Success Factors in Private Contracting for Public Transportation September 25, 2024 | Robert Puentes , Garett Shrode In the dynamic realm of transportation, artificial intelligence (AI) emerges as a pivotal force, revolutionizing how tasks are accomplished and...
Who Pays for Texas Highways? May 20, 2024 | Robert Puentes "'There's this big change that has happened when it comes to this 'user pay' concept, which basically needs to be...
How Transit Agencies Can Succeed at Outsourcing Operations April 11, 2024 | Robert Puentes “Agencies are going to be having to do things differently,” said Robert Puentes, president and CEO of the Eno Center...
New Eno Center of Transportation Report Shows Transit Agencies Attempting to Work with Private Partners to Address COVID-19 Challenges March 18, 2024 | Robert Puentes According to the report, previous work on contracting consistently points to the need for positive, healthy relationships between the public...
As Christmas Looms, the Shipping Wars Accelerate December 21, 2023 | Robert Puentes All this requires more space, shipping materials and the use of fossil fuels, says Robert Puentes at the Eno Center...
High-speed Rail — Environmentally Friendly and Popular Worldwide — has a Hard Time in the U.S. December 8, 2023 | Robert Puentes “It’s mostly owned by the freight rail companies, who have their own businesses to run and their own freight to...
Biden Administration Pledges $6 billion to a Pair of High-Speed Electric Rail Routes in the US West December 6, 2023 | Robert Puentes The "sweet spot," said Robert Puentes, the president and CEO of Eno Center for Transportation, a nonprofit think tank in...
Why Doesn’t the US Have More Passenger Trains? November 25, 2023 | Robert Puentes A realistic goal would be to build out rail systems that link major metropolitan areas with economic connections, emulating Amtrak’s...
Public Transit Systems Try to Avoid a 'death spiral' as Remote Work Hurts Ridership November 15, 2023 | Robert Puentes "We've seen that the normal workweek has changed fundamentally," said Robert Puentes, president of the non-profit Eno Center for Transportation in Washington,...
Lessons, Learnings, and Legacies: Eno Establishes Downey Fellowship October 6, 2023 | Robert Puentes October 6, 2023 - The Eno Center for Transportation is proud to announce the Mortimer L. Downey Legacy Fellows Program...
The Big-Rig Crisis: How We Fail Our Truckers September 26, 2023 | Robert Puentes “If you’re relying on a just-in-time delivery system that prioritizes the synchronization of precise schedules and you can’t count on...
More Private Companies are Investing in Passenger Rail — Here’s Why August 29, 2023 | Robert Puentes Back in the day, private companies took passengers on trains all over the United States, all the time, said Robert...
