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New Video Explains UCLA Study on Transit Ridership Decline
A new video shows UCLA research on why transit has declined, and what can be done to bring it back.
June 8, 2018
Why Are People Abandoning Miami Buses? Because the Bus System Abandoned Them
New research drives home the point that it's within the power of policy makers at Miami-Dade Transit to turn around flagging bus ridership.
June 4, 2018
What Happened When a Detroit Politician Rode the Bus to Work
Two painfully slow bus rides, a hike through knee-deep grass, and a 2.5-hour one-way commute.
May 31, 2018
CA Air Resources Board Approves Plan for Spending VW Mitigation Fee
CARB will focus its share of the VW settlement on jump-starting electric vehicle technology for freight and transit vehicles.
May 29, 2018
Does Your Transit Agency Board Look Like Its Riders?
Transit agency boards often aren't representative of transit riders in the regions they serve. That matters.
May 14, 2018
A Pilot Project Will Explore How to Make Transit Easier for Riders in California
The notion of a “seamless” transit trip—wherein a transit rider can effortlessly travel across regional boundaries among different transit agencies and using various modes—is a vision that has long eluded California. But it is a reality in other places.
May 3, 2018
Transit Lessons from Shanghai
If we fail to grasp the principle of point-to-point flexibility in transit planning, we will be forever baffled as to why transit continues to lose ridership.
May 3, 2018
Back to Square One for Nashville Transit
Local advocates say a package with more emphasis on core bus service and affordable housing could perform better at the polls.
May 3, 2018
SPUR Talk on Fare Integration in Zurich, London and Toronto
Will we soon see the end of transit tickets?
May 2, 2018
