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Google Maps Now Includes Bicycling Directions
March 10, 2010 – 1:05 pm | 2 Comments

Google Maps Now Includes Bicycling Directions

Google Maps now has directions for cyclists!
In 2005, Google started offering directions for car drivers, then two years later, it added transit routes. The map navigation expanded to pedestrians in 2008. We’ve already written about …

Transport-Related Apps for Your Smartphone
February 5, 2010 – 2:23 am | One Comment

Transport-Related Apps for Your Smartphone

Do you want to be able to map your bike routes as you ride and share them with fellow riders?  Impress your friends by locating the closest Zipcar on the spur of the moment?  Find …

TheCityFix Guide to Communication & Mobility @ TRB’s Annual Meeting
January 8, 2010 – 4:35 am | One Comment

TheCityFix Guide to Communication & Mobility @ TRB’s Annual Meeting

We at TheCityFix and EMBARQ are especially excited about all of the activity around this topic of communication and sustainable mobility and for anyone attending this year’s TRB Annual Meeting we have put together a list of sessions that should not be missed…

SeeClickFix Adds New Features, Gets Smarter
October 9, 2009 – 9:07 pm | No Comment

SeeClickFix Adds New Features, Gets Smarter

Big news from our partners at SeeClickFix, the online mapping tool that helps citizens take direct action to fix problems in their community: they’ve preloaded the boundaries of 25,000 cities and towns — and more …

Tracking Transportation Funds
October 6, 2009 – 4:10 am | 4 Comments

Tracking Transportation Funds

The stimulus package, known formally as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, has raised hopes but also concerns about its potential effects on sustainable transportation. Will enough funds be allocated to transportation and …

Eat Your Heart Out, Google. Beijing’s Got a Better Bus Map.
August 28, 2009 – 10:17 am | No Comment

Eat Your Heart Out, Google. Beijing’s Got a Better Bus Map.

For foreigners moonlighting in Beijing like myself, navigating the concrete jungle of China’s capital can be quite intimidating. Never to fear: The Beijing edition of E都市 (”E-dushi,” which essentially translates as “E-Metropolis”) is an …

SeeClickFix Releases iPhone App
August 13, 2009 – 9:20 am | 4 Comments

SeeClickFix Releases iPhone App

Reporting problems in your neighborhood has become even easier, thanks to SeeClickFix’s new iPhone app, released today. You can download the app for free from Apple’s store. Then, with the power of GPS, report and …

What Does it Mean to Be Smart? CityWiki Wants Your Input
August 12, 2009 – 1:53 pm | No Comment

What Does it Mean to Be Smart? CityWiki Wants Your Input

We wrote about Smarter Cities before, here and here, explaining how the new Web site ranks U.S. cities across categories like transportation and water quality, and also offering suggestions for how NRDC, the creators of …

Don’t Sell Subway Station Naming Rights
July 9, 2009 – 10:19 am | 3 Comments

Don’t Sell Subway Station Naming Rights

The news is a few days old, but I think it’s really fascinating that New York is considering selling partial naming rights to the Atlantic/Pacific station, the second busiest station in Brooklyn. The Times article …

NRDC Wants to Know: How Smart is Your City?
July 7, 2009 – 10:15 am | One Comment

NRDC Wants to Know: How Smart is Your City?

Who doesn’t love a little friendly competition?
The National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) this month launched Smarter Cities, a multimedia Web site and interactive mapping tool that shows how U.S. cities stack up against each other …