Public transportation is a critical part of the economic and social fabric of metropolitan areas. While most of the nation’s 2,400 transit providers serve rural areas, almost all transit trips occur in the nation’s 100 largest metro areas, which account for over 95 percent of all transit passenger miles traveled. Transit is also changing as agencies are exploring ways to redesign their networks, integration new mobility services, and ask voters to approve new investments at the ballot box.
“People lived and worked in those areas, they shopped in those areas, people knew each other, people could walk from...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.png00Jonathan Hammondhttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJonathan Hammond2023-12-28 08:57:052024-01-05 08:58:50Trolley Cars Used to Crisscross New Jersey. This Restored Relic has a Curious History
“It’s mostly owned by the freight rail companies, who have their own businesses to run and their own freight to...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.png00Jonathan Hammondhttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJonathan Hammond2023-12-08 09:01:112023-12-12 09:02:20High-speed Rail — Environmentally Friendly and Popular Worldwide — has a Hard Time in the U.S.
December 8, 2023 - The $3.1 billion in new federal grants for the California high-speed rail project still leaves the...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/CAHSR-train-e1501873171613.png508750Jeff Davishttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJeff Davis2023-12-08 07:33:262024-02-05 03:24:49California HSR’s New $3.1 Billion Fed Grant Still $7B Short of Merced-Bakersfield Completion
The "sweet spot," said Robert Puentes, the president and CEO of Eno Center for Transportation, a nonprofit think tank in...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.png00Jonathan Hammondhttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJonathan Hammond2023-12-06 08:45:512023-12-08 08:47:48Biden Administration Pledges $6 billion to a Pair of High-Speed Electric Rail Routes in the US West
Wednesday, November 29 - The U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials met to discuss...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/railroad-railway-rail-safety-track-train-worker-scaled-6.jpg17062560Jonathan Hammondhttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJonathan Hammond2023-12-01 13:42:062023-12-01 13:42:06Getting Back on Track: Intercity Passenger Rail
A realistic goal would be to build out rail systems that link major metropolitan areas with economic connections, emulating Amtrak’s...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.png00Jonathan Hammondhttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJonathan Hammond2023-11-25 08:57:042023-11-27 08:58:19Why Doesn’t the US Have More Passenger Trains?
November 17, 2023 - New data from the Federal Transit Administration indicates that nationwide mass transit fare revenues in 2022...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/subway-turnstile-scaled.jpg19222560Jeff Davishttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJeff Davis2023-11-17 11:15:432023-12-04 09:28:19Transit Farebox Revenues in 2022 Were Still 44% Below Pre-COVID Levels
"We've seen that the normal workweek has changed fundamentally," said Robert Puentes, president of the non-profit Eno Center for Transportation in Washington,...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.png00Jonathan Hammondhttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJonathan Hammond2023-11-15 08:48:162023-11-27 08:49:47Public Transit Systems Try to Avoid a ‘death spiral’ as Remote Work Hurts Ridership
Eno’s Transit Cost & Project Delivery Research
Eno is undertaking a research, policy, and communications project to analyze current and historical trends in transit project delivery