Issue / Buses
Transit Ridership: Not Expected to Return to Pre-Pandemic Levels This Decade
Jul 01, 2022 | Phil PlotchSince the COVID pandemic began, transit agencies have been trying to figure out when all their riders will come back. Although local...
Centennial Anthology: A Collection of Essays and Ideas
Feb 18, 2022 | Karen PriceComing Out of the Crisis: A Look Past the Pandemic The pandemic isn’t quite behind us, but every day the contours of the new...
“What Does Equity in Transportation Actually Mean?” Centennial Recap
Jan 13, 2022 | Jonathan HammondOver the last two years of the pandemic, millions of essential workers, long identified as those most vulnerable during the pandemic,...
Albuquerque’s bus system starts zero-fare experiment for 2022
Jan 04, 2022 | Robert PuentesMore American cities are thinking about their transit systems that way, according to Robert Puentes, who heads up the ENO Center for...
Webinar: Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of US and Canadian Transit
Jan 19, 2022 | Jonathan HammondChristof Spieler has recently released the second edition of his wildly popular book Trains, Buses, People. Christof’s new book now...
Federal program to cut bus emissions gets a Senate mandate: Some buses must pollute
Aug 17, 2021 | Jeff DavisStill, the five-year total of nearly $107 billion for transit was about 65% above what was expected if spending remained flat in...
Webinar: Redesigning Transit Networks for the New Mobility Future
Dec 08, 2021 | Jonathan HammondBus network redesigns have been a major trend in public transit over the past several years, in part due to the availability of much...
Saving Time and Making Cents: A Blueprint for Building Transit Better
Jul 29, 2021 | Romic Aevaz, Paul Lewis, Brianne Eby and Robert PuentesCities, states, and metropolitan areas across the United States are looking to invest in a range of public transit projects in order to...
Analysis: Electric bus maker BYD shows China complications in Biden climate push
Jul 14, 2021 | Jeff Davis"It's very difficult with the current manufacturing infrastructure in this country and with BYD out of the process, to imagine getting...
FTA Gives Some Small Start Projects $250M in COVID Funding
Jun 18, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe Department of Transportation announced on June 11 how the remaining $250 million of the March 2021 American Rescue Plans's $1.7...
Senate Hearing Shows Bipartisan Support for Rural Transit
Jun 11, 2021 | Katie DonahueWhile most recent infrastructure debates seem to be Republicans arguing for more highway funding and Democrats advocating for increased...
Guest Op-Ed: Bus Lanes in the Car Capital: Lessons and Challenges from Los Angeles
May 20, 2021 | Emma Huang, Mark VallianatosThis month, the Eno Center for Transportation released a new report titled “A Budding Model: Los Angeles’s Flower Street Bus...