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April 5, 2018
Boston’s Stalled Experiment in Urban Commuter Rail Conversion

A series of debates in Boston, New York and Chicago are challenging city halls and transit operators to make commuter rail infrastructure within the city limits part of the transportation answer in both booming and struggling urban districts.

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April 5, 2018
Advocates and Bus Drivers Agree: Bus Lanes are for the Buses

New York City bus operators say their number 1 job frustration is blocked bus lanes.

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April 5, 2018
Enhanced Stations We Can Believe In: Accessible to All

News broke this week that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Enhanced Station Initiative (ESI) will be limited to 19 subway stations.

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April 4, 2018
Ridership Map Tutorial

Are you a transit advocate, data journalist or map nerd?

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April 3, 2018
Slow Race to Faster Buses

We understand that taking parking or general travel lanes for exclusive bus use is politically hard.

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April 2, 2018
Clueless Carlos?

The neglect of the Miami-Dade transit system (MDT) under Mayor Carlos Gimenez has become shockingly literal.

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March 27, 2018
The Universe of Transit Safety

Riding transit is dramatically safer than driving – you’re 60 times less likely to die when riding a bus than in a private vehicle, 30 times less likely on light rail.

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March 26, 2018
TransitCenter Fellowship for Summer 2018

We're hiring summer program fellows!

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March 19, 2018
Andy Byford, Turnaround Artist?

In his first few months on the job as President of New York City Transit, Andy Byford has caused a stir among transit and mobility advocates by highlighting improved accessibility as one of his top priorities.

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March 13, 2018
Transit Moneyball: How Targeted Fare Policies Can Build Ridership

When it comes to increasing transit ridership, fare policy is an underutilized strategic tool. But a few transit agencies are demonstrating how it can be used to attract (or in some cases, repel) transit riders.

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March 7, 2018
City to Watch: Atlanta

Everyone’s watching Atlanta. No, not the (exemplary) television show, the lively transportation developments that are unfolding in real-time on both the regional and local level. 

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March 1, 2018
How to Put the Pool into Uber

More people are taking Uber and Lyft than there is space for them on city streets. The result is more traffic, slower buses, and falling transit ridership. Cities can't build new streets or widen the ones we have—even if they wanted to. Instead, cities need to make more efficient use of existing streets.

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