Issues & Modes / Transit
California High-Speed Rail Project Wants 1/4 of All IIJA Rail Grant Money
Mar 24, 2023 | Jeff DavisThis month, the California High Speed Rail Authority said that it needs $8 billion in federal grants under the Infrastructure...
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Hearing: Railway Safety Act The Main Focus
Mar 24, 2023 | Anusha ChitturiThe U.S Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held a hearing on March 22 to discuss safety issues pertaining to the...
Payments for Mobility: A Gateway to Transportation Access and Financial Inclusion
Mar 21, 2023 | Carley Markovitz, Lilly ShoupWhen we look around today, we see an increasing array of transportation options available to connect us and our communities. After...
Three P’s of Better Bus: People, Priority, and Partnerships
Mar 21, 2023 | Lora ByalaTransit agencies and cities across the country are doubling down on bus— and it’s about time. Before the pandemic, cities like...
This is Our Moment
Mar 21, 2023 | Stephanie Gidigbi JenkinsI am the daughter of Patience and mother of Joy, who both gifted me with virtues that define my present outlook on what it takes to...
Women at the Frontline of Transit
Mar 21, 2023 | Xinge WangThe International Transportation Learning Center (ITLC) was established in 2001 to develop training and career ladder systems for...
Administration Proposes Temporary Transit Operating Subsidies, Other Policy Changes in FY24 Budget
Mar 17, 2023 | Jeff DavisThe fiscal 2024 transportation budget request was mostly devoid of new policy proposals, but mass transit is the exception. The budget...
Could the Bay Area Lose BART?
Mar 13, 2023 | Garett Shrode“Politicians pass around the phrase all the time, ‘it’s too big to fail’ because money has to come from somewhere,”...
DOT Proposes Signing $19 Billion in FFGAs in FY24
Mar 10, 2023 | Jeff DavisUnder the Biden Administration's proposed budget for fiscal 2024, this will be the year when all of the pre-Biden mass transit Capital...
Pete Buttigieg’s presidential Hopes Make Him an Easy Target for Republicans — and his Slow Response in Ohio Gave Them Plenty of Ammo
Mar 01, 2023 | Jeff Davis"Because we've never had a secretary who had national political ambitions before, people are treating him a little more differently...
City Transit Systems Begin to Peer Over the Fiscal Cliff
Feb 28, 2023 | Garett Shrode“Cutting service is a feedback loop that makes everyone worse off,” Shrode says. “Even when you cut a significant amount of...