Transit

The Transportation Equity Index maps out crash rates and creates a new way to map out multimodal access

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Riders are beginning to see real progress on many of the long-discussed initiatives to integrate the region's transit systems, from fare integration to wayfinding to transit priority and more. It’s important to recognize how far we’ve come - seamless transit is finally taking shape in the Bay Area thanks to riders speaking up, elected officials championing integration, and greater than ever attention from Transit General Managers (Transit GMs) and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC). We summarize the impact and timeline of some important collaborative efforts in this post. 

Here's a paradox: agencies need money to make transit better. But to get the votes, transit has to get better without the money.

A classic book on transit gets an update for a radically transformed world. And, yes, Elon Musk gets a little shade.

Generations of pundits have argued that operating subsidies enfeeble transit agencies and allow them to run inefficient routes with tons of empty seats. A new study says the opposite is true.

Is it finally time for Congress to spend more to keep the buses and trains running?

Chocolate, watches, and transit --- three things you can't go wrong with in Switzerland. Advocates want general managers at Bay Area transit agencies to start using Swiss models for customer service, wayfinding, fares, and operations

“Every mode of transportation is subsidized; the question is how much."

A lot of mid-sized cities struggle to keep the buses and trains running on time — or even know when they're way off schedule. Advocates in Baltimore are exploring why, and how to fix it.