Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Trains

Transit systems that focus on providing good service, like SFMTA's buses which allow all door boarding, over maximizing revenue can retain passengers without sacrificing much profit. Image: Paul Sullivan

Pushing For A Fare-r Deal For Riders

By Aaron Short | Oct 11, 2019

Transit can raise ridership and improve service while avoiding regressive fare hikes, experts say.

Americans are spending four times as much on ride hail and taxi services last year than they did five years ago. Image: Steve Rhodes

Taxi Spending Surges While Transit Stays Flat

By Aaron Short | Sep 27, 2019 | 13 Comments

Americans spent four times as much money on Uber and Lyft trips last year as they did in 2013. This is a crisis.

Phoenix voters rejected a ballot proposition that would have curtailed light rail expansion in the future.

Phoenix Voters Save Light Rail

By Aaron Short | Aug 28, 2019 | 15 Comments

Take that, Koch brothers: Voters in Phoenix have soundly rejected a proposal that would have halted the expansion of the city's light rail system.

Houston is seeking to extend its light rail and bus rapid transit system with a $3.5 billion bond that will be on the ballot in November.

Bond Voyage! Houston Faces $3.5B Transit Decision

By Aaron Short | Aug 19, 2019 | 3 Comments

Houston has a once in a generation opportunity to modernize its transit system this fall — and the city hopes to learn from Nashville's mistakes.

Amtrak is pushing to restore passenger service between Detroit and Toronto which could coincide with the restoration of Michigan Central Station.

Amtrak Hopes to Link Chicago and Detroit to Toronto

By Aaron Short | Aug 13, 2019 | 13 Comments

Passenger service hasn't chugged between Detroit and Toronto since at least 1971; the last direct train to pass through the route did so in 1967, according to Amtrak.

The Maryland Transit Administration has a $2 billion shortfall due to the state underfunding its priorities.

Maryland Is In A Huge Transit Hole

By Aaron Short | Jul 23, 2019

Years of underfunding transit in the Old Line State has left the Maryland Transit Administration $2-billion short of the $5.7 billion needed to run its bus and rail system over the next decade.

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