Issue / Transit
Public transportation is essential to the health of large economies and also provides important transportation to people who cannot or do not own an automobile. Citizens approving large ballot box initiatives to increase the investment in transit systems in many cities, is a common trend. At the same time, many public transit agencies are facing ridership declines in an era of ridehailing services, increases in personal vehicle ownership, and a lack of transit priority in government budgets. To better meet the needs of riders, transit agencies are exploring network redesigns and integration of new mobility services.
Outgoing Administration Distributes $59 Billion in Highway & Transit Formula Funding
Jan 22, 2021 | Jeff DavisIn its last few days in office, the Trump Administration distributed $59 billion in formula-based surface transportation funding to...
Eno Begins Research Effort on Bus Operator Workforce Management
Jan 15, 2021 | Brianne EbyEno was recently awarded a research grant for the Transportation Research Board’s Transit Cooperative Research Program to study...
DOT Approves Four More Transit Projects As Chao Departs
Jan 15, 2021 | Jeff DavisIn the last week of her tenure as Secretary of Transportation, Elaine Chao announced four more mass transit projects to be funded...
Biden Proposes Another $20 Billion in Mass Transit Aid As Part of His COVID Relief Package
Jan 15, 2021 | Jeff DavisLast night, President-elect Joe Biden gave a speech in which he outlined his economic policies for the first months of his...
Transit Aid from COVID Bill Would Focus on 138 Urban Areas With Most Needs
Dec 23, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe $14 billion for mass transit in the new coronavirus relief bill passed by Congress on December 21 would be reserved for the transit...
Op-Ed: To Fix Baltimore’s Transit System, Local Funding, Oversight Needed
Dec 11, 2020 | Robert Puentes, BRIAN O'MALLEY, JOE MCANDREWAs the nation’s public health crisis rages on, the Baltimore region’s buses remain busy transporting essential workers and...
FTA Preparing to Sign New Project Agreements in January
Dec 11, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe Trump Administration is in the process of clearing the desks and preparing to sign grant agreements for most, if not all, of the...
Eno Releases First Iteration of Transit Construction Cost Database
Dec 11, 2020 | Romic Aevaz and Paul LewisA growing cadre of researchers, advocates, and experts are asking: why does it cost so much to build infrastructure, particularly...
Guest Op-Ed: Agency-TNC Partnership Provides One Model for Improving Universal Access to Transit
Dec 04, 2020 | Katherine IdziorekTransit agencies have increasingly been partnering with technology firms to create services that better serve the many people affected...
NYC Transit Agrees to Borrow $2.9 Billion, but Treasury Shuts Down Loan Program
Nov 20, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe New York City mass transit agency (the MTA) on November 18 agreed to borrow another $2.9 billion from the federal government to...
Transit Reform for Maryland: New Models for Accountability, Stability, and Equity
Nov 11, 2020 | Brianne Eby and Paul LewisThe Central Maryland area of Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Carroll County, Harford County, Howard County, and...
Webinar: Toward Universal Access
Nov 19, 2020 | Madeline GormanThis webinar is an overview of Toward Universal Access: A Case Study in the Los Angeles and Puget Sound Regions, which is the fourth...