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The key takeaway from this corridor strategy is the mobility solutions ladder (figure 2). The steps to increase mobility along a corridor are: 1. preserve the system 2. reduce vehicle miles traveled 3. encourage mode shift 4. improve traffic operations 5. expand capacity

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Foursquare ITP is proud to have contributed to #NCHRP's newly published National Intercity Bus Atlas—a innovative resource for planners and agencies nationwide. 📘 We supported development of Chapter 5: Findings and Applications, which explores how this data-rich tool can be used for transit planning purposes. 👉 Explore the report: https://lnkd.in/eXFvGEfS. 📊 Dive into the atlas: https://lnkd.in/ea4K_hnD. Thrilled to see this effort take shape—and excited to see how it gets used. Transportation Research Board, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

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Transportation Planning 101 Personal mass transit (PMT) will solve congestion? News to me. If mass transit can’t solve congestion, how could PMT ever possibly solve congestion? In the San Francisco Bay Area, mass transit comprises less than 5% of all trips. Mass transit hasn’t “solved” congestion. PMT, if it is ever deployed, will capture a very tiny fraction of that 5 percent. In fact, some projects, like AC Transit’s Tempo BRT, created more congestion. Did I lose you? Hang on please. I know perfectly well that it’s not PC to say that, even if it’s true. Yes, by reducing International Boulevard from two to one lane in each direction, Tempo exacerbated traffic congestion, even during non-peak hours. But there’s not anything necessarily wrong with that. It was all part of the plan. Make it so buses run fast faster than cars, and people will ride the bus. Either that or drivers will avoid using International Boulevard because they know it’s congested. But they’ll still be in their cars. Now for the truth: PMT will not solve congestion. The truth is that congestion, I mean, really really bad congestion, will be PMT’s best friend. Yes, my dear colleagues, transit, whether it’s mass transit or PMT, thrives on bad congestion. BRT, with its dedicated bus only lanes adores congestion. PMT, with its separate, dedicated right-of-way, will do very well if the surface streets and freeways are completely down sized, shut down, and totally jammed up. Other friends of transit are very high parking cost, and exorbitant tolls. Conclusion: PMT will not solve congestion. PMT will need congestion, super-bad congestion, oh yes, and super high parking cost, and super high tolls, to attract riders. Otherwise, why would any reasonable person ever decide to use it?

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US Rail Safety Act: Impact on Public Transit & Funding Senator Mike Lee introduces the "Safe Transit Accountability Act" to safeguard transit agencies' safety projects, impacting federal funding and labor unions. https://lnkd.in/diASwmBb #RailSafetyNow #TransitAccountability #IIJAfunding #RidingTheFuture #UTAupdates #UtahMobility Railway news is a railway information and news platform. Website presents from all around the world railway sector news, developments, projects and tender for the sector specialists. Railwaynews supports to industry events and announced them for potential participants. Railwaynews plans to collecting data from all around the world, about railway infrastructure, ERTMS, railway technologies, high speed trains (HST), light rail systems (such as metro, trams and etc.) and projects, rolling stock, railway transportation datum, geographical datum to present for railway professionals for short term. Railwaynews will build new platforms aims to high value railway business environment for all railway specialists, railway fans and especially railway suppliers and their decision makers. Railwaynews presents whole information from rail professionals to rail professionals. Dear followers, we are using the ai tools publishing the content and photos. If you think about the photos are not related with the content, please make a comment. Please follow us for all news and share our news and anouncements.

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After months of research, I'm excited to share two digital resources that illuminate a century of missed opportunities in regional transit governance: 🚇 The Cross-Hudson Transit Archive: A searchable database of 200+ newspaper articles documenting attempts to solve our region's transportation fragmentation from 1922 to present. → https://lnkd.in/eQxDsv76 📊 The Regional Governance Timeline: An interactive visualization chronicling every major attempt to create unified transit planning across NY, NJ, and CT. → https://lnkd.in/eZHdXmvY Key findings that should concern every regional stakeholder: - We've proposed essentially the same governance solutions for 100 years - and failed for the same reasons each time - The Port Authority actively avoided transit investment since the 1920s, citing its self-supporting mandate - Multiple bi-state and tri-state agencies were created and dissolved, victims of parochial interests - Successful through-running (like the 2009-2016 Meadowlands service) was proven feasible but killed by institutional inertia Why this matters now: As we debate Gateway, Penn Station reconstruction, and congestion pricing, we're repeating patterns from the 1950s Metropolitan Rapid Transit Commission and 1970s Tri-State Regional Planning Commission. Without learning from past failures, we risk another century of fragmentation. These resources are freely available for researchers, policymakers, advocates, and anyone working toward better regional coordination. Special thanks to all the transit historians whose work informed this project. Looking forward to collaborating with others who share the vision of truly integrated regional mobility.

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Suburban transit providers say they are running a lean operation and claim data used to compile a new report is old and does not paint a true picture.

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I’ve been diving deeper into autonomous tech and its intersection with public transit—especially after CapMetro’s AV pilot at the American Public Transportation Association Mobility Conference earlier this year. Yesterday’s Autonomous Trucking Symposium by UT Austin’s Center for Transportation Research at UT Austin reinforced one big takeaway: our challenge isn’t “more data,” it’s better communication, process, and implementation. Huge credit to leaders like Natalie Bettger, the great Kristin White, and Darran Anderson for framing this so clearly. A standout discussion with Kristen Monaco and Wayne Epps, MBA explored how AVs will shape workforce development, from economic impacts to the future roles emerging as L4/L5 tech becomes part of agency fleets. With deployments already happening in places like Las Vegas and Jacksonville, AV tech is gaining real momentum in transit. I’m excited to see what this means for Austin and my work at CapMetro. Great to finally meet Melody Drummond Hansen in person and had some great conversations on AV and policy with Ted Bailey and Ankur Mathur!

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