Keep Cities Moving
Bringing international best practices in mobility planning to your region.
Making American cities more sustainable and accessible by focusing on the flow of people, not the flow of traffic: this is Mobility Flow. Inspired by Dutch expertise in urban and mobility planning, we are re-imagining how American cities move. We believe a successful integrated mobility network is critical to connect people to opportunities, and ensure a high quality of life for people of all incomes and abilities.
Our Approach
To solve the complex urban issues facing US Cities, Mobility Flow offers an unique set of integrated services. Our work is guided by the following 5 principles:
An integrated approach to transportation planning
We define this as mobility planning.
AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
The concept of Mobility Planning brings together the transportation, land use, and housing departments within city governments to create a singular “Mobility Plan”, a comprehensive plan for the movement of a city. As Mobility Flow we stress the importance of multi-modal networks and the interaction between those networks rather than singular transportation projects and programs. Overall, the basic question is: how can we move people from A to B in the most efficient, affordable, and comfortable way.
Data analytics with a vision
Open the ‘black box’ of urban data and realize the full potential of your city as a living lab.
DATA ANALYTICS WITH A VISION
Cities are data rich environments which help drive solutions to complex urban issues. Too often, however, the process of gathering information from raw data requires advanced training and remains a ‘black box’ for many planners. Through the combination of modeling, forecasting, and advanced GIS analysis our team at Mobility Flow has the skill and toolset to open this ‘black box’ of urban data and produce compelling and interactive visualizations. At our core, we are a team of data driven mobility planners, who understand that advanced software is not valuable unless it is easily communicated to policy makers and stakeholders.
Offering international best practices to the local context
The best bike plan is a car plan.
OFFERING INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICES TO THE LOCAL CONTEXT
“The best bike plan is a good car plan” is a common expression in the Dutch planning context, a nation well known for its ubiquitous cycling culture. In the Netherlands, mobility issues are usually addressed by incentivizing cars to take certain routes to not only improve traffic, but free up other space for non-auto transit. As Mobility Flow, we employ proven strategies from the Netherlands, and other international examples, and adapt them to the US context. We understand the differences between the US and European examples, and are equipped with both American and international planners to create innovative solutions to the local American context.
Partnerships with local and international firms
We constantly collaborate with our local and international network to facilitate knowledge transfer and innovate new solutions.
PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL FIRMS
Mobility Flow is more than a firm, but the center of a network that combines international and local best practices in mobility. We are in direct partnership with the Dutch planning firm, Goudappel Coffeng, who brings more than 60 years of experience, over 200 experts together, and a framework used to achieve successful mobility planning in the Netherlands. In addition to Goudappel Coffeng, we work directly with communication and design firms to provide a holistic product to the cities and regions where we work.
Achieving & Exceeding Policy Goals
We view mobility planning as the most effective tool to achieve your regions goal.
ACHIEVING & EXCEEDING POLICY GOALS
Whatever goals you are looking to achieve for your city or region, we are confident that a successful mobility plan can bring you results. Planning for greater accessibility of all modes and creating more mobility options leads to a more dynamic, equitable, safe and sustainable city. If there was a more effective way to bring positive change people’s day to day lives, we would be working in that field!
Collaboration with Universities
Mobility Flow collaborates on projects with some of the best planning graduate programs in the country. In addition, we offer an exchange internship with Goudappel Coffeng in the Netherlands to further the work of adapting international best practices to the local US context.
COLLABORATION WITH UNIVERSITIES
As part of our Mobility Flow network, we have a US – Netherlands exchange program where we invite Master students studying urban planning, transportation engineering, or urban design to Amsterdam. Over the course of six months, these students learn about successful Dutch strategies, and develop a project on how to translate this work the American context. After their internship, they return to the US to continue working for Mobility Flow. This exchange of students allows us to stay up to date on the best practices in both the US and the Netherlands, as well as provide an American perspective to develop internationally inspired solutions.
Our Partners
