Considering that it’s America’s 14th largest city, Indianapolis has a lot of catching up to do. Transit service is scarce and very few people use the existing system. A key reason for these lackluster outcomes is the city’s sprawling pattern of development. Because of the city’s rather limited...
| Read more >In America, decisions about how to expand transit are often plagued by the same tension: The highest ridership potential is in walkable neighborhoods in the city, where more people and jobs are clustered closer together. But regional politics often lead agencies to build transit in suburban...
| Read more >They may be riding the same bus – the same route and time – and may be coming from the same stop. Some don’t have a car, or can’t afford one. Some live far away, their return to their lives in the far-flung bedroom communities of Tompkins County dictated in time to the bus. Some ride out of...
| Read more >BART plays an essential role in hundreds of thousands of people’s daily commutes. BART should invest in transporting riders and keeping them safe, not furthering a national anti-immigrant agenda, and a BART Safe Transit Policy is being proposed so that all riders can reach their destinations...
| Read more >Getting around in Memphis is about to get a whole lot easier, as Explore Bike Share has announced an agreement with B-Cycle to bring a 600-bike system to the Bluff City. The system, known as the B-Cycle Dash, is expected to launch in the spring of 2018 and include a fleet of bikes equipped with...
There are few places in the U.S. where transit ridership is as low as Indianapolis. Regionally, less than one percent of commuters -- about 9,000 people -- travel by bus each day, according to the U.S. Census. The vast majority of people drive to work alone, despite the fact that car ownership...
| Read more >The Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency approved a plan for $15.8 billion worth of transportation projects over the next 23 years. The plan focuses on maintenance, with about 10 percent for expansion, including for mass transit and a greater emphasis on choice and multimodal...
| Read more >Philadelphia's 2-year-old bike-sharing program Indego added another 14 stations this week, many of them in South and West Philadelphia neighborhoods where pickup and drop-off points had been in shorter supply. The program will now renew its efforts to ensure social and racial equity in bike...
| Read more >The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), representing more than 50 urban transportation departments across the United States, is known for street design guides that prioritize walking, bicycling, and transit. Now the organization is turning its attention to the...
| Read more >The Philadelphia Unemployment Project (PUP) held a City Hall rally Monday morning to urge City Council to supply more funds for it reverse commuting ride-share program. Philadelphia is a dense city. Center City District likes to crow every year how Philly’s downtown is the second densest in the...
| Read more >For many Atlantans, the problem with their transit system boils down to this simple fact: It's too scarce. Atlanta transit has been hampered by the region's history of highway-building, sprawl, and racially-motivated antagonism the suburbs feel toward the city. After the failure of a regional...
| Read more >Bus ridership in Los Angeles is steadily declining, with a system that saw 14 percent fewer riders in April 2017 than April 2016. Annual bus ridership dropped 18 percent from 2009 to 2016. Public transportation agency LA Metro has been laser focused on its rail system, investing billions in new...
| Read more >Along with Philadelphia’s Indego and New York’s Citi Bike bike-share systems, Portland State University researchers have been studying Divvy system, looking at the barriers to riding for low-income individuals and people of color. Some factors being considered are issues of safety, costs, and...
| Read more >As we close out bike month, it is worth noting that despite the growing acknowledgement that transportation must address equity, diversity, and the wider range of barriers that lower-income cyclists and pedestrians face when trying to access their streets, the frame of reference guiding...
| Read more >Miami-Dade County is overhauling its transportation system and sharing that knowledge with cities across the country. Working with the City Innovate Foundation, a group that specializes in bringing technology companies and solutions to local governments, Miami-Dade has produced an Urban Mobility...
| Read more >Major new rail infrastructure projects won't deliver on their potential if Long Island continues to operate its train and bus networks as a two-tiered transit system. The Long Island Railroad is building some of the biggest infrastructure projects in the region which will open up new...
| Read more >Congressional Democrats and a coalition of progressive organizations kicked off a long-anticipated infrastructure jobs fight this week, launching a massive campaign for public investment in millions of new jobs in Hawai‘i and across the nation. The plan, authored by Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA), would...
| Read more >Nashville is known as the home of the country music industry — and a fast-growing region of car-centric sprawl. But local leaders realize they can’t accommodate more growth with an outdated, cars-first approach, so Mayor Megan Barry released an action plan that lays out an ambitious agenda to...
| Read more >If you could wave a magic wand, what would Madison’s transportation system look like? Working quietly and unseen in the background of our transportation system, removed from the day to day business of actual operations is a team of people who are creating a vision of the Madison they want to...
| Read more >The Coalition of Texans with Disabilities (CTD), a statewide cross-disability organization, is extremely interested in accessible transportation options, including the bullet train project, Transportation Networking Companies (TNCs) with a real accessibility program, and autonomous vehicles, all...
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