I’ve long held that I believe in the markets of ideas and the power of people to make decisions given the right access to information and tools. It’s what motivates my work at PlaceMatters. My reading list includes books like Wikinomics
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
May 19th, 2009 by Jason LallyFor the past two weeks, I’ve been traveling a lot for business and pleasure and I realized that I’ve utilized a healthy mix of transportation options: light rail in Minneapolis, planes between Denver and Minneapolis and Philadelphia, commuter rail in Philadelphia, automobiles in the suburbs of Philadelphia, and good old fashioned walking. What has been great about this trip, is that I’ve used each of these methods as part of a transportation system–a network of options. This seems like an obvious observation, but what troubles me is that too many discussions on transportation seem to separate out the various modes (cars, trains, planes and bike/ped) into warring camps.
“Maybe I come on too strong…”
March 23rd, 2009 by Jason LallyMy friend Alex over at SanFrooklyn posted this and I had to share here as well. You can thank the Germans for this one. Enjoy.
Carshare arrives in Denver
March 19th, 2009 by Jason LallySo it’s official! Denver now houses two cars in the Capital Hill neighborhood that are part of the non-profit car sharing network eGo. Karen Worminghouse has worked tirelessly to get the organization up and running and I am very excited about it! As a car-less member of Denver, I will generally stick to public transit and alternative means for most of my trips. But for the occasion out to Target or some other far-flung place, I look forward to the convenience of automobile travel without the hassle of ownership (insurance, parking, maintenance, etc). Read the rest of this entry »
Google Transit arrives on the iPhone
November 24th, 2008 by Jason LallyI knew it would eventually come, but I didn’t realize how excited I would be to hold transit directions in the palm of my hand! Much of the inconvenience of riding transit is the lack of information. Google and Apple have just broken through the first barrier of inconvenience by bringing pervasive information to transit riders (which is my only means of getting around Denver). In case you haven’t heard, Apple just released version 2.2 of it’s iPhone operating system including updates to the Maps application, enabling transit and walking directions (as well as street view). Read the rest of this entry »