Posts Tagged ‘Commute’

The Globalization of Traffic Congestion

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

IBM
The question now is: what is to be done? More fuel efficient cars, more public transportation, more ridesharing, more telecommuting are all good steps – but hardly enough. And it is clear that the traditional remedies for road congestion – adding a lane or building a new road – have proven to be just a temporary fix before congestion returns. Technology can help. For the first time in history, digital and physical infrastructures are converging. As a result, we are now able to understand large, complex systems that previously resisted investigation – systems as diverse as waterways, oilfields, and transportation networks.

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FOLDING BICYCLE SUBSIDY PROGRAM

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (“LACMTA”) and CALSTART are creating an implementation plan for the development of a folding bike subsidy program. The program will provide price discounts for the purchase of a collapsible bike to use in conjunction with transit. A major goal of the program is to motivate commuters to switch their transit connection vehicle from the car to the bicycle. This program will leverage the success, knowledge, and experience that CALSTART acquired in working with LACMTA on a similar project, MyGo-Pasadena, which subsidized the use of electric bicycles in lieu of single occupancy vehicles…

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