Reports
An Integrated Perspective on the Future of Mobility
The mobility systems of the future are likely to be very different from what exists in most of the world today. The individual traveler is at the heart of this evolution, so consumers will need to be open to adopting new technologies and services. However, both the public and private sectors will have roles to play in paving the way.
App-Based Ride and Taxi Services: Principles for Regulation
For-hire passenger transport services are an essential component of well-functioning metropolitan areas. But the markets for taxis and other for-hire vehicles have historically been subject to imperfections that regulators have tried to correct or at least attenuate.
Articles
Mobility Next >> Shared Mobility and the End of Car Ownership
As a member of the original Lyft team, Emily Castor has been at the forefront of ridesharing policy since the birth of the industry. Learn more about her work at Lyft and insights on how rideshaing will impact our world.
Of Taxis and Smart Phones: Balancing Innovation and Regulation
Necessity is the mother of invention – or is it? It could be argued that the time-honoured adage only holds when we know what we want or need. But what if we don’t? “If I had asked people what they wanted”, Henry Ford famously quipped, “they would have said ‘faster horses’.”