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Last modified on Tue 3 Aug 2021 04.23 EDT In the 1890s, the biggest cities of the western world faced a mounting problem. Horse-drawn vehicles had been in use for thousands of years, and it was hard to imagine life without them. But as the number of such vehicles increased during the 19th century, the drawbacks of using horses in densely populated cities were becoming ever more apparent. In particular, the accumulation of horse manure on the streets, and the associated stench, were impossible to miss. By the 1890s, about 300,000 horses were working on the streets of London, and more than 150,...

Lacuna Raises $16M, Aims to Muscle Up City Mobility Programs As cities look beyond the pandemic, a Silicon Valley startup secures funding as it helps local officials better manage scooters, deliveries and other challenges. Data modeling combined with open source technology is key. July 09, 2021 •  Jung Fitzpatrick The pandemic battered public transit, squeezed ride-sharing operations and, in some cases, clogged roads with e-commerce delivery trucks, lifelines of retail amid a wave of store closures. Now as cities bounce back, a 3-year-old Silicon Valley...

Sharing data between mobility operators can deliver valuable insights into how their services are used, but sharing data is no easy matter.

Save this story for later. New York City used to be an early adopter of new transportation modes. In the late eighteen-sixties, New Yorkers took up the velocipede, a primitive version of the bicycle. Half a century later, the city embraced the automobile, and eventually made free parking available for the fossil-fuel-burning machines—a remarkable giveaway of expensive public space that many carless citizens would like back now. New York also engineered and built a subway system, above ground and below ground, which, before the Covid-19 pandemic hit, carried five and a half million riders e...

Los Angeles will soon have an ‘innovation zone’ for testing mobility products This article was originally published by Christopher Carey on Cities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, reaching an international audience of city leaders. For the latest updates follow Cities Today on YouTube, or sign up for Cities Today News. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has announced the creation of the city’s first Transportation Technology Innovation Zone – an area where private sector firms can test their transportation technology solutions. Design...