Issues & Modes / Urban Development Policies
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...
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...
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...
Opinion: How California can build sustainable public transportation
Feb 24, 2023 | Karen PriceRedrawing Philly’s bus system is hard. Here are lessons from cities that have done it.
Feb 24, 2023 | Karen PriceDOT Spreads $800M in FY22 SS4A Grants Widely
Feb 03, 2023 | Jeff DavisOn February 1, the Biden Administration announced the distribution of $800 million in road safety grant funding amongst 510 different...
Ballot’s Up: A 2022 Retrospective
Feb 03, 2023 | Jonathan HammondWith the dust finally settled from the 2022 midterm elections and new (as well as incumbent) elected officials sworn in over the...
Biden Promises Future Tunnel Funding Without Actually Making Grants
Feb 03, 2023 | Jeff DavisPoliticians holding big public events in association with funding grant announcements for high-profile projects are as old as funding...
Moving MaaS: The Situation in Singapore
Feb 03, 2023 | Jonathan HammondToday, city inhabitants have access to almost a dozen different modes of transportation. However, almost a dozen different modes of...
1971 UMTA Feasibility Study for Federal Mass Transit Operating Subsidies
Jan 30, 2023 | Jeff DavisThis 139-page PDF file is the study commissioned by section 9of the Urban Mass Transportation Assistance Act of 1970. That law required...
From Washington: President Biden’s Pick For New Chief Of Staff
Jan 28, 2023 | Robert PuentesPresident and CEO of Eno Center for Transportation and Brookings Metro Non-Resident Senior Fellow Robert Puentes discusses the current...
Moving MaaS: Mobility as a Service in the United States and Abroad
Jan 20, 2023 | Jonathan HammondToday, city inhabitants have access to almost a dozen different modes of transportation. However, almost a dozen different modes of...