In the late 1990s, the St. Louis Lambert International Airport was the nation’s 15th-largest, with more traffic than Seattle-Tacoma, New York LaGuardia, or Charlotte Douglas. Lambert was once the home of Trans World Airlines (TWA), but after that company’s financial health declined, many flights were moved to other larger airports…
January 3, 2020 – In December 2019, Eno convened a high-level advisory panel to help us think through the dual questions of whether and why rail transit projects in the U.S. cost significantly more than similar projects in peer nations.
December 6, 2019 – According to a new report by the National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO) overall spending by states increased across the board in fiscal year 2019. The strongest growth rate last year came from transportation, even outpacing the growth in Medicaid.
November 15, 2019 – The Eno Center for Transportation will now host the web archives of the Surface Transportation Policy Project, a groundbreaking coalition of interest groups which had a major impact on transforming federal surface transportation policies.
November 8, 2019 – Eno recently completed a report for the Transportation Research Board to synthesize the current state of practice associated with the implementation of transportation workforce strategies at state departments of transportation (DOTs) and associated Local Technical Assistance Programs (LTAPs).
October 25, 2019 – A recent story out of Denver shows that the regional transportation agency is being forced to scale back their transit service due to a lack of drivers and maintenance personnel. While the reduction in service is relatively minor it does highlight the impacts of a tight labor market on transportation. The agency has resources to hire 60 rail operators and 80 bus drivers, but those jobs remain unfilled.
October 16, 2019 – Eno and a group of partners recently facilitated a study tour to examine congestion pricing in action in London and Stockholm. Those cities employ cordon style pricing, which assesses a fee on motorists that drive in a defined area of the city center, similar to what officials are planning to do in New York. Both cities coupled the charge with vastly improved bus service in advance of the policy’s rollout to accommodate the expected shift from driving to transit.
September 26, 2019 – Any Congressional hearing focusing on “America’s Infrastructure” is bound to be wide ranging. This week’s House Committee on the Budget hearing on the subject was no exception.
September 13, 2019 – Congress was back in town this week and the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit jumped in with a timely hearing on congestion pricing and tolling. Charging a fee for the busiest parts of the roadway network reduces demand and travelers seek alternative routes or modes of travel.
July 26, 2019 – Support for capital investments in public transit is high in the United States. Evidence for this can be found in measures for new investments that voters approve with regularity at the ballot box, the state legislatures raising their own sources for capital projects, and the widespread recognition that boosting ridership requires investment in the right priorities.