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July 17, 2023
Built to Win: Riders Alliance Campaign Secures Funding for More Frequent Subway Service

What your city can learn from #6minuteservice In September 2022, Riders Alliance, a member-led transit advocacy group in New York City, launched a nine month-long campaign calling on Governor Kathy Hochul to invest in more frequent…

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May 10, 2023
Needed in New York State: Less Highway Expansion, More Transportation Choices 

On paper, New York State seems like a leader in clean transportation. According to Census data, it has the most transit riders and the highest share of zero-car households of any state. And New York has…

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May 9, 2023
Jordan Neely’s Killing Requires a New Vision of Transit Safety That Benefits All of Us

This guest post was authored by Alex S. Vitale. New York is still reeling from the horrific video-taped killing of subway rider Jordan Neely by a fellow passenger while he was having an apparent mental health crisis.…

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April 25, 2023
Electric Buses Are the Future. Agencies Are Still Right to be Cautious. 

This guest post was authored by Christof Spieler. It makes sense that many elected officials, advocates, and agency leadership and agency leadership are pushing for electric buses. In addition to the climate benefits, they’re quieter and…

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April 7, 2023
Transit’s Looming Fiscal Cliff: How Bad is it and What Can We Do?

Note: Some sections of this post initially appeared on Transportation for America’s blog, and are reprinted here with permission.  According to the American Public Transportation Association, in the five years leading up to the pandemic, ridership…

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March 14, 2023
Austin’s First Attempt at a Big, Urban Transit System Has More Obstacles to Overcome

This post was written by guest contributor James Brasuell.  In November 2020, Austin voters approved Proposition A, setting in motion one of the most ambitious capital investment programs in the entire country, Project Connect. Proposition A…

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