID-19 demand more room for people to adequately practice social distancing while remaining active and making trips for essential goods and services. As cities move quickly, it is important for them to have tools to rapidly create […]
Full obedience of traffic rules and regulations and the ability to dynamically change them, depending on the current situation in a city or on a motorway, would enable a completely new toolbox for traffic planners. In Sweden, dynamic environmental zones that are triggered by thresholds in air pollution or digitally-enforced speed regulations outside schools are […]
This webinar is led by John Porcari, who served as the Deputy Secretary of Transportation during the 2009 recession. He will discuss his experiences with an economic crisis and what that means for the transportation industry. Speakers: John Porcari, former United States Deputy Secretary of Transportation Robert Puentes, President and CEO, Eno Center for Transportation […]
From Alvin Toffler's (1980) "electronic cottage," to Peter Drucker's (1993) declaration that commuting to an office was obsolete, through countless disruptions ever since, people have predicted the widespread adoption of working from home, with concomitant benefits to congestion, fuel consumption, and emissions. Yet while telecommuting has seen steady growth in the "information era," overall levels […]
Essential transportation technologies, such as connected vehicles, tolling payment systems, back office systems, and road side units, need to be secure. But cybersecurity has often been an afterthought, ensuring that […]