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A few interesting things. 🧠

Coming Attractions: Yonah Freemark is back with his annual preview of new transit projects anticipated to open in 2025. Make sure to also check out Transit Explorer - his comprehensive database of global transit infrastructure.

Fare Integration: A dispatch from Taiwan focused on regional transit fare integration, with some interesting lessons learned re: governance, funding, and ridership impacts.

2025 Trends: Restaurants play a big role in the mobility landscape. Here’s a roundup of restaurant trends to watch in 2025, with a big focus on mergers and acquisitions, AI, and the customer experience.

Reward Yourself: Some tips for how to maximize your credit card and travel rewards in 2025.

New Standards: USDOT has adopted the U.S. Access Board’s Accessibility Guidelines for Pedestrian Facilities in the Public Right-of-Way (PROWAG). The new rules become effective as of January 17. Learn more about the PROWAG and other accessibility efforts from USDOT here.

A quick Journey update. 👷‍♀️

The Journey Continues: Happy New Year! Our team at Journey has some great things planned for 2025. Stay tuned for updates and feel free to reach out any time to discuss upcoming opportunities.

Join Our Book Clubs: Ready to make 2025 your reading era? Then join one of our upcoming book clubs…

• Chicago City Builders Book Club: Journey founder Lauren Mattern is partnering with Marla Westervelt of Cityfi to launch a new Chicago-focused book club, discussing all things related to urban development and architecture. They’ll meet up on the 4th Wednesday of every month somewhere in The Loop. In January, they are reading The Daley Show: Inside the Transformative Reigh of Chicago’s Richard M. Daley. Sign up here.

• ACT Book Club: Lauren is leading the Association for Commuter Transportation’s first-ever book club. Discussions will be held virtually and are open to all ACT members. In 2025, the club will read Paved Paradise by Henry Grabar, Trains, Buses, People by Christof Spieler, and Key to the City by Sara Bronin. Stay tuned for more details on their first meeting.