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What is Mobility on Demand

MOD combines public transportation services and private transit options to create a user-friendly all-inclusive method to safely and efficiently manage and complete point-to-point trips for each user.

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Transportation Scheduling 101

Learn about the ins and outs of transit scheduling and some of the common pitfalls that planners may face.

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Difference Between Urban and Rural Transport Systems

Rural and urban transportation systems need to be designed differently based on the needs of the community. Learn the key factors to consider when designing for different communities.

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The Ins And Outs Of Fixed Route Scheduling

From bus stops to subways, millions of people rely on fixed routes for their daily commute. Learn about the variables, data, and planning that goes into it.

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5 Transportation Issues And Challenges Facing US Cities And Their Solutions

A robust transportation service can make all the difference in a city’s success. But today’s public transit systems are challanged with some intractable problems.

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How to Streamline Public Transportation Planning and Improve Public Transport

Public transportation planning is a complex process that relies on strings of data and modeling to forecast future transit trends. This article examines ways to streamline the planning process and develop better public transport services.

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GIS Application in Transportation Planning for Better Traffic Management

Learn more about how Graphic Information Systems (GIS) can be used to manage and mitigate traffic in cities and town.

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How Cities Can Solve the First and Last Mile Problem

The first and last mile problem remains a prominent obstacle in developing more efficient and equitable public transportation. Discover how cities are tackling the FMLM issue and what the future holds for public transit.

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10 Cities With The Best Public Transportation and What Transit Planners Can Learn From Them

City planners can learn a lot from these 10 cities around the nation that have the best public transit systems.

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Ride-Hailing vs. Ride-Sharing: The Difference Explained

In this piece, we discuss the difference between ride hailing vs. ride sharing. Unlike ride-sharing, the vehicle used in ride-hailing is not shared among multiple riders for each trip.

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The Key to Success Is in Collaborative Mapping

Today, we are thrilled to announce that Remix users can find even more ways to collaborate with Project Sharing 2.0.

Janice Park

Content Marketing Manager, Remix

Top 4 Techniques for Data Visualization That Will Improve Your Transit Planning

In order to create the most effective, accurate, and impactful planning process, it’s important to use cutting edge visualization tools.

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What is Data Visualization: Everything Transit Planners Need to Know

Data visualization is the practice of turning information into images. The term is mainly used for graphs, charts, and maps, but just about any image can be understood as a form of data visualization.

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Why Collaborative Mapping Is The Future of Transit Planning

In recent years, transit planners have increasingly faced issues of inclusivity, sustainability, and equity. To support these community needs, approaches such as collaborative mapping can benefit both transit planners and those they serve.

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What Is Route Optimization?

Route optimization in the public transit and transportation sectors is complex ranging from long-term urban planning to daily operations, the challenges can seem unmanageable. Fortunately, modern software helps meet these challenges.

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Web Mapping 101: Everything You Need to Know

For transit planners, the first step of transportation planning involves understanding transit services that are already in place. Learn how web mapping is shaping the future of public transportation.

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GIS Software 101: A Beginners Guide to GIS Mapping

GIS uses geospatial data to inform better decision-making. Learn why GIS is the gold standard for transportation planning.

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How Transit Planners Are Shaping the Future of Public Transportation

Learn how to optimize transit with innovative planning tools.

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How To Improve Transport and Urban Development With Remix

As a transit planner, improving how you do that work can have a huge impact on the lives of thousands of people for years to come.

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City Planning For Public Transport vs. Private Transport and Where They Intersect

Public and private transport methods will both need to be implemented to meet the needs of ever-growing urban populations.

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How to Write Winning Grant Applications with Remix

With federal funding packages imminent, we want to help our customers submit grant applications that are both compelling and competitive.

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What Is a Transit Management System?

Learn more about transit management systems and how you can optimize transportation, reduce emissions, and improve your transit management system with Remix.

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What is Transportation Planning: Everything You Need To Know

All the ways residents and visitors get around a city start with a simple question, “What is transportation planning?” Get a full overview in this primer series.

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Shared Mobility 101: What You Need to Know

Understanding the basics of this innovative transportation model will help unlock the potential of shared mobility within communities. Learn more in our Primer series.

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8 Benefits of Public Transportation

Learn about the many benefits of public transportation, and how public transit options like buses and subways improve the quality of life in your city.

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Deeper Data Analysis with Remix's Breakdown Tables

Introducing the newest from Remix’s data platform: Breakdown Tables.

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Hindsight’s 2020: 5 Lessons to Bring into 2021

An end-of-the-year wrap up from Remix’s CEO, Tiffany Chu.

Tiffany Chu

CEO & Co-founder, Remix

What You Need to Know about the 2020 Transportation Ballot Measures That Passed

Here's a rundown of some of the most significant transportation measures approved by voters in the recent 2020 election.

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Introducing Remix for Educators

Caroline Ang Wright

Director of Marketing

A Tale of Two Cities: Key Learnings on Cross-Developmental Collaboration

Metro Transit and the City of Minneapolis Public Works share their best practices on how they tackled a large-scale, multi-agency transportation project with cross-developmental collaboration.

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How Four European Cities Improved Sustainable Transportation Through COVID-19 Pop-Up Projects

Remix hosted a webinar with four European transportation planners about sustainable transportation projects carried out in 2020 as a direct result of COVID-19. Here are the insights shared.

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Transportation Equity in Action: Reports from the Field

Remix recently hosted a webinar titled "Transportation Equity in Action: Reports from the Field". Here is a recap.

