By Gloria Campbell

Subway riders are often frustrated by the lack of notifications about long and unexpected delays, despite the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s efforts at using social media. The need for rider information was highlighted on June 5

On this week's Technotopia podcast, NYU Rudin Center Assistant Director Sarah Kaufman discusses the future of cities, cars and governance. Listen here:

By Joanna Simon Supersonic travel in pods through frictionless tubes may sound like the basis for the next George Lucas creation, but it may be a reality in the near future.

In the NYU Rudin Center’s August 2016 report on the “L Train Closure and Mitigatio

Date: 11/15/2016
Time: 8:45am - 10:00am
Location: The Puck Building, The Rudin Family Forum for Civic Dialogue, 2nd Fl., 295 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10012-9604

Our new report, Intelligent Paratransit, is available for download here.

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NYU Rudin Center Assistant Director Sarah Kaufman spoke with Popular Mechanics on Facebook Live yesterday. The conversation covered gridlock, bikes and driverless cars while sitting in traffic. Check out the video here:

The Spring 2016 edition of The Wagner Planner focuses on Smart Cities.

The NYU Rudin Center's current work surrounds "Intelligent Paratransit," a project to re-frame mobility for the elderly and disabled using modern ridesharing technologies.

We love transportation! And, we hope you enjoy this week's reading list.

In case you you missed it, our assistant director for technology programming, Sarah Kaufman, recently guest posted to the Second Avenue Sagas blog.