Transit
Rail Reflections from the California Zephyr
"Train travel connects you with your surroundings in a way that flying over states or driving in an individual car cannot."
August 19, 2024
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.
August 19, 2024
Possible Uber/Lyft Tax Could Help Fund Transit in San Francisco
A new measure just got enough signatures to appear on the November ballot. If San Francisco voters go for it, it could help transit stay afloat.
July 30, 2024
Transit Planning Guru Jarrett Walker Discusses Chicago’s Transit Challenges
Walker, a consultant with the two system, talks about how to improve service. He won't "disagree with their managements in public," but says he's genuinely against the proposed merger.
July 16, 2024
Where Would the Bay Area Be Without BART?
Answer: up a creek, according to a new study that attempts to quantify BART's significance to the region.
July 9, 2024
New Transportation Equity Dashboard Finds Some Cities Trailing
"[Chicago transit is] falling behind in a post-COVID world," the report's creators say.
July 1, 2024
Talking Headways Podcast: Post-Peaky Transit
Tracy Hadden Loh of the Brookings Institute on the impacts of the pandemic on downtowns, "activity centers" and transit usage.
June 27, 2024
Warren’s ‘Build Green’ Act Could Give Transit the Funding Left Out of Biden’s Climate Push
What would it take to give $500 billion to U.S. transit agencies — and why didn't Congress do it the last time they had a chance?
May 22, 2024
Microtranist Is Taxpayer Funded Uber, Advocates Warn — And It’s a Threat to Real Transit
American cities are falling for the "false promise" of microtransit, a top transportation union argues — and we're all going to be the ones who pay for it.
May 20, 2024
