transit funding
The Doom Loop: Chicago Transit Agencies Begin Planning 40% Service Cuts
This post is sponsored by Keating Law Offices. By Austin Busch The post The cutting edge: Transit agencies begin planning 40% service reductions appeared first on Streetsblog Chicago.
New Crisis for Inter-City Customers As Megabus Goes Bust
"Every time a viable option goes away, it hurts the mobility of everyone and drives more people toward cars," said one activist.
Calling Out In Transit: ‘Train Lovers for Harris-Walz’ Raise $12K in One Zoom Room
The goal was to raise money and to galvanize attention on the least weird thing around: good public transit.
House GOP Leaders Try to Sneak Massive Transit Cuts into the Budget
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again to cut transit funding.
This City Leader Wants Drivers to Pay $850/Year to Register Their Cars — And Give the Money to Transit
What if driver had a choice between paying for the equivalent of a yearly bus pass just to register a car, or skipping the DMV and taking the actual bus for free?
In March, Feds Approved a Billion Dollars for L.A. County Transit Infrastructure
Newly approved FY2024-25 federal funding coming to L.A. County totals $1.07 billion, which includes Metro projects totaling $860 million
Study: Subsidizing Transit Actually Makes It More Efficient
Generations of pundits have argued that operating subsidies enfeeble transit agencies and allow them to run inefficient routes with tons of empty seats. A new study says the opposite is true.
Could This Bill Finally Give Transit Agencies the Operations Funding They Need?
Is it finally time for Congress to spend more to keep the buses and trains running?
Talking Headways Podcast: Want Riders? Run Frequent Service
Before you fill any gap in transit, you need the resources to provide that service, says a true expert in this special edition of Talking Headways.
Five Ways to Pull U.S. Transit Agencies Out of the Fiscal ‘Death Spiral’
Turning the transit industry's "doom spiral" into a "virtuous cycle" will require rethinking the foundations of how we fund mass transportation — and adding a whole lot of service
