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By Chris Teale

Experts warned of a potential "transportation disaster" in cities if policy fails to keep up with new technologies such as automation, electrification and the sharing economy.

By Mollie Cohen D’Agostino and Dan Sperling

By Daniel Sperling and Scott Hardman

Full automation is projected to increase the use of individually owned vehicles, perhaps by as much as 60%. But what about partially automated vehicles, equipped with features such as lane centering, adaptive cruise control and automatic emergency braking?

By Roger Rudick

The GreenPreneur Show featuring Daniel Sperling

First; there was car sharing, then bike sharing and now scooter sharing with many believing that these modes of transportation can combat climate change, reduce traffic congestion and improve transportation equity and access. 

…Listen to the full story from The GreenPreneur Show

By Daniel Sperling and Austin Brown

“The 3 Revolutions can support a radically improved transportation system for all—if we play our cards right. Electrification, pooling, and automation are progressing in distinct ways…Understanding how the 3 Revolutions are unfolding provides the insight needed to ensure that we realize the positive outcomes while avoiding undesired consequences."

…Read the full story at EM Magazine

By Daniel Sperling

By Daniel Sperling, Austin Brown, and Mollie D’Agostino

By Daniel Sperling

"The answer is pooling. If the question is traffic congestion, the answer is pooling. Climate change? Pooling".

...Read the full story at Wall Street Journal

By Arturo Herrera - featuring Daniel Sperling, Robin Chase, and Austin Brown

Join SSF and Island Press in a 90-minute webinar, led by Dr. Daniel Sperling, on the three revolutions transforming the passenger transit sector.

By Loukia Papadopoulos 

A new pilot program by Uber, called the EV Champions Initiative, kicked off today in seven cities across the US and Canada to increase electrical vehicle (EV) adoption. The program will aim to "deliver at least 5 million EV rides over the next year" in Austin, Los Angeles, Montreal, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle.

US Green Chamber of Commerce featuring Daniel Sperling and Michelle Thatcher

Join us on our Global Sustainability Leaders series as we go beyond the basics of sustainable transportation and take a closer look at three major innovations-- electrification, pooling and Automation with Dr. Daniel Sperling, one of the world’s foremost leading experts.

by Katherine Seligman

If you’re 60 or older, need a ride and happen to live in the small sunbelt town of Wickenburg, Ariz., you can call the Freedom Express. A van driven by an older adult volunteer will pick you up, for, what the name implies, free.

By Cody Drabble featuring Daniel Sperling

The emergence of electric, automated and shared vehicles — and the popularity some of them have found — are seen as signs that the world of transportation could be on the cusp of a more affordable, accessible and sustainable system.

by Lisa Napoli

From D.C. and Dallas to Seattle and San Diego, the dockless apocalypse, or “wheelmageddon,” has dawned. Just as Wi-Fi untethered Internet users from dialing up for service, new technology allows would-be riders to locate bikes or scooters scattered on city streets without searching out a tethered docking station.