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Driver Shortages Causing Transit Delays Nationwide
Many agencies struggle to attract bus drivers, who are often paid too little to afford housing in the areas they serve. It's a vicious cycle.
August 27, 2019
Op-Ed: What Flying Ubers Mean For the Future
Really? Flying taxis? Why don't we just make real transit better?
August 26, 2019
Bernie Sanders’s ‘Green New Deal’: What’s His Plan for Transit?
The Democratic contender's climate plan calls for $300 billion in new transit funding and $600 billion for high-speed rail. But it's not great on highways.
August 23, 2019
Minneapolis Transit Agency Cuts Service to Get Homeless Off Trains
Minneapolis's transit agency has started shutting down the city's only 24-hour rail line for two hours per night in a move designed to scatter the homeless, but one which has had an impact on working class riders who just want to get home.
August 20, 2019
Vocal Anti-BRT Sentiment Dominated Metro Input Meeting in Northridge
Anti-BRT attendees were very vocal about their opposition to Nordhoff Street Bus Rapid Transit. One pro-BRT attendee called the setting "a semi-toxic meeting environment."
August 13, 2019
Sherman Oaks Nimbys Bash Sepulveda Rail Plans, Push Unrealistic Freeway Monorail
Sherman Oaks Nimbys criticize the Sepulveda line project coming and going. Trains are too expensive - and less expensive aerial alternatives are "UNACCEPTABLE."
July 31, 2019
Editorial: Ferry Ride Highlights FUBAR Fares
The Bay Area's fare structure--or lack of one--is an unmitigated disaster that has to be fixed now
July 31, 2019
LADOT Improving Griffith Park Observatory/Los Feliz DASH Service
Starting next Monday LADOT is improving the frequency to every 15 minutes (from every 20 minutes) and extending weekday hours
July 30, 2019
A Transit Hub Needs to Expand–Will Moving it Help or Hurt Passengers?
Relocating a transit hub is tricky. Responsible use of public moneys, impacts on passengers, improving service--it can all be a balancing act. And then what if everything else will be moving?
July 25, 2019
Seamless Bay Area Solidifies Vision for Regional Transit
Outlined at a SPUR meeting in San Jose, Seamless lays framework for a Swiss-style, integrated rail and bus system for the Bay Area
July 25, 2019
