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Opinion: How Elected Officials Can Improve Public Transit: It Starts with Actually Riding the Bus
While local officials debate the best ways to improve their respective transit systems, the truth is that most of them lack a real-world perception of their own local transit systems.
March 4, 2021
How to Electrify the Nation’s School Buses
It will take forever to electrify our transit systems, but yellow school buses could be switched over within the decade, a new report says.
February 10, 2021
Op-Ed: The Time for Dedicated Bus Lanes Is Now
America has a bus problem: People aren't riding them. We can fix that with a little paint.
November 12, 2020
8 Ways To Make School Buses Safer During COVID-19
Short trips. Masks for everyone. Far fewer passengers than before.
September 8, 2020
The Real Reason Buses Were Losing Riders Even Before COVID-19
Hint: It's not because riders simply don't like mass surface transit.
August 26, 2020
To Get More Electric Buses, We Don’t Just Need a Better Battery; We Need a Better Grid
Electric buses have struggled to gain a foothold in the U.S. because their batteries aren't strong enough to travel on our sprawling roads. The answer, according to one company: build mini power-plants along the route.
August 14, 2020
Four Facts on Kamala Harris’s Transportation Record
The California senator isn't a flawless street safety advocate, but some of her history is making transportation advocates hopeful.
August 12, 2020
