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May 11, 2017
Detroit’s Unheralded Transit Comeback

News out of Detroit this week is trumpeting Friday’s launch of the Q-Line, a privately funded streetcar that runs 3.3...

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March 27, 2017
The Short Route to NYC Bus Reform Runs Through Staten Island

Last week the MTA acknowledged that agency-wide change is needed to improve bus performance, but what does that look like in practice?

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March 21, 2017
Bringing the City to the Transit Table: An Interview With Crissy Fanganello, Transportation & Mobility Director at Denver Public Works

Crissy Fanganello is Denver’s first Director of Transportation and Mobility overseeing transportation planning, engineering and operations citywide.

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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 3, 2017
Seattle: America’s Next Top Transit City

Seattle, one of the fastest growing cities in America, is making bold investments to ensure the majority of its residents live within walking distance of frequent transit.

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November 9, 2016
Mixed Highway/Transit Ballots Tank At Polls

With nearly $200 billion in public transportation investments on ballots across the country, results suggest that tying transit scraps to highway meals is politically ineffective.

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November 1, 2016
Memo to MTA Board: You’re Measuring Performance Wrong. Here’s What to Do Instead.

To get riders where they need to go within reliable time-frames, the MTA must break new ground in measuring performance as well as commit to making the information public.

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