A new Eno report examines how the U.S. can build better transit projects faster
Eno Center for Transportation has published a report looking at the current and historical trends of public transit construction, cost and delivery.
Climate crisis turns world’s subways into flood zones
/Emissions, Environment
/Retrofitting subways against flooding is “an enormous undertaking,” said Robert Puentes, chief executive of the Eno Center for Transportation, a nonprofit think tank with a focus on improving transportation policy. “But when you compare it…
Bipartisan infrastructure talks said to be stuck on transit
/Federal Funding, Infrastructure
/By Jeff Davis
That 80-20 split of new revenues was maintained when Congress raised the gas tax again in 1990 by five cents and again in 1993, when transit received 86 cents out of a 4.3 cent increase…
A symbol of freedom or a 4,000 pound tool of destruction? The car’s legacy faces a reckoning
/Emissions, Environment
/By Karen