Which riders matter?
» Given the need to prioritize transportation investments, whose mobility needs are most important? In an article earlier this month, I described the Seattle region’s draft proposal to spend $50...
View ArticleBroadening the city through a universal fare card
» The Paris region plans a single monthly fare for transit access, eliminating zones for pass holders, with the dual goals of encouraging more transit use and social integration. What if it were...
View ArticleA Call for Minimum Service Standards
» All across the country, transit agencies are opening new rail lines with inadequate service. At $37 million for two miles of track, Salt Lake City’s new S-Line, sometimes referred to as the Sugar...
View ArticleOur Government: By the Wealthy, For the Wealthy
» Congress’ willingness to address the sequester, but only for the Federal Aviation Administration, is a disgusting sort of bipartisan agreement. The sequester, which went into effect at the beginning...
View ArticleA Renewed Look at Federal Funding for Transit Operations
» With a budget stalemate in Congress, the future for transit funding may increasingly be in the hands of state and local governments. But that could magnify seriously inequitable outcomes, an analysis...
View ArticleA Chance for Faster Commute Times in the Bronx
» New stations in the Bronx could significantly speed up travel times for people who spend too long getting to work every day. But there must be reasonable service frequencies offered at a reasonable...
View ArticleThe Economic Crisis Rolls on in Cities like Pittsburgh
» The U.S. economy may be improving in some ways, but transit services across the country continue to reel, thanks to lower-than-expected tax revenues. The board of the Port Authority of Allegheny...
View ArticleLocal Funding for Public Transportation Operations: Producing Inequitable...
» Less wealthy regions may be more likely to spend less on transit, leaving the poor there with higher transportation expenses. One of the unique features of the American transit funding system is that...
View ArticleA Note on Transportation Subsidies
» Why do we subsidize transit? Is skewing the market acceptable? People are armed with powerful tools that often determine quite directly the future of our society: Their wallets. With the flick of a...
View ArticleLocal Neoliberalism’s Role in Defining Transit’s Purpose
» Must transit capital projects be construed either as for capitalist development or social welfare? Can the two goals be reconciled? Detroit has staked its development hopes on the creation of a light...
View ArticleWhich riders matter?
» Given the need to prioritize transportation investments, whose mobility needs are most important? In an article earlier this month, I described the Seattle region’s draft proposal to spend $50...
View ArticleBroadening the city through a universal fare card
» The Paris region plans a single monthly fare for transit access, eliminating zones for pass holders, with the dual goals of encouraging more transit use and social integration. What if it were...
View ArticleA Call for Minimum Service Standards
» All across the country, transit agencies are opening new rail lines with inadequate service. At $37 million for two miles of track, Salt Lake City’s new S-Line, sometimes referred to as the Sugar...
View ArticleOur Government: By the Wealthy, For the Wealthy
» Congress’ willingness to address the sequester, but only for the Federal Aviation Administration, is a disgusting sort of bipartisan agreement. The sequester, which went into effect at the beginning...
View ArticleA Renewed Look at Federal Funding for Transit Operations
» With a budget stalemate in Congress, the future for transit funding may increasingly be in the hands of state and local governments. But that could magnify seriously inequitable outcomes, an analysis...
View ArticleA Chance for Faster Commute Times in the Bronx
» New stations in the Bronx could significantly speed up travel times for people who spend too long getting to work every day. But there must be reasonable service frequencies offered at a reasonable...
View ArticleThe Economic Crisis Rolls on in Cities like Pittsburgh
» The U.S. economy may be improving in some ways, but transit services across the country continue to reel, thanks to lower-than-expected tax revenues. The board of the Port Authority of Allegheny...
View ArticleLocal Funding for Public Transportation Operations: Producing Inequitable...
» Less wealthy regions may be more likely to spend less on transit, leaving the poor there with higher transportation expenses. One of the unique features of the American transit funding system is that...
View ArticleA Note on Transportation Subsidies
» Why do we subsidize transit? Is skewing the market acceptable? People are armed with powerful tools that often determine quite directly the future of our society: Their wallets. With the flick of a...
View ArticleLocal Neoliberalism’s Role in Defining Transit’s Purpose
» Must transit capital projects be construed either as for capitalist development or social welfare? Can the two goals be reconciled? Detroit has staked its development hopes on the creation of a light...
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