May 2, 2020
US & TX 2019 Ridership Declines Predicted Transit’s Dim Future (Pre-COVID-19 Crash)
Thanks to a late-year surge in New York subway ridership,…
April 22, 2020
12 Reasons to Vote NO on the City of Austin’s $7-10B Light Rail Plan
Many years ago, I worked for my parents who own a video…
April 7, 2020
New, Expensive Transit and Density Do Not Boost Transit Ridership
Does spending a lot of money on transit improvements boost…
April 4, 2020
Does Transit Capital Spending Boost Ridership?
Last year I wrote about why booking too far in advance can…
March 25, 2020
The $1.4 Billion Transit Fund the U.S. Government Won’t Release
When you are alone for days or weeks at a time, you…
March 18, 2020
Transit Investments in an Age of Uncertainty
Just the other day I happened to wake up early. That is…
March 14, 2020
The Five Myths About Suburbia and Our Car-Happy Culture
Suburban sprawl and automobiles are rapidly acquiring a…
March 7, 2020
Top Reasons People Stop Using Public Transit
Nothing ruins a public transportation rider's day quite…
March 1, 2020
The proportion of the labor force working from home continues to grow
Expanding mass-transit systems is a pillar of green and…
March 1, 2020
Six Problems with Rail Transit and Six Myths of Rail Transit
Rail transit has long had a presence in American cities.…
February 23, 2020
Project Connect will Waste Billions of Taxpayer Dollars & Fail
Two important facts explain much about the crisis of…