Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Buses

A post-crash photo of the self driving Uber car that killed a Tempe pedestrian. Photo: NTSB

Pittsburgh Reveals the Downside of Self-Driving Cars

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 18, 2019 | 8 Comments

Wider inequality. More sprawl. Worse transit. Those are some of the outcomes we could see from self-driving cars in cities, according to a Pittsburgh-based transit advocacy group.

President Trump Has Starved Transit Agencies of $854M

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 17, 2019 | 6 Comments

Administration delay tactics have made applying for transit construction funding much more costly and difficult.

Oklahoma launched a new office to extend public transit to more rural areas in the state.

Oklahoma Gets Serious About Transit Sooner Than Later

By Aaron Short | Jul 9, 2019

Oklahoma — where the transit comes whipping down the plains.

Los Angeles is struggling to keep riders and attract new passengers to its bus system.

Death Spiral: Riders Fleeing LA Buses

By Aaron Short | Jul 5, 2019 | 17 Comments

Los Angeles’s buses are losing so many riders you’d think they were filming a remake of “Speed.” Ridership on Los Angeles County buses plummeted 25 percent over the past decade as the region’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority lost about 95 million trips, according to the Los Angeles Times. It’s the steepest decline among major transit systems […]

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Seattle’s Compassionate Response to Fare Evasion

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 28, 2019 | 9 Comments

After Seattle found that a quarter of farebeaters were homeless, it switched from thinking about enforcement to affordability.

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One Neat Trick to Speed Up Bus Journeys

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 28, 2019 | 13 Comments

It's called "bus stop balancing." It's cheap and it's one of the most effective ways to speed up bus journeys.

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