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Top Legal Expert Concludes NYC Has Power to Toll Its Own Roads and Bridges
One of New York City’s preeminent jurists, Frederick A.O. Schwarz Jr., affirmed today that the city possesses full legal authority to toll its own roads and bridges and thus does not require state approval to implement congestion pricing.
July 6, 2017
What If Atlanta Taxed Parking to Keep Housing Affordable?
A tax on parking could generate funds for affordable housing and transit in Atlanta. The question is whether the city has the political appetite to enact it.
July 3, 2017
As Jobs Sprawl Outside Indianapolis, Transit Tries to Keep Pace
Like most places in America, the Indianapolis region is suburbanizing. That’s particularly true for jobs. Between 2002 and 2014, the most recent data available, the number of jobs within the city's borders increased by 40,000 - but that's far fewer than the 83,000 jobs added in the region's suburbs.
June 30, 2017
An All-Too-Rare Idea to Improve Transit: Put People Who Ride Transit in Charge
It’s hard to improve transit if the people who oversee policy don’t know what makes for good service. And yet, agency boards are often dominated by political hacks with little or no transit expertise -- many don’t even know what it’s like to ride the bus or the train. Dallas is trying something different.
June 30, 2017
Portland Has a Plan to Do for Buses What It Did for Cycling
Portland officials are developing a plan for a network of "Enhanced Transit Corridors," carving out space in the street for buses so vehicles with 30 passengers aren't stuck in a quagmire of vehicles carrying just one.
June 23, 2017
Can Transit Work Well in a Sprawling City Like Indianapolis?
In Indianapolis, transit service is scarce and very few people use the existing system. A key reason for these lackluster outcomes is the city's sprawling pattern of development.
June 22, 2017
Indianapolis Has a Long Way to Go to Get Transit Right
Suffice it to say that it’s simply not convenient for most people to use the Indianapolis transit system. Things are looking up, though: Last fall, Indianapolis residents voted massively in favor of a funding package that should significantly improve service in the coming years.
June 9, 2017
It’s More Than “Cheap Symbolism” When the Mayor Rides Transit
De Blasio dismisses the importance of getting out of his SUV. But if he's getting chauffeured everywhere he goes, there's no way the mayor can viscerally understand what the three-quarters of New Yorkers who don't commute by car experience on a daily basis. If he doesn't regularly experience what it's like to get around without driving, he won't feel on a gut level why improving transit, biking, and walking is so important.
June 2, 2017
Atlanta’s Raising $2.5 Billion to Invest in Transit. Will It Be Money Well-Spent?
The city seems to have learned from mistakes like its mixed-traffic streetcar and is looking to give future transit lines dedicated rights of way. Still, there are many more decisions ahead that will determine whether the city spends $2.5 billion in new transit revenue well or not.
June 2, 2017
Riding Transit Should Never Be a Pathway to Deportation
A sad story has been unfolding over the past few weeks in the Twin Cities, where a transit fare enforcement stop led to a man being deported. The officer who initiated the stop, Andy Lamers, has since been fired, but it was too late for the passenger, Ariel Vences-Lopez, 23.
June 1, 2017
