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February 17, 2016
TransForm: Making the Pivot from Highways to Transit

TransitCenter supports TransForm’s “Optimized HOT” work to convert highway lanes on Highway 101 south of San Francisco into tolled express lanes that prioritize transit and carpools.

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February 11, 2016
Expanded transit tax incentive doesn’t relieve impact of subsidized parking

Congress recently ended a longstanding imbalance in the federal tax code that favored car commuting over transit.

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February 4, 2016
De Blasio’s Streetcar Plan: Questions New Yorkers Should Ask

Streetcars deserve strict scrutiny. Over a dozen such projects have been launched in U.S. cities since the 1990s, and nearly all have failed to fulfill promises of high usage and efficient travel speed.

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February 2, 2016
What’s Really Happening to L.A. Transit

Transit and transportation-reform circles are abuzz over last Wednesday’s Los Angeles Times article highlighting declining ridership on LA Metro, the...

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January 28, 2016
Tactical Urbanism Meets the Bus Stop: An Interview with Atlanta’s MARTA Army

This week, TransitCenter spoke with Binh Dam and Simon Berrebi about a new initiative pioneering unique forms of citizen engagement...

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January 22, 2016
Inside City Hall’s “Uber Report”

When Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration released its long-awaited report on Uber and other taxi-like services on January 15, press...

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January 11, 2016
TransitCenter Welcomes Former NYCDOT Policy Director as New Director of Communications and Advocacy

TransitCenter today announced that former Policy Director for the New York City Department of Transportation, Jon Orcutt, has been hired...

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December 30, 2015
Letters from COP21: Advocates show us the path forward for transportation

At the COP21 climate conference in Paris earlier this month, presentations from government and NGO bureaucrats showcasing effective climate change...

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December 23, 2015
Letters from COP21: Paris expects much of cities and the transport sector

Leaders from approximately every country gathered in Paris earlier this month, coming together to sign an international climate change agreement...

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December 8, 2015
Can ridesourcing companies contribute to Livable Streets and the Vision Zero movement?

Aaron Naparstek kicked off one of the first sessions at TransportationCamp NYC, an unconference focused on innovations in transportation, with...

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December 3, 2015
Letters from COP21: While you’re at it, negotiate better transportation

A belief in the futility of behavior change underlies many of today’s conversations about reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. If...

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November 30, 2015
In Oregon, DOT management — not money — is the problem

This post originally appeared in the Salem, Oregon Statesman Journal on Sunday November 29, 2015. Here’s a link to a...

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