Local governance - Eno Center for Transportation

California Voters Choose Big Wins for Bay Area Transit

November 4, 2026

November 4, 2026 | Philip Plotch

Bay Area voters backed new taxes to protect transit while statewide voters rejected proposals to make future tax increases harder...

Getting Around California’s Property Tax Restrictions to Fund Transit

October 23, 2026

October 23, 2026 | Philip Plotch

San Francisco’s ballot measure is designed to help rescue Muni by getting around California’s strict property tax restrictions. This is...

Community Control: Local Grants and Suballocation in the BUILD America 250 Act

June 18, 2026

June 18, 2026 | Sean Rafferty

The BUILD America 250 bill re-emphasizes formula aid to states but also prserves the ability of local governments to request...

To Fill the Trust Fund, Americans Need a Better Reason

March 31, 2026

March 31, 2026 | Brittney Kohler

Congress should guarantee that a reasonable level of Highway Trust Fund dollars make it down to every region in America...

From Referendum to Ribbon Cutting | Signaling Successful Change in Nashville

March 31, 2026

March 31, 2026 | Sabrina Sussman

Nashville's Choose How You Move referendum found success at the ballot box by committing to tangible improvements, delivering transit service...

We Need Urban Transportation That is Innovative, User-Friendly, and Robust All at Once

August 27, 2025

August 27, 2025 | Dr. Clinton J. Andrews, Ph.D.

August 27, 2025 - Urban transportation is a messy but vital arena of experimentation, where cities juggle congestion, safety, funding,...

How States and Cities Are Adapting to Changing Trump Administration Grant Rules

June 27, 2025

June 27, 2025 | Grace Truslow

June 27, 2025 - How are state and local governments managing to pursue past and present grant opportunities with all...

Transportation at the Ballot Box 2024

October 17, 2024

October 17, 2024 | Sohail Husain

Transportation ballot measures are vital for determining the future of mobility, infrastructure, and community development. From public transit funding to...

New York MTA Outlines $16.5B in Capital Funding Cuts Due to Delay of Congestion Pricing

June 28, 2024

June 28, 2024 | Jeff Davis

June 28, 2024 - The board of directors of the New York MTA met this week to go over $16.5...

Pressing the Pause Button Under Manhattan’s Second Avenue. Yet Again.

June 21, 2024

June 21, 2024 | Philip Plotch

June 21, 2024 - When New York’s governor, Kathy Hochul, postponed America’s first congestion pricing program this month, she inadvertently...

E-Bikes and Creating Financially Sustainable Bike Share Programs

May 3, 2024

May 3, 2024 | Philip Plotch

May 3, 2024 - Even though one-third of all docked bike share systems closed permanently at the beginning of the...

If not wormholes and tesseracts, what is the future of transportation?

March 28, 2024

March 28, 2024 | Erin Aleman

March 29, 2024 - How will tomorrow’s leaders solve for our most pressing transportation problems? According to my son’s third...