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More Transit Agencies Allow Open Strollers on Buses
Making transit more family friendly is not just the right thing to do, it helps people reduce car trips throughout their life.
May 17, 2019
Study: Commutes are Longer When Cities Fail on Transit
Want to know why so few cities invest in transit? Because the vast majority of their residents — drivers — have much shorter commute times in their cars. A cautionary tale....
May 7, 2019
How to Make Transit More Competitive in the Suburbs
New research shows managed highway lanes + park and rides can make a big difference for suburbanites when it comes to transit access.
April 30, 2019
Safety Expert Says Muni Dragging Incident is About More than Faulty Doors
The operator's main job in the Market Street tunnel is to make sure it is safe to proceed. Either the new trains have serious blind spots or the operator didn't do that.
April 24, 2019
How Tampa Tripled Ridership on its Streetcar
Free fares and more service led to big ridership boosts in Tampa and St. Petersburg. Would it scale?
April 9, 2019
Supervisor Pushes Back Against Density Near Transit
Well, you could have seen this coming
March 26, 2019
Advocates Call for Metro’s NexGen Bus Re-Org to Invest in World-Class Bus Network
Advocates are calling on Metro's NextGen Bus Study to invest in the bus network, to improve equity and transparency, to coordinate with cities, and to study how to expand service.
March 22, 2019
Did You Know? March is “Try Transit” Month!
Probably not, since Caltrans didn't try very hard to make sure anyone knew
March 21, 2019
Finally, a Commercial for Buses that Delivers
Go Transit's ad employs all the well-worn cliches from car commercials in favor of the humble, lovable bus.
March 20, 2019
Eyes in the Cab: A Ride-Along with a BART Operator
To celebrate transit driver appreciation day, Streetsblog takes a run with a BART operator
March 19, 2019
