Transit
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These U.S. Cities Offer the Best Job Access to Transit Riders
How well does your city's transit system connect people to jobs? A new report from the University of Minnesota lays out how many jobs are accessible via transit in major American cities.
January 9, 2017
All-Door Boarding Can Save Time for Bus Riders — If Transit Agencies Embrace It
All-door boarding can speed up heavily-used bus routes and improve customer satisfaction. But transit agencies have to fully commit to the new policy to realize the benefits.
January 4, 2017
Cleveland Paper’s Fact-Free Take on Transit: “Wheezing” Buses Pollute Downtown
In a recent editorial, the Cleveland Plain Dealer argued that "wheezing, block-long buses" should get booted off the city's main square, disrupting tens of thousands of transit trips. But rerouting the buses is going to make emissions worse, not better.
December 21, 2016
Uber Can’t Replace Transit — Here Are 3 Reasons Why
The latest line from anti-transit types is that ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft are going to make fixed-route bus or rail service obsolete. If you find yourself arguing with someone about why transit is essential, a new fact sheet from TransitCenter can help.
December 19, 2016
How Job Sprawl Robs People of Time, Money, and Economic Opportunity
What's the cost of a long commute? If you're struggling to make ends meet, spending hours each day just to get to work can not only cost you time, it can also be a major barrier to economic mobility.
December 19, 2016
Larry Hogan’s “BaltimoreLink” Fails to Deliver for Transit Riders
After Maryland Governor Larry Hogan unilaterally killed plans for Baltimore's 14-mile Red Line light rail, he said he would make it up to the city with a set of bus improvements called BaltimoreLink. But a new analysis finds Hogan's package won't do much at all for Baltimore transit riders.
December 16, 2016
A Single Florida Bureaucrat Might Kneecap Miami’s Commuter Rail
Tri-Rail is facing insolvency -- all because a single state bureaucrat is threatening to throw the agency's otherwise stable finances into turmoil.
December 13, 2016
Toronto’s Simple Measure to Cut Traffic and Improve Transit: Toll Highways
The funds would support road repair and transit -- and should improve congestion at the same time.
December 9, 2016
Booting Buses Off Public Square, Cleveland Deals Another Blow to Transit
Transit riders in Cleveland can't get a break. Mayor Frank Jackson decided to reroute buses around the city's Public Square last month, undoing an earlier deal intended to protect transit riders.
December 7, 2016
If Not for Trump, Last Night Would Have Been Great for Transit
Last night had the makings of a historic election for transit. Voters in cities as varied as Raleigh, Indianapolis, and Los Angeles turned out to support ballot measures to dramatically expand bus and rail service. But the election of Donald Trump and the retention of GOP majorities in both houses of Congress cast a pall of uncertainty over transit agencies everywhere, with continued federal support for transit suddenly in doubt.
November 9, 2016