When Mad Max was re-envisioned and once again adapted for the big screen 5 years ago, the emphasis on societal turmoil was thrust back into the popular… Read More

Picture this: Somewhere on the internet, the unthinkable is happening: unfettered conversations occurring with ostensibly no oversight from a central… Read More

Isn’t it strange that for all the buzz that the seven original wonders of the world garnered in their day, there’s only one of them left standing for us to… Read More

The unknown is a dark abyss. It's a place where comprehension is limited, knowledge is locked and where crucibles of untold magnitude await. The unknown is a… Read More

A picture is worth a thousand words, or in this case, a tweeted picture of WeWork proves to be unused space for many workers. As one takes a glimpse at the… Read More

My technological epiphany can be quantified like this: Five hours on the JFK tarmac One screaming two-year-old One screaming four-year-old Zero… Read More

When was the last time you were faced with a long and nuanced undertaking, something that required a daunting amount of planning, plus concerted action, a… Read More

Oh, they’re coming. There’s no doubt about that. Instead, any doubt about autonomous vehicles lies in the quality of the claims surrounding their arrival,… Read More

The curb. That chaotic cocktail of storefronts and scooter speedways, temporary vehicle storage and pedestrian migration, valets and hotdog vendors. It’s a… Read More

They come in a variety of shapes and sizes, styles and colors, costs and speeds. Essentially overnight, they exploded onto city streets across the country in a… Read More

Five blocks. That’s how far I watched a car cruise the wrong way down a one-way street last week. As it cruised past the ACE office building, a handful of… Read More

“I love LA, but the traffic is so bad.” You still hear that old thorn-on-the-rose comment, but now it seems more perfunctory than anything—sibling small… Read More

In life outside of work, we’re fond of not sweating the small stuff, or at least trying not to. If we’re good about it, ignoring life’s little weights… Read More

Ours are times of unprecedented innovation across nearly all facets of life. From activism to kinesiology, computational science to spirituality, humans are… Read More

The next time you leave your office, take an extra glance at the parking stalls. They’re one of the most ubiquitous facets of infrastructure in any city… Read More

They came, we rode, they conquered. What, since the revolution of the automobile, has been as swift, as controversial, and as disruptive to our national… Read More

There’s absolutely no denying it: these are exciting times to be in business. Surprising to many people (who don’t read this blog, anyway), this is… Read More

Before I merge onto the chaos of Interstate 5, the route I take to work meanders me down a few quiet roads in a residential neighborhood near the coast. One of… Read More

I’m always more than a little wary of hype. I also understand it; it makes us feel good, it kicks the idea-train into overdrive. All the rumors and… Read More

ZEN AND THE ART OF MOBILITY MAINTENANCE From nowhere: the distinct, explosive, legally patented thunderclap of a Harley Davidson with perforated muffler. Neck… Read More

Change can be costly and uncertain for any organization, but it’s an absolute imperative to stay relevant and profitable in today’s dynamic and easily… Read More

They say people don’t change. This may or may not be true about ourselves, but we have a remarkable ability to change our surroundings, particularly our… Read More

By and large, the general public is unanimously skeptical of robots. And not just the Terminators of science fiction. I mean, the very first words of this… Read More

I like to speak of cities and mobility in terms of “ecosystems” because, as we explored last week, they function much in the same way as nature’s… Read More

The revolution in the streets, the one propelling us to newer and greater heights, the one destined to build upon the buildings and streets so familiar to us… Read More

If you have middle-schoolers, they can tell you all about how natural habitats fit into natural ecosystems; you can analogize to them that urban design fits… Read More

NINETY PERCENT That’s how much of the information processed by the brain is visual. It’s our primary form of recognition and it’s also responsible for… Read More

Hope springs eternal, but optimizing the commuter’s journey takes effort. Nonetheless, it’s one of the most important endeavors in parking and mobility… Read More

AND HOW THEY COULD IMPROVE OUR TOMORROW Technology is the cornerstone of the Mobility Revolution, with applications and services that cross the spectrum from… Read More

CHAOS AT THE CURB Unsuspecting as it appears, the humble curb is, inarguably, the most untapped public asset in our metropolitan communities and a valuable… Read More

Your old road is Rapidly agin'. Please get out of the new one If you can't lend your hand For the times they are a-changin' - Bob Dylan However oft-quoted,… Read More

Have you ever watched kids putting a model airplane together? As often as not, with barely more than plastic wings in place, the replica is—to the little… Read More

PREPARING FOR APPROACH Call me biased, but I love flying into San Diego. Yes, it’s my local airport and, yes, I’m always relieved to be coming home. But… Read More

The parking industry is going nowhere fast. Put less paradoxically, it’s not going anywhere and growing fast. At least for as far into the visible future… Read More

There’s a massive revolution happening. In the streets of every community. Outside your workplace. A few steps from your front door. And even in your… Read More