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March 7, 2017
Riders First: How Buses are Moving San Francisco Forward

The unsung hero of San Francisco is the humble city bus, which moves more than 500,000 people through the city every day.

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March 2, 2017
“We Have to Make More People Lucky”: An Interview with Circulate San Diego’s Jim Stone

TransitCenter recently sat down with Jim Stone, executive director of Circulate San Diego. Circulate is an advocacy organization dedicated to creating better mobility choices in San Diego.

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February 24, 2017
A For Effort, But So Far, A Bridj to Nowhere

It’s nearly a year to the day since the Kansas City Area Transit Authority launched an on-demand transit service pilot project with Bridj.

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February 14, 2017
Using Transit Ridership Data for Better Advocacy

As a follow-up to our post about how to download and interact with National Transit Database (NTD) ridership data, we wanted to further explore how to interpret and use this data.

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February 13, 2017
Fun With the National Transit Database

The 2016 national transit ridership data was just released, so we created a video to help you figure out how to access and use the data:

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February 9, 2017
And the Nominees Are:

We've done some analysis, and have come up with a list of the top 10 NYC streets that should have bus lanes or other transit priority measures.

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February 6, 2017
It’s Not About the App

Today’s conversation about “smart cities” is driven by buzzwords like ‘big data’ and ‘internet of things’ that veil how vague their promises are.

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January 23, 2017
This is What Defunding Transit Looks Like

Unlike death and taxes, funding for transit is never guaranteed. However, the arrival of the Trump administration brings unprecedented levels of uncertainty to federal transportation funding programs.

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January 17, 2017
Can New York’s MTA Learn to Win?

The impending departure of MTA Chair Tom Prendergast provides a moment to take stock of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s approach to the transit issues facing New York.

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January 9, 2017
The Art of No Deal

A new Administration and Congress are arriving in Washington, and transportation players there are engaged in their biennial ritual: speculating about a federal transportation package.

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January 6, 2017
Alleviate DC’s Metrorail crisis by ending Metrobus stagnation

The ongoing crisis at Metrorail makes it all the more puzzling that so little has been done by local governments to prioritize Metrobus, which lost riders in 2016.

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January 5, 2017
The M5 is Breaking-Up!

On January 8th, the M5 bus is breaking up into two shorter routes, the M5 and the M55. The M5 was one of the longest routes in Manhattan, and one of the slowest and least reliable as a result.

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