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The GOP Case for Cutting Federal Transit Funding Isn’t Principled — It’s Tribalism
The insistence that transit is a local priority while highways are a national concern has become an article of faith in the world of right-wing think tanks. But today highway spending mostly serves the same type of trips that Republicans purportedly believe are inappropriate for federal funding.
April 4, 2017
Trump Moves to Immediately Gut Transit Expansion and TIGER Funding
Waiting for fiscal year 2018 isn't fast enough for the Trump administration to cut transit funding. The White House wants to slash transit expansion and TIGER grants immediately.
March 30, 2017
Transit Advocates Launch Call to Action Against Disastrous Trump Budget
Dozens of transit projects across the nation -- as well as walking and biking projects that count on funds from the TIGER program -- are under threat. Transportation for America is urging people to contact their representatives and oppose the cuts.
March 22, 2017
Dumbarton Study Update with SamTrans Planning Director
The Dumbarton corridor is a 20-mile stretch of old railway tracks that runs from Redwood City across the fire-damaged Dumbarton Rail Bridge to the East Bay. A study of its usefulness for transit is now about halfway completed and has already inspired some intriguing ideas about how to use this asset.
March 9, 2017
Why Cities Are Starting to Decriminalize Fare Evasion
With renewed public attention on the excessive criminalization of poor people and people of color, some transit agencies and law enforcement officials are reevaluating their fare evasion policies.
March 9, 2017
Let’s Talk Seriously About Driverless Trains
Uber, Waymo and others are in the process of developing driverless car technology, while transit systems in the Bay Area continue to rely on one operator in the front of every single train.
March 7, 2017
In Baltimore, Combining Bikes and Buses to Reconnect a Car-Lite City
In the first in a series of profiles of the 10 focus areas in the PeopleForBikes Big Jump Project, we look at Baltimore's plans to beef up frequent bus service and install a low-stress biking network in six neighborhoods.
March 3, 2017
Stanislaus State Joins CSUs that Offer Students Unlimited Transit Rides
Since January, students at California State University, Stanislaus have been able to ride public transit without paying a fare. They have unlimited use of the city’s fixed-route bus system, and all they have to do is show their student ID.
March 2, 2017
Win Back Transit Riders By Speeding Up Bus Boarding
One surefire way for U.S. transit agencies to improve bus service is to streamline the boarding process by enabling riders to get on at any door. In a new report, NACTO makes the case for all-door boarding and looks at how American transit agencies are moving forward on implementation.
March 2, 2017
What Are California’s Real Priorities?
Everyone agrees that transportation investment is needed. But the talk is too much about how to get the money, not enough on how best to spend the money.
March 1, 2017
