Transit
White House Threatens Transit Cuts After Murder on N.C. Train
A top White House official signaled he'd capitalize on a recent murder on a Charlotte, N.C. train to cut funding to transit systems across the country.
Emergency Rally: Advocates Demand Gov. Newsom ‘Fund Transit Now’
All the major transit advocacy groups assembled Monday morning in downtown San Francisco to demand the city's former mayor (Governor Gavin Newsom) intervene and stop the cancellation of a vital $750 million state loan intended to keep the city moving.
Friday Video: How Public Transportation Fails ‘Fat’ People
Take a deep dive on the importance of size-inclusive transit, and what activists in Brussels are doing to get it.
Workers Remind Philadelphia Pols That Transit Cuts Kill
A top union boss warns that service cuts don't only inconvenience riders.
What I’ve Learned From Getting Transit Wrong
"Advocacy isn’t about pretending you’ve always been right. It’s about learning, adapting, and bringing those lessons into the fight for better transit and better cities."
The Fall of Philadelphia
"Cutting almost half of a transit system is not a way to make it more efficient. It more like asking whether you’d like to keep your heart or your lungs."
Doomsday For SEPTA Is Bad News For Everyone
Deep cuts to Philadelphia's transit system will have devastating impacts in the City of Brotherly Love — and other cities may be next.
Advocates Beg DOT Sec. Duffy to Give Up Space and Fix Transit On Earth
Transportation Secretary/acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy wants to put a nuclear reactor on the moon. But a lot of Americans just want the bus to come on time.
Katie Wilson’s Success in Seattle Shows Again that Urbanism Is A Winning Campaign Issue
The transit advocate's strong early performance in Seattle's mayoral primary is rekindling a national conversation about the power of bold transportation reform to win at the ballot box.
Advocates Install Bus Benches in San Francisco
SF Bay Area Bench Collective installs first eight guerrilla transit benches at bus stops in the Mission.