01
May
2018
How Electric Bike Share Will Change the Commuting Game
Posted On May 1, 2018  By Rachel Karitis  And has No Comment

If you live in an urban area like Washington, D.C., or San Francisco, then you’ve probably seen the Skittles rainbow-colored bikes taking over the sidewalks. What you might not know is the specifics of how they work, and how this service could revolutionize the office commute. […]

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09
Feb
2018
Corporate Buses and Other Strategies to Ease Stressful Commutes
Posted On February 9, 2018  By Ron Derven  And has No Comment

Companies are trying to reduce the stress of long employee commutes, which have become worse as the economy has improved from the dark days of the Great Recession. Indeed, a traffic congestion study, which was produced by INRIX, a big data tech firm, and the Texas […]

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02
Feb
2018
Ugly Duckling No More, Industrial Emerges as CRE Darling in 2018
Posted On February 2, 2018  By Craig S. Meyer  And has No Comment

The start of 2017 was characterized by uncertainty about the economic and political outlook, which never seemed to abate as the year went on. After an eventful year, which included a series of frequent and intense natural disasters, the U.S. economy came out on top. In […]

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31
Jan
2018
Accommodating Autonomous Vehicles in the Built Environment
Posted On January 31, 2018  By C. Kat Grimsley, Ph.D. cantab  And has No Comment

Alternative, autonomous and electric vehicles were hot topics on the agenda at the 97th meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), which took place in Washington, D.C., earlier this month. This annual meeting brings together more than 8,000 transportation professionals from industry, academia and government to […]

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21
Jun
2017
Infrastructure Investment Can Pave the Way for Growth
Posted On June 21, 2017  By Rich Tucker  And has No Comment

America has earned a D+ for infrastructure conditions and needs after decades of underinvestment, according to the 2017 Infrastructure Report Card issued by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The condition of infrastructure, ASCE says, “has a cascading impact on our nation’s economy, impacting business […]

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08
Jun
2017
Bigger, Better, Faster: The Port of Long Beach
Posted On June 8, 2017  By Brielle Scott  And has No Comment

The second-busiest port in the nation is actively preparing for the future of cargo movement around the world. At the I.CON: Trends and Forecasts conference this week in Long Beach, California, an on-boat tour of the Port of Long Beach provided an inside look at the […]

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17
Mar
2017
Getting Goods Faster to Florida’s 21 Million Residents
Posted On March 17, 2017  By Kathryn Hamilton  And has 1 Comment

Florida’s Gateway provides direct access to CSX’s Winter Haven Intermodal – and more importantly, connectivity to a staggering 18 million people within 200 miles. That’s right: with nearly 20.7 million residents, Florida ranks third in U.S. population (behind California and Texas), and 1,000 people per day […]

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08
Mar
2017
It’s a Small World with Big Economic Challenges
Posted On March 8, 2017  By Kathryn Hamilton  And has No Comment

“A good economist should tell you what could go wrong,” started K.C. Conway, SunTrust Banks, to industrial commercial real estate’s leaders at I.CON: Impact Projects. On the top of his list? The Fed and monetary policy, security and terrorism, of course, but also millennials’ slow entry […]

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01
Mar
2017
Drone Delivery One Step Closer for UPS
Posted On March 1, 2017  By Kathryn Hamilton  And has No Comment

Having your online order literally dropped on your doorstep took another step toward reality as UPS shares the news of successful package delivery via a drone launched from atop a UPS vehicle. Call it multitasking at its best: the drone autonomously delivers a package and then […]

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14
Feb
2017
Longer Commutes Make for Unhappier Employees
Posted On February 14, 2017  By Rachel Karitis  And has No Comment

How important is employee happiness to their employers? Not surprisingly, very important – job satisfaction leads to higher productivity, increased profits and lower turnover. The bottom line: keeping employees happy is essential for a company’s overall success. There are a lot of factors that go into […]

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