Public Transportation
The Racist Legacy of San Diego’s Trolley Limits its Future
Ridership along this corridor was always packed whenever I rode it for school — which was why I was surprised to learn during my internship that there’s a local stereotype that nobody uses the trolley.
Calif. Legislature Rejects Governor’s Proposed Cuts to Active Transportation, Intercity Rail
A quick review of what the legislature wants in the transportation budget.
Warren’s ‘Build Green’ Act Could Give Transit the Funding Left Out of Biden’s Climate Push
What would it take to give $500 billion to U.S. transit agencies — and why didn't Congress do it the last time they had a chance?
What Would Happen if We Electrified Every Bus in America?
...and what would it take to actually do it?
The Definition of Great BRT Is Changing Fast — And Most of the U.S. Isn’t Measuring Up
A top international transportation organization is setting the record straight about what BRT is – and what it should aspire to be in 2024.
Sudden State Funding Freeze Leaves Calif. Transit Agencies Hanging
Transit agencies were caught off guard by a 60-day funding freeze announced on the day they were expecting the allocations.
California Is Getting Real about Transit Transformation
Meeting California’s ambitious climate goals will require getting people out of cars and on to trains and buses. That shift could require as much as a five-fold to ten-fold increase in transit ridership above pre-COVID levels by 2045.
California Launches New Transportation Equity Tool
The Transportation Equity Index maps out crash rates and creates a new way to map out multimodal access.
To Recruit Transit Workers, More Than Just Higher Pay Is Needed
Labor shortages continue threatening public transit systems, and a new report adds another layer to the conversation.
‘Human Transit’ 2.0: How Mass Modes Make Us More Free
A classic book on transit gets an update for a radically transformed world. And, yes, Elon Musk gets a little shade.
