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Creating Beauty with Transit

For me, fare cards represent more than just a way to pay for transit. My MetroCard for riding the NICE bus growing up in New York, then CharlieCard when I rode the MBTA during college stayed among the boring, everyday items needed every time I walked out the door, like my keys, ID, and wallet.

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Running a Company During COVID-19

July 28, 2020 by Lora Byala

Earlier this month, we wrote about public engagement during COVID and how transit agencies can move forward with gaining public input during these times. Next week, we will bring you a blog on how transit agencies have addressed service changes ...

Beyond the Zoom Meeting: Public Engagement During and After COVID-19

July 8, 2020 by Sanford "Sandy" Klanfer, Lori Zeller

Public Engagement During Social Distancing The COVID-19 pandemic has changed a lot about the way we live and work, and public engagement for transportation projects is no exception. As stay-at-home orders took hold across the country, transit providers and other ...

Washington, DC’s Transportation Benefits Equity Act

June 5, 2020 by Matthew Jones

Transportation Demand Management (TDM) professionals in the DC area and beyond are abuzz with the passing of Bill 23-148, Transportation Benefits Equity Act, an amendment to the Sustainable DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2014. Foursquare ITP is particularly gratified by this ...

Our Favorite Washington, DC Area Bike Routes

May 22, 2020

Happy National Bike Month! Who better to share their favorite bike routes than a group of transportation planners? The following routes include trails, beautiful views, and even post-biking snacks! Let us know if you follow any of these routes on your next ...

Transportation Observations in Mexico City

April 30, 2020 by Jamie Roberts, Finn Vigeland

Foursquare ITP transportation planners Jamie Roberts and Finn Vigeland both visited Mexico City in the last six months. As urbanists are wont to do, they sat down to discuss what they loved about the city’s transit, infrastructure, and design, and ...

Transportation Planning Meets Data Science

March 19, 2020 by Adam Recchia & Wylie Timmerman

Bigger data sets demand bolder solutions, and that’s why we’re excited to announce the launch of Foursquare ITP’s Transportation Data Science Team. Foursquare ITP has already been pushing the envelope in complex data analysis, web app development, and interactive data ...

Four Lessons on Transit Planning in Southern California

February 5, 2020 by Sandy Klanfer

One of the best ways for transportation planners to understand the strengths and weaknesses of a public transit system is to experience it for themselves. That’s one reason why I like to ride public transportation wherever I go. On a ...

Core Values

October 10, 2019 by Lora Byala, AICP

In August 2011 at my dining room table, the Foursquare ITP team – myself, Shana Johnson, David Miller, Gary Byala, and two other then-current employees – crafted Foursquare ITP’s core values. These values, which supported us as we grew from ...

Data viz (data visualization) is in!

September 7, 2018 by Rachel Lesniak

Thanks to a plethora of easy-to-use tools and experts who invest time in exploring them, good data viz practice is now an emphasis when communicating with expert and non-expert audiences alike. At Foursquare ITP, we do a lot of both: ...

Reflecting on Year One of goDCgo

September 4, 2018 by Danelle Carey

The last eleven months working on the goDCgo program has been a combination of learning, developing, and putting plans into action. With an entirely new team onboard we had to hit the ground running to quickly understand the needs of ...

Supporting Transit in an Era of Technological Change

April 25, 2018 by Peter Hadley

These are heady times in the transportation sector. In the past decade we’ve seen the rise of third generation bikeshare systems; private dockless bike share; the race to develop electric, connected and automated vehicles (CAVs); demographic and lifestyle preference changes; ...

Lessons From New Dockless Bike Share Systems as They Enter American Cities

December 22, 2017 by William Shuldiner

Working at Foursquare ITP has given me the opportunity to work with people who are extremely knowledgeable and passionate about bikeshare. Since Capital Bikeshare arrived in my hometown, Washington, D.C., in 2010, I have been excited to both use the ...

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