Transit
Why Is Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan Playing Games with Transit?
Seattle Mayor may kill a nearly-shovel ready transit project that experts say offers a respectable returns and needed service.
September 10, 2018
Phoenix City Council Moves to Hijack Transit Money for Roads
In 2015, Phoenix voters overwhelmingly approved $17 billion for light rail and buses. Now the City Council might snatch it away for roads.
August 31, 2018
The Best Tool for Reducing Traffic Deaths? More Transit!
There's a clear relationship between transit use and reduced traffic deaths. So why do federal safety efforts ignore it?
August 29, 2018
Trump’s Federal Transit Administration Has Gone Rogue
More evidence from the GAO that under Trump, federal officials are obstructing programs intended to improve transit in American cities.
August 22, 2018
TSA Brings Body Scanning to Transit Stations
Body scans as you enter the train are coming to a city near you. But the safety benefits are questionable.
August 17, 2018
The Columbus Bus Network Redesign Boosted Ridership
At a time when transit ridership is down nationally, Columbus's COTA is up 3.6 percent in June.
August 14, 2018
Trump Administration Withholding $1.4 Billion in Transit Funds Authorized by Congress
The money is ready and waiting. Yet only one transit project has received funding this fiscal year, putting more than a dozen others in jeopardy.
August 13, 2018
The Atlanta Suburbs May Finally Be on Board for Transit
Gwinnett County lawmakers approved a tax-hike referendum for the March ballot on Tuesday, the latest group of Hot 'Lanta pols to realize that mass transit can defeat growth-choking traffic.
August 1, 2018
Frustrated Cincinnati Bus Riders Take Transit Funding Into Their Own Hands
Fed up with county representatives hostile to transit, advocates are fighting to give the city more resources and a stronger say in transit policy.
July 30, 2018
House GOP Transportation Bill Would Raise Taxes on Transit and Bikes
The bill would amount to a tax increase of more than $200 million annually on American transit agencies.
July 30, 2018
