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Introducing Remix by Via’s On-demand Planning

Introducing On-demand Planning: The first planning product for on-demand and flexible fleets that is data-driven, integrated with the fixed-route network, and collaborative.

Tom Mercer

VP Product

Caitlin Hewitt

Product Manager, Remix

Meet the New Remix

Meet New Remix, designed to be more intuitive, flexible, and more powerfully multimodal.

David Frances

Product Manager, Remix

Spenser Garden

Product Designer

Prioritizing Transit with a Collaborative Data Approach: Webinar Recap

Read Capital Metro's story on leveraging a collaborative approach to transit data to implement transit prioritization.

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Map Gallery: Creative Examples from Remix Partners

Since launching Presentation Studio, we’ve been delighted to see the creative ways in which our partner agencies are using the feature. We're proud to showcase their work with a "Map Gallery."

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Frequency Mapping in Remix Is Here!

Delivering information about the quality of transit service is essential to public outreach.

Sarah Bindman

Product Manager

The Ins And Outs Of Fixed Route Scheduling

From bus stops to subways, millions of people rely on fixed routes for their daily commute. Learn about the variables, data, and planning that goes into it.

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How to Streamline Public Transportation Planning and Improve Public Transport

Public transportation planning is a complex process that relies on strings of data and modeling to forecast future transit trends. This article examines ways to streamline the planning process and develop better public transport services.

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Top 4 Techniques for Data Visualization That Will Improve Your Transit Planning

In order to create the most effective, accurate, and impactful planning process, it’s important to use cutting edge visualization tools.

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Swiftly and Remix Launch Speed Map Data Layer Integration

This partnership means you can now visualize Swiftly’s best-in-class historical speed and dwell time data in Remix’s best-in-class planning tool.

Caitlin Hewitt

Product Manager, Remix

Ride-Hailing vs. Ride-Sharing: The Difference Explained

In this piece, we discuss the difference between ride hailing vs. ride sharing. Unlike ride-sharing, the vehicle used in ride-hailing is not shared among multiple riders for each trip.

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Why Collaborative Mapping Is The Future of Transit Planning

In recent years, transit planners have increasingly faced issues of inclusivity, sustainability, and equity. To support these community needs, approaches such as collaborative mapping can benefit both transit planners and those they serve.

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What is Data Visualization: Everything Transit Planners Need to Know

Data visualization is the practice of turning information into images. The term is mainly used for graphs, charts, and maps, but just about any image can be understood as a form of data visualization.

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What Is Route Optimization?

Route optimization in the public transit and transportation sectors is complex ranging from long-term urban planning to daily operations, the challenges can seem unmanageable. Fortunately, modern software helps meet these challenges.

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The Key to Success Is in Collaborative Mapping

Today, we are thrilled to announce that Remix users can find even more ways to collaborate with Project Sharing 2.0.

Janice Park

Content Marketing Manager, Remix

GIS Software 101: A Beginners Guide to GIS Mapping

GIS uses geospatial data to inform better decision-making. Learn why GIS is the gold standard for transportation planning.

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Transportation Scheduling 101

Learn about the ins and outs of transit scheduling and some of the common pitfalls that planners may face.

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Via Adopts Remix Advisory Council, Bringing on Two New Transit Planning Experts

Evan Landman of Jarrett Walker + Associates and Richard Ezike of Urban Land Institute both join the Remix and Via Advisory Council.

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GIS Application in Transportation Planning for Better Traffic Management

Learn more about how Graphic Information Systems (GIS) can be used to manage and mitigate traffic in cities and town.

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How Micromobility Is Shaping Urban Transportation

Shared micromobility takes the concept of flexible transportation and turns it into a public good.

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Visual Storytelling Made Better with Remix Streets’ Advanced Editing 2.0

With Advanced Editing 2.0, transportation practitioners can refine designs with accurate street corners and intersections.

Shireen Brathwaite

Product Manager at Remix

Web Mapping 101: Everything You Need to Know

For transit planners, the first step of transportation planning involves understanding transit services that are already in place. Learn how web mapping is shaping the future of public transportation.

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City Planning For Public Transport vs. Private Transport and Where They Intersect

Public and private transport methods will both need to be implemented to meet the needs of ever-growing urban populations.

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Insights from Women in TransitTech Summit 2021

In honor of Women’s History Month, Via and Remix organized the Women in TransitTech Summit 2021, featuring an all-female panel of transportation technology innovators. They share their key insights here.

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What You Need To Know About Paratransit Services

Paratransit is a vital transportation service for riders with disabilities. However, it doesn't come without its challenges. Learn about the benefits and challenges of paratransit.

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How Transit Planners Are Shaping the Future of Public Transportation

Learn how to optimize transit with innovative planning tools.

