Transit
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Will ‘Autonomous’ Buses Force Drivers Out of a Job — Or Make Them More Important Than Ever?
Automated vehicle technology could improve labor conditions for bus drivers while improving safety and service for transit passengers and city-dwellers alike — but only if regulators act now, a new analysis argues.
May 31, 2022
Car-Friendly Cities Are Not Age-Friendly Cities
Automobiles menace the elderly and make it hard to navigate their environment, keeping them from meaningful connections,
May 30, 2022
Talking Headways Podcast: A ‘Communities First’ Infrastructure Alliance
Why this is an important moment for infrastructure equity.
May 19, 2022
Talking Headways Podcast: Measuring Transportation Insecurity
This week, Alix Gould-Werth of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, and Alex Murphy, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Michigan, talk about their transportation security index.
May 12, 2022
Feds’ Safety Review Could Impact Local Governance Over the T
An “extremely concerned” federal agency will increase its oversight over the the T, and advocates worry that the move could severely constrain the T’s ability to plan for its future. “The potential is basically a federal takeover where suits from D.C. basically come in to run the place,” warns Brian Kane, the Executive Director of […]
May 10, 2022
City Official Under Fire for Questioning the Benefits and Equity of Transit
We always assume more transit means more equity. But a progressive planning commissioner apparently disagrees, sparking quite a conversation.
May 3, 2022
Witnessing a Transit-Last City
Advocate relates his experience of watching bus passengers being left to wait while police prioritized people in private cars
April 28, 2022
Why You Should Never Sit Next to a Breakaway Post
It seems like every time there’s a news piece about a traffic collision involving a pedestrian, it’s followed by a flurry of discussion over the words used to describe the incident.
April 19, 2022
And America’s Best Bus Stop Is …
After a nail-biting battle between two fantastic New England nominees, we have a new title-holder.
April 18, 2022
Activists Want Transit Masking to Continue
Recent research shows that close to 11 percent of the population are either too young to be vaccinated or did not mount a robust response to vaccines. Activists say masking must continue on transit.
April 13, 2022
