Walk Bike Nashville
$65,357 granted to watchdog the city’s Vision Zero and WalknBike plan, which will make pedestrian access to transit a central part of Nashville’s transit debate.
The Connection
Today's Transportation Agenda
September 17, 2018
Fifty-five percent of US transit riders are women. But women make up just thirty-nine percent of the transit workforce. Of the nations twenty top agencies, just three CEO’s are women. Why is it so hard for women to rise to the top?
Read MoreSeptember 10, 2018
This week, we’re in Austin working with Capital Metro to test a new bus dispatching method in hopes of reducing bunching and improving reliability along the MetroRapid lines.
Read MoreSeptember 5, 2018
America is drowning in parking. Fortunately, a growing number of transit agencies are developing strategies to repurpose underutilized lots near their stations into affordable homes.
August 30, 2018
We always talk about people getting to work on transit. But what about getting people to work on transit?
TransitCenter
@TransitCenter
12h
What was supposed to be a celebration of mass transit became an indictment of @sfmta_muni unreliable light rail system @SFTRU sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl…
TransitCenter retweeted
Streetsblog Denver
@StreetsblogDen
14h
The Koch Brothers are Behind Effort to Kill Light Rail in Phoenix usa.streetsblog.org/2018/09/25/the…
TransitCenter retweeted
LivableStreets
@StreetsBoston
14h
This fall, our #StreetAmbassadors have been collecting feedback at bus stops along Brighton Ave in #Allston. Follow along as we share some #bus stories this week & share your own using #GettingAllstononBoard or on our website: ow.ly/SsLO30lY9fe #BetterBuses
Initiatives
Training the Transportation Leaders of Tomorrow
Ridership
Many of the country’s largest transit systems have seen declining ridership in recent years, but ridership trends vary significantly from city to city. Read more.
Transit Agency Board Workshops
TransitCenter runs a dynamic training program for transit agency board members.
Grants
Our grantmaking supports organizations improving transit and urban quality of life, strengthening neighborhoods, and building stronger, more accessible regions.
We offer several grant opportunities including our annual Open Call and a rolling grant program known as Dispatch grants.
LA-Más
$75,000 granted to LA-Más to push LA-region agencies to streamline the implementation of creative first/last mile interventions at transit stations and stops and to combat rising pedestrian deaths and sinking transit ridership in the second most populous region in the nation.