The announcement by Amazon that it is seeking a location for a second headquarters, potentially employing as many as 50,000 employees, set off a scramble among cities vying to be the home of “HQ2”. …

Conveyal is excited to welcome Anson Stewart to our team starting September 1, where he will serve as Project Lead for Analysis and Research. Anson will assume leadership of the Conveyal Analysis project from Matt Conway, who concluded his work with Conveyal in July to pursue doctoral studies in geography…

Bikeshare Opens Major Possibilities for Users of Modeify-based Applications — A version of this post originally appeared at Mobility Lab. One of the key strengths of bikeshare is how it effectively expands the transportation network for its users. It unlocks new travel options that might not otherwise be possible, even for people with their own bikes. …

How Transport Analysis Helps Businesses Find and Retain Employees — Gaining access to a workforce that is increasingly drawn to urban, transit-oriented locations has become a critically important consideration for employers deciding where to locate their offices. Here in the Washington, DC area, we are seeing this trend firsthand. In March, the Washington Post reported that one of area’s major…

New Features in Store for CarFreeAtoZ — A version of this post originally appeared at Mobility Lab. CarFreeAtoZ is a Modeify-based personalized trip-planning and comparison tool that Arlington County, Virginia beta-launched this fall as part of its Transit Tech Initiative. Now, beta testing is wrapping up and feedback is being incorporated. …

Arlington County Launches CarFreeAtoZ — A version of this post originally appeared at Mobility Lab. For over a year now, Conveyal has been working with Arlington County, Va. to build Modeify, the next generation of transportation demand management (TDM) outreach software. This month, Arlington is beta launching CarFreeAtoZ, the first public deployment of that platform. What is CarFreeAtoZ? …

Building Better Online Transit Mapping For All — A version of this post originally appeared at Mobility Lab. One of the exciting aspects of the Arlington Transit Tech Initiative is how it rethinks the way information about travel options is visually presented. In April, we introduced you to the Transitive.js library, a web-based visualization platform created for the…

Visualizing Transport Options with Transitive.js — The Arlington Transit Tech initiative provides an exciting opportunity to rethink how we communicate travel options to users of the transportation system, and a key element of the project is creating new and innovative ways for individual travelers to visualize their specific commute options. To that end, we are building…