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How to Write Winning Grant Applications with Remix

With federal funding packages imminent, we want to help our customers submit grant applications that are both compelling and competitive.

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How To Improve Transport and Urban Development With Remix

As a transit planner, improving how you do that work can have a huge impact on the lives of thousands of people for years to come.

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How to Use Remix to Design Mobility Programs that Complement Your Fixed Route Network

When planned well, flexible mobility programs, like paratransit, demand response, shared on-demand, or microtransit services, can support broader city goals of increasing access and decreasing congestion.

Courtney Sung

Head of Strategy and Business Development

Three Questions to Answer with Remix’s Breakdown Tables

Use Breakdown Tables to explore transportation topics. We walk you through a few.

Caitlin Hewitt

Product Manager, Remix

5 Transportation Issues And Challenges Facing US Cities And Their Solutions

A robust transportation service can make all the difference in a city’s success. But today’s public transit systems are challanged with some intractable problems.

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10 Cities With The Best Public Transportation and What Transit Planners Can Learn From Them

City planners can learn a lot from these 10 cities around the nation that have the best public transit systems.

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Celebrating Black History Month 2021 at Remix

Here's how Remix celebrated Black History Month this past February with art, literature, food, and community events that focused on the theme of Black Resilience.

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What Is GIS Mapping? A Beginner's Guide

GIS mapping is an important tool for organizing and analyzing data in relation to geography. Learn what you need to know to get started with GIS today.

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What is Mobility on Demand

MOD combines public transportation services and private transit options to create a user-friendly all-inclusive method to safely and efficiently manage and complete point-to-point trips for each user.

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Remix Is Joining Via

Today, we are very excited to share that Remix is being acquired by Via.

Tiffany Chu

CEO & Co-founder, Remix

What Is a Transit Management System?

Learn more about transit management systems and how you can optimize transportation, reduce emissions, and improve your transit management system with Remix.

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What Black History Month at Remix means to me

Working at Remix is a constant reminder that no matter who you are or what your story is, space can always be made and differences can bring people together.

Cara Hunt

North America Remix Transit Manager

How to Visualize Demographic Data

Want to catch people’s attention with your data? Learn how to visualize demographic data in more creative ways and the benefits it can give you.

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Streateries: How will they continue to evolve in 2021?

Even when life begins to return to normal after the pandemic, streateries may become more permanent fixtures in many cities. Here's how.

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How Cities Can Solve the First and Last Mile Problem

The first and last mile problem remains a prominent obstacle in developing more efficient and equitable public transportation. Discover how cities are tackling the FMLM issue and what the future holds for public transit.

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Shared Mobility 101: What You Need to Know

Understanding the basics of this innovative transportation model will help unlock the potential of shared mobility within communities. Learn more in our Primer series.

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Remixing Innovation for Mobility Justice

Remix and TransForm introduce a culmination of work from cities, equity advocates, and technologist working together to answer how technology can move the needle on cities' equity goals.

Rachel Zack

Director of Policy at Remix

Integrating Equity Throughout Your Workflow with Remix

The number of transportation agencies that are integrating equity analysis into workflows is growing. Here's how to use Remix for equity-focused initiatives.

Rachel Zack

Director of Policy at Remix

Difference Between Urban and Rural Transport Systems

Rural and urban transportation systems need to be designed differently based on the needs of the community. Learn the key factors to consider when designing for different communities.

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8 Benefits of Public Transportation

Learn about the many benefits of public transportation, and how public transit options like buses and subways improve the quality of life in your city.

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Deeper Data Analysis with Remix's Breakdown Tables

Introducing the newest from Remix’s data platform: Breakdown Tables.

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What is Transportation Planning: Everything You Need To Know

All the ways residents and visitors get around a city start with a simple question, “What is transportation planning?” Get a full overview in this primer series.

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Celebrating Native American Heritage Month and the Sacred Traditions

Get a glimpse into how Remix celebrated National Native American Heritage Month.

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Top 8 Public Transport Examples for Optimal City Design

Public transport takes individuals to their families, to their communities, to their places of business, and to limitless opportunities. Click here to learn more.

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Hindsight’s 2020: 5 Lessons to Bring into 2021

An end-of-the-year wrap up from Remix’s CEO, Tiffany Chu.

Tiffany Chu

CEO & Co-founder, Remix

Introducing Remix for Educators

Caroline Ang Wright

Director of Marketing

The Cycling Revolution: How 2020 Has Paved the Way for Bicycles

Experts share their lessons in accelerating cycling infrastructure expansion during the pandemic.

A Tale of Two Cities: Key Learnings on Cross-Developmental Collaboration

Metro Transit and the City of Minneapolis Public Works share their best practices on how they tackled a large-scale, multi-agency transportation project with cross-developmental collaboration.

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Giving Thanks at Remix: Transit Experts Share Reasons for Gratitude

As Thanksgiving approaches, Remix’s advisors share what they are grateful for and what they wish for in the year ahead.

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Transportation Equity in Action: Reports from the Field

Remix recently hosted a webinar titled "Transportation Equity in Action: Reports from the Field". Here is a recap.

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What You Need to Know about the 2020 Transportation Ballot Measures That Passed

Here's a rundown of some of the most significant transportation measures approved by voters in the recent 2020 election.

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Collaboration Just Got Better with Remix Commenting

There hasn’t been a collaboration tool specifically designed for transportation planning - that is why we are proud to announce the launch of Remix Commenting.

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The Collaborative Enterprise for Transportation Projects

The industry needs collaboration tools designed specifically for transportation decision making. Read more about how our research helped us arrive to that conclusion.

David Frances

Product Manager, Remix

Transpo-Talk Exclusive: Delivering Mobility Solutions in Car-Centric Cities

A Transpo Talk panel of mobility experts offered their insights on how car-centric cities are adapting to transit challenges.

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Transportation Initiatives to Look Out for This Election Season

With Election Day in less than a week, here’s a wrap-up of 2020 transportation ballot measures.

Janice Park

Content Marketing Manager, Remix

Fast-Tracking Emergency Transit Lanes

The COVID-19 pandemic has left public buses two-thirds empty. Here's how some cities are addressing it with fast-tracking emergency transit lanes.

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Celebrating Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month at Remix

September 15th to October 15th marks Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month at Remix and here’s how we celebrated.

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How Four European Cities Improved Sustainable Transportation Through COVID-19 Pop-Up Projects

Remix hosted a webinar with four European transportation planners about sustainable transportation projects carried out in 2020 as a direct result of COVID-19. Here are the insights shared.

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Remix and Swiftly Partner to Bring Better Transit Data to Cities

We’re excited to announce a new partnership between Swiftly and Remix that will allow you to visualize Swiftly data that Swiftly analyzes inside Remix.

Courtney Sung

Head of Strategy and Business Development

Luxembourg's Biggest Network Redesign in Recent History

In a recent live webinar, we sat down with Yan Steil, Mobility Planner at the “Régime Général des Transports Routiers” (RGTR) in Luxembourg to discuss Luxembourg’s biggest public transit redesign in recent history.

October is Global Diversity Awareness Month and Here’s How We’re Celebrating

At Remix, we strive to honor and amplify diverse voices. That's why we're excited to celebrate Global Diversity Awareness Month.

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Design Your Quick Build Network in Remix

Use Remix to design a network and express the tactical details of the street design.

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How Mobility Data Can Inform Impactful Policy Outcomes

Get key insights from NUMO's webinar panelists on how cities can use micromobility data to meet their goals and develop more impactful policy outcomes.

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The Seven Newest (and Coolest) Data Stories in Remix

Data needs to be seen in its proper context to truly shine. That's why the Remix team has broadened the scope of data analysis that can be done in the platform.

Tamara Lima

Director of Customer Insights

Skagit Transit Uses Remix’s New Presentation Studio to Provide Clarity to Riders

Delivering information to passengers is a critical element of public outreach for transit agencies. Remix Transit makes this straightforward for agencies with our newest feature, Presentation Studio.

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Celebrating Women's Equality Day with Remix

For Women's Equality Day 2020, we interviewed some of our amazing woman employees on what gender equality means to them.

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How COVID-19 Is Shaping Local Transportation and Livable Streets: a Conversation with SFMTA, SF Chamber of Commerce, and Remix

In a recent webinar hosted by the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, SFMTA Director of Transportation Jeffrey Tumlin and Remix CEO Tiffany Chu discussed how the City is responding to the unprecedented challenges that the COVID-19 crisis has created.

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Introducing Jane 3.0, a More Accurate Jane

We are thrilled to announce a big update on how Jane navigates the physical environment: users can now customize Jane to use the pedestrian network.

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Academics in Urban Planning Use Jane to Understand Regional Access

At Remix, there’s nothing we love more than seeing people use our software to help improve access through public transportation. That’s why we've been thrilled to have the opportunity to work with the University of Southern California.

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5 Key Takeaways From “A Day in the Life of a Transportation Planner: COVID Planning and Recovery"

Transportation planning staff are facing unprecedented challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. How are these challenges being addressed, and what lessons can we use in the coming weeks and months?

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How to Communicate with Accuracy and Clarity Using Remix Streets’ Advanced Editing

Advanced Editing brings a new level of accuracy to Remix Streets which streamlines cross functional conversations and provides more compelling visuals to build stakeholder buy-in.

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"Why Not Be Ambitious?": Lessons from Ireland

Over the next five years, 20% of the country's national transportation budget will be dedicated to bicycle and pedestrian transportation and 57% to public transport. This funding move makes Ireland a trailblazer.

