Transportation ballot initiatives did well on Election Day, but not in Portland

Romic Aevaz speculates that a left-right peel-off was responsible for Portland’s 2020 Get Moving initiative’s defeat. Share

At the City Level, Progressives Flex New Power

Romic Aevaz says that regardless of exact ballot initiative results, there is movement towards significant local investments in new rail and mass transit Share

Austin voters to decide ballot measures on sweeping investments in transportation

This article includes information from Eno’s webinar on Austin’s 2020 transportation ballot measure, Project Connect. Share

Can Austin Supersize Transit Without Supercharging Gentrification?

This article includes information from Eno’s webinar on Austin’s 2020 transportation ballot measure, Project Connect. Share

Will Voters Give Public Transit a Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down?

“There was a real question of whether marquee initiatives would be postponed this year,” he says. “The fact that a lot of them are still on the ballot shows that they felt these things were worth doing, so they pushed ahead.” Share

Pre-outbreak, Austin’s commute times kept growing in 2019

“Due to people living further and further away from the city, even though the amount of people commuting is going down, their commute times are going up,” Aevaz said. Share

Local Option Sales Tax ballot issues may be the way to fund future road projects

This article recaps an Eno webinar on Local Option Sales Taxes, which was moderated by Romic Aevaz. Share

MOD Fare Integration for Transit is part of our research report series examining the FTA Sandbox Program in the Los Angeles and Puget Sound Regions. Click here to access the other research reports and learn more about the program. Not long ago, riders on buses and trains across the world paid their fares with tokens. […]

American Roads Are Getting Safer—Unless You’re Walking

Eno policy analysts Alice Grossman and Romic Aevaz talk about the importance of road design in ensuring pedestrian safety. It demands a mix of design, policy, and enforcement at a variety of levels, from the public to the federal government. Share