Work We Do Archives - Page 2 of 3 - TransitCenter - TransitCenter

Work We Do

July 12, 2016
What makes transit successful? Walkable neighborhoods and fast, frequent service

Fast, frequent transit that people can walk to is the key to increasing urban transit ridership. That’s the main conclusion of “Who's On Board 2016: What Today's Riders Teach Us About Transit That Works”...

Read More
April 28, 2016
TransitCenter Fellowship for Summer / Fall 2016

TransitCenter, a national foundation committed to improving urban mobility, seeks part-time Program Fellows who are committed to overcoming institutional barriers and working with leaders of all types.

Read More
April 21, 2016
We Live in Brooklyn for a Reason

To celebrate the launch of AllTransit, the TransitCenter staff held an informal competition to determine who grew up in the most transit-rich and transit-poor parts of the country.

Read More
April 19, 2016
CNT’s AllTransit™

With TransitCenter's support, the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT)expanded this public tool's database to cover all US metropolitan areas with more than 100,000 people.

Read More
April 4, 2016
Hearts and Miners: TransitCenter Visits El Paso

What would Shin-pei Tsay, Deputy Executive Director of TransitCenter, was steeped in urban design, with a city planning degree and a career in civic advocacy say to a room full of likely future highway engineers?

Read More
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...

Read More
October 12, 2015
Trick Out My Trip with ioby

In 2015, TransitCenter partnered with ioby (it stands for In Our Backyard, an organization that is the counterweight to the prevailing...

Read More
July 28, 2015
A People’s History of Recent Urban Transportation Innovation

What started as a straightforward and curious question – what were the human factors behind recent urban transportation innovations in the United States –...

Read More
July 22, 2015
Transportation Innovation Academy

While federal transportation funding and policy remain important to the build out of transit networks nation-wide, the participation of local...

Read More