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Streateries: A Growing Trend that Is Here to Stay

Across states, municipalities are exploring planning and policy solutions that allow residents to live life with as much normalcy as possible. One such solution is the streatery concept.

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The Best from “Quick-Build Projects: Moving from CV-19 Response to Recovery”

On July 16, 2020, Remix hosted a panel of three experts from Smart Growth America, Street Plans, and City of Oakland to speak to the role of Quick Build projects on COVID-19 planning.

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Remix Is Honored to Be a World Economic Forum Pioneer and BloombergNEF Pioneer

Remix is excited to announce that we’ve been named a “pioneer” by two esteemed organizations.

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What Remix’s SOC 2 Compliance Means for You

Remix is proud to announce that we are SOC 2 compliant, which means even more reliable security for all your transportation data.

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Leading as a Black Woman in America

Remix's Chief Operating Officer Nichole Jordan shares her experience as a leader during these tumultuous times.

Nichole Jordan

COO

Three Takeaways from “A Day in the Life of a Transit Planner: COVID-19 Edition”

On May 12th, Remix hosted a webinar to learn how transit agency leaders are responding to the challenge of COVID-19. Here are three takeaways from that discussion.

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Introducing Our Newest Product: Remix Explore

We are pleased to introduce the public launch of Remix Explore to help governments accelerate their crisis and recovery planning.

Caroline Ang Wright

Director of Marketing

How Remixers Have Fostered Community and Connection while Working Remotely

The past two months has brought on an increasingly unfamiliar and challenging landscape as COVID-19 has radically changed all industries. Remix has seen the importance of course-correction for company policies.

Meagan Kim

Head Recruiter

Remix forms Advisory Council of Seasoned Experts in Transportation

Remix is proud to announce the formation of our Advisory Council. We believe these are the individuals who will truly help us deliver on our mission: to create more livable cities.

Rachel Zack

Director of Policy at Remix

Tiffany Chu

CEO & Co-founder, Remix

Pandemic Service Planning in Remix

Transit agencies across the globe are responding quickly to the emerging needs of the COVID-19 public health crisis. Here are updates in the Remix platform that are designed to help with emergency planning.

Amanjeet Anne

Customer Success Manager

Stuart Polsky

GIS Analyst

We stand with you: a message to the Remix community about COVID-19

Remix stands with our customers as they navigate the COVID-19 crisis for the health and safety of their communities.

Tiffany Chu

CEO & Co-founder, Remix

New Polling Data Reveals How Agencies Are Using Data to Inform Decision Making

How are agencies using data to identify accessibility gaps, market the value of transit, and reduce operational costs? We asked 27 transportation professionals from around the globe.

Isaac Shapiro

Customer Success Manager

Data Experiments at Remix: Estimating Passenger Load with Incomplete Data

The goal of running data experiments at Remix is to fill gaps in data owned by our city customers.

Santiago Toso

Data Scientist

A Holiday Gift for Cities (Part II)

If you could gift your city anything, what would it be?

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A Holiday Gift For Cities (Part I)

If you could gift your city anything, what would it be?

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5 Years in Review — a Letter from Our New CEO

As we wrap up 2019, we feel overwhelming gratitude towards our customers. Here's to celebrating 5 years with 5 impactful customer stories.

Tiffany Chu

CEO & Co-founder, Remix

Remix Turns Five with Tiffany Chu at the Helm as Our New CEO

As Remix turns five years old, we’re excited to enter the next chapter for our company.

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Remix’s Equity & Access Work Gets a New Partner: Elemental Excelerator!

Remix is excited to announce that we have been selected as one of seventeen companies to join Elemental Excelerator’s 8th Cohort.

Rachel Zack

Director of Policy at Remix

The Scooter Data Opportunity: Cities Can Shape Their Future If They Act Now

With new shared mobility, like dockless scooters, comes an incredible opportunity to realign policies governing public space, capitalize on available data, and put cities back in charge of how streets are used.

Jascha Franklin-Hodge

Former Chief Information Officer, City of Boston

How to See Other Cities’ Data on a Remix Map

How Remix uses GTFS feeds to display transportation systems in a map format.

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Drive Ridership with City↔Transit Agency Collaboration: Announcing Remix Streets + Transit

Announcing Remix Streets + Transit = Better Bus Rapid Transit.

Andrew Glass Hastings

Senior Mobility Strategist

Visualizing Transit Ridership in Remix: Our Design Process

How we learned from transit planners to turn a broad problem space into an effective launch.

Chris Arvin

Product Designer

An Updated Practical City Guide to Mobility Data Licensing

Several months ago our advisor, Jascha Franklin-Hodge, wrote a first draft of a Practical City Guide to Mobility Data Licensing for Remix.

Tiffany Chu

CEO & Co-founder, Remix

Rachel Zack

Director of Policy at Remix