Tony Hiss, author of The Experience of Place and co-author of the Regional Plan Association's A Region at Risk: The Third Regional Plan for the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut Metropolitan Area is working on a new book on the experience of travel. He is also currently working on developing a easy-to-understand metric system that will provide quality rating information and indicators that will booth help travelers choose between trip options, and will point travel providers toward popular new services to develop and manage in the generation ahead.