This year has seen new momentum for evaluating how transportation can advance both equity and access to opportunities. In the United States for example, over the course of a few months: The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) publishes a Request for Information (RFI) on Transportation Equity Data. …

The network analysis capabilities of Conveyal’s cloud-based software make it a useful tool for exploring the impact of evolving transportation options. To test some new features in Conveyal Analysis, we recently conducted two sets of calculations — access to transit stops with frequent service, and access to jobs — for…

In the last few years, we have worked hard to scale up Conveyal Analysis, our cloud-based platform for rapidly modeling multi-modal transportation networks and assessing them with accessibility indicators. Key components of this platform, such as the web-based public transit scenario editor, began as experimental tools for our internal use…

The purpose of public transport is to provide access to opportunities, such as destinations where employment, health care, and other services are located. …

Engaging stakeholders in dialogue about proposed transportation projects is often a challenge. Public deliberations about bus-only lanes, for example, are often dominated by stakeholders tied to a narrow corridor and their concerns about localized disruptions; the wider population of potential corridor users may not realize they stand to gain, let…

Hosting the Olympics is a major challenge for public transportation agencies. Though front-line operations are on the world stage during the Games, visitors also need effective information provision and journey planning tools for months or years beforehand. …