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March 2, 2016
This Saturday, New Yorkers Are Building a Better Bus Network for Staten Island

This Saturday, New York transit officials, civic-minded technologists, and transportation planners will gather for an unprecedented workshop and competition: the...

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February 29, 2016
In Houston, Optimism Abounds for Better Mobility

Following our recent interviews with TransForm and the MARTA Army, our feature today is from Clarence Eckerson, the founder of Streetfilms.

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February 24, 2016
In U.S. Transit, It’s Back to the Future

Why can’t our transit operators catch up to where the rest of the world was a generation ago?

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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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