A group of fourth- and fifth-graders in McLean (VA) developed carbuddiesmclean.org, a website to match drivers and riders in this northern Virginia suburb.
CNN writes about the growing interest in data visualization — the art of turning boring data into “compelling graphical presentations explaining our world.”
Several students at the National Institute of Design’s R&D campus in Bangalore, India, have proposed a model to make transit more popular in their city.
The reporting requirements for the federal stimulus program have yielded an unexpected benefit — better reporting technology at the state and local levels.
Susan Bregman is editor of The Transit Wire. She has been a consultant on transit policy and planning for fifteen years and before that worked for the Boston Transportation Department. In 2004 she founded Oak Square Resources, LLC, which focuses on transit research, policy, and communications.