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In our transition toward a carbon free society we need to make public transit as appealing as possible. But a week long log of riding...
Feb 14, 2020 Blog Post
We should reexamine the degree to which we equate speed and rapid movement with “progress.” We should also give a leg up to slower travel...
Nov 25, 2019 Blog Post
Electric buses deliver important health and environmental benefits. Early adopters, however, have had to overcome technological and economic hurdles. Case studies from six electric bus...
Oct 10, 2019 Report
As I recently waited in a crumbling subway station for an overcrowded train, I couldn’t help but consider finding another way to work - like...
Oct 4, 2019 Blog Post
On July 1, Boston’s public transportation agency, the MBTA, instituted a 6% fare increase. While the hike had been approved back in March, two crippling...
Aug 21, 2019 Blog Post
In the years since the Great Recession, a torrent of cheap and easy credit has washed over car showrooms and used car lots. Many have...
Feb 15, 2018 Blog Post
Car companies have been incredibly successful using marketing techniques that sell an ideal, and transit agencies should learn from their example. After all, they...
Jan 22, 2018 Blog Post
The technical challenge of making transit work better – while essential – pales in significance to the adaptive challenge of building cities and a transportation...
May 5, 2017 Blog PostThe main hurdle inhibiting not only public transportation but also relatively low-cost solutions such as bicycling and pedestrian infrastructure is not one of cost or...
Jan 4, 2017 Blog PostAmtrak’s loan backlash shows that a certain transportation funding argument is alive and well – and it’s one we’ve been refuting for a long time....
Sep 1, 2016 Blog Post
