Transit
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Guest Column: With Data, We Can Design Bus Stops to Make People Feel Happy
"Can better bus stops make everyone near them happier, whether or not you ride the bus?"
December 27, 2023
Chicago to Lower Transit Speeds After NTSB Report on Crash
The CTA Yellow Line, aka the Skokie Swift, which runs between Skokie and Rogers Park, has remained out of commission for nearly a month since November 16, when a run crashed into a snow removal machine at Howard Street station. Slowing the train down is the first step to bringing it back.
December 13, 2023
Where Do You Start When Your Transit System Needs Everything?
The NYMTA's 20 year needs assessment fails to accomplish its stated mission of bringing the New York region into the 21st century — half-filling a supposedly bottomless transit cookie jar with mostly stale cookies.
December 12, 2023
The Real Reason Assaults Against Transit Workers Are On The Rise
Hint: it's not just because service has been slashed.
December 7, 2023
Bay Area Transit Agencies Struggles to Define a Vision for the Future
Leaders plan to put a regional tax measure on the ballot, but first they need to show what those taxes would do for the Bay Area transit system.
November 28, 2023
Three Lessons For Transforming Transit Safety — Without More Police
Transit agencies across the country are exploring innovative safety solutions — and it starts with better service.
November 14, 2023
Talking Headways Podcast: Want Riders? Run Frequent Service
Before you fill any gap in transit, you need the resources to provide that service, says a true expert in this special edition.
November 2, 2023
Five Ways to Pull U.S. Transit Agencies Out of the Fiscal ‘Death Spiral’
Turning the transit industry's "doom spiral" into a "virtuous cycle" will require rethinking the foundations of how we fund mass transportation — and adding a whole lot of service.
November 2, 2023
Kids Need a Head Start Just to Get to Head Start: Report
Just getting to a proven pre-school program can be impossible for hundreds of thousands of kids, a new report shows.
October 23, 2023
Top Transit Org Lists the Equity-Focused Projects America Needs Right Now
Advocates are handing their DOTs a list of transformative transit projects that could heal the harms of the past — and a list of boondoggles that deserve to be scrapped.
October 10, 2023