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Collaboration Just Got Better with Remix Commenting

There hasn’t been a collaboration tool specifically designed for transportation planning - that is why we are proud to announce the launch of Remix Commenting.

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The Collaborative Enterprise for Transportation Projects

The industry needs collaboration tools designed specifically for transportation decision making. Read more about how our research helped us arrive to that conclusion.

David Frances

Product Manager, Remix

Transportation Initiatives to Look Out for This Election Season

With Election Day in less than a week, here’s a wrap-up of 2020 transportation ballot measures.

Janice Park

Content Marketing Manager, Remix

Remix forms Advisory Council of Seasoned Experts in Transportation

Remix is proud to announce the formation of our Advisory Council. We believe these are the individuals who will truly help us deliver on our mission: to create more livable cities.

Rachel Zack

Director of Policy at Remix

Tiffany Chu

CEO & Co-founder, Remix

Drive Ridership with City↔Transit Agency Collaboration: Announcing Remix Streets + Transit

Announcing Remix Streets + Transit = Better Bus Rapid Transit.

Andrew Glass Hastings

Senior Mobility Strategist

TRB panel recap: Cities Leading the Way on Micromobility

We gathered a panel of industry experts on the topic of shared micromobility to hear their stories and share takeaways with our audience.

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In the era of new mobility, the streets of the future must change

The way we move in cities is changing, and the streets that support our movements must evolve. In the era of new mobility, we at Remix are ready to help cities plan and visualize the streets of the future.

Claudia Preciado

Director of Growth, North America & ANZ

The Scooter Data Opportunity: Cities Can Shape Their Future If They Act Now

With new shared mobility, like dockless scooters, comes an incredible opportunity to realign policies governing public space, capitalize on available data, and put cities back in charge of how streets are used.

Jascha Franklin-Hodge

Former Chief Information Officer, City of Boston

MDS, GBFS, and how cities can ask for data from micromobility providers

We share an overview of GBFS and MDS, both data standards for micromobility, and our recommendations for cities including data sharing requirements as part of their micromobility programs.

Charlie Bailey

Customer Success Manager

When It Comes to Shared Scooter Regulations, Cities Know Best

Micromobility is quickly changing the transportation landscape and cities need tools to manage these new modes.

Andrew Glass Hastings

Senior Mobility Strategist

Transit Agencies Must Sell Freedom

Being able to move when you want and go where you want is a core element of personal freedom, and people engage with transit planners when the transit system is described in the context of that personal freedom.

Stephen Hunt

Principal Planner at Valley Regional Transit in Boise, ID

The First Platform to Manage New Mobility and Design Multimodal Streets

Remix is launching the first platform that brings together the entire transportation picture: public transit, the abundance of new mobility options (like scooters and bikes), and streets that support it all.

Tiffany Chu

CEO & Co-founder, Remix

In His Own Words: Tom Schwetz, Lane Transit District

We sat down with Tom Schwetz, Director of Planning at Lane Transit District in Eugene, OR, to hear how Remix has changed the way he approaches transit planning.

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In Her Own Words: Jeanne Krieg, Tri Delta Transit

We chatted with Jeanne Krieg, CEO of Tri Delta Transit, a small agency in the San Francisco Bay Area, to hear how she’s successfully scaling her agency despite these challenges.

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In His Own Words: Chris Cochran, Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority

We recently caught up with Chris Cochran, Senior Planner at Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority in St. Petersburg, FL, to hear how Remix has done this to modernize the agency’s approach to scenario planning.

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A Practical City Guide to Mobility Data Licensing

As cities regulate and license new mobility services, access to anonymized data is a key tool to manage public space, create a safe and equitable transportation system, and to ensure accountability for private companies operating on public streets.

Jascha Franklin-Hodge

Former Chief Information Officer, City of Boston

An Updated Practical City Guide to Mobility Data Licensing

Several months ago our advisor, Jascha Franklin-Hodge, wrote a first draft of a Practical City Guide to Mobility Data Licensing for Remix.

Tiffany Chu

CEO & Co-founder, Remix

Rachel Zack

Director of Policy at Remix

In His Own Words: Steve Anderson, Palm Tran

We caught up with Steve Anderson, Senior Transit Planner at Palm Tran in West Palm Beach, FL, to hear how Remix has changed his approach to scenario planning, cost forecasting, and communication with non-planners.

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How RPT Used the Universal Language to Move a Plan Forward

Based on comments during an outreach meeting, RPT staff started adjusting the Remix map live for a truly collaborative and productive engagement experience.

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In His Own Words: Jerry Bryan, Miami-Dade Transit

We spoke with Jerry Bryan, Miami-Dade Transit’s Chief of Service Planning and Scheduling, to hear how transit planning has changed in the last 20 years — and how new technology is streamlining both short- and long-term planning in Miami.

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VIA, GoCary, and AVTA Describe Their Day-to-Day

Here are a few examples of how three agencies are using Remix to keep the juggling act of day-to-day planning flowing smoothly.

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Remix Turns Five with Tiffany Chu at the Helm as Our New CEO

As Remix turns five years old, we’re excited to enter the next chapter for our company.

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3️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ 🎉 Remix in 2018: Celebrating 300+ customers

In less than 4 years we've grown to almost 60 urbanists, technologists, and designers and are helping 300+ cities around the globe.

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Visualizing Transit Ridership in Remix: Our Design Process

How we learned from transit planners to turn a broad problem space into an effective launch.

Chris Arvin

Product Designer