The TransitCenter Equity Dashboard tracks how people can connect to services and amenities by public transit in seven U.S. cities. Understanding current inequities in access to opportunity is essential to redesign transit systems that provide the…

By most metrics, 2022 was a tough year for public transit. The bus operator crisis made it difficult for agencies to deliver on long awaited initiatives like bus network redesigns, and canceled buses became the unacceptable…

Federal transportation funding is highly flexible, as we’ve pointed out; most of the federal highway funds that states and Metropolitan Planning Organizations receive can pay for public transit projects. Unfortunately, most states rarely exercise this power,…

Tri-State Transportation Campaign, an advocacy group that works to improve transit in the New York metro area, has recently turned its attention to the sub-standard bus service in Westchester County, branded as the Bee-Line. This week,…

This post was written by guest contributor James Brasuell. The importance of the bus has never been more apparent as it was during the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic. As transit agencies faced multiple crises–gutted…

This post was written by guest contributor James Brasuell. Change is always hard, but that’s especially true in Philadelphia. “Philadelphia is completely averse to change: People hate things the way they are; people hate things that…

This post was written by guest contributor James Brasuell. A lack of affordable housing has reached crisis proportions in cities and regions all over the United States. As low-income transit riders move outside of the urban…

This post was written by guest contributor James Brasuell. As cities across the country roll out center-running bus lanes, all-day busways, and bus shelter improvement programs, progress to improve Chicago’s buses has been painfully slow. Despite…