Fifty-five percent of US transit riders are women. But women make up just thirty-nine percent of the transit workforce. Of the nations twenty top agencies, just three CEO’s are women. Why is it so hard for women to rise to the top?
This week, we’re in Austin working with Capital Metro to test a new bus dispatching method in hopes of reducing bunching and improving reliability along the MetroRapid lines.
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America is drowning in parking. Fortunately, a growing number of transit agencies are developing strategies to repurpose underutilized lots near their stations into affordable homes.
We always talk about people getting to work on transit. But what about getting people to work on transit?
We were curious: if we held all transit agencies to the same “On Time Performance” metric, how would they stack up against each other?
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TransitCenter has partnered with Reinvent Albany to look into governance problems at New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).
Electric buses are trending. As the world burns, municipalities around the country are seeking ecologically-minded solutions to reduce fossil fuel consumption, and some cities are turning to the magic of electric buses.
For riders facing fare hikes, fare capping can soften the blow.
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On June 3, Austin’s Capital Metro became the latest transit agency to launch a completely redesigned bus network.