Four Factors Driving the Bus Operator Shortage (And What to Do About Them)
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Bus driver shortages are undermining transit agencies' efforts to recover from the pandemic. Here's what can be done.
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More Absorbent Streets Could Mean Less Flooded Subways
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Here’s what the city has to do now. Ripping up some asphalt is a start.
What the MTA Should Do As Soon As Once Cuomo is Gone
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Andrew Cuomo — the governor who never saw an MTA budget he didn't want to raid or a splashy but expensive project he didn't want to push — will soon be gone. So what kind of governor should Kathy Hochul be?
Report: To Make Transit Safe, Rethink Transit Cops
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Transit agencies need to do more to make sure their networks are comprehensively safe — and that may include reforming, defunding, or outright removing police from these critical public spaces, a new report argues.
Where People of Color Can't Access Opportunity
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Even the most transit-rich cities in America are significantly less accessible without a car for the low-income and people of color, a new analysis finds.
Needed: A Federal Program to Boost Transit Service
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Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on Transit Center and is republished with permission. On March 13, 2020, at the onset of the pandemic, the Federal Transit Administration responded to the emergency by enabling transit agencies to spend federal funds to run buses and trains. It was a break with longstanding policy. Normally, federal grants are reserved […]