Transportation
How a Loading Zone Can Facilitate Personal Mobility Services and Promote Safety
In spring of 2018, Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and the Austin Transportation Department (ATD) conducted a “curb access” pilot aimed at improving the safety and user experience of accessing new mobility services. The pilot took place at the corner of West 6th Street and Nueces Street, at the edge of…
Shifting the Auto Industry into Reverse
America’s auto industry was doing great. In 2016, its sales rose for the seventh year running to record highs. In 2017, sales slipped 1.2 percent but remained among the top five in history, dominated by more-profitable pickups and SUVs. But now a salvo of assaults from the White House “so…
Creating Commuting Change: How behavioral economics can influence mobility decision-making
Download RMI’s new report Mapping Incentives to Change: How Commutifi’s Commuter Score can Influence Sustainable Commuting Have you considered whether your commute to work is the cheapest, fastest, and most environmentally friendly option available to you? In fact, when was the last time you even thought about your…
If We Cherry-Pick Data, Rely on Discredited Projections, and Ignore CO2… EVs Are Bad!
In a recent report and Politico op-ed, Jonathan Lesser of the Manhattan Institute purports to demonstrate that replacing internal combustion vehicles (ICVs) with zero emissions vehicles (ZEVs) will increase air pollution while having a negligible effect on climate change. This has sparked controversy by many within the electric…
RMI’s India Program Launches the Urban Mobility Lab
When Rocky Mountain Institute’s cofounder and chief scientist, Amory Lovins, first met with Indian government officials in March 2016 to explore opportunities for collaboration, India’s ambitions in renewable energy and clean transportation were quickly moving from idea to action. More than two years later, India continues to make progress toward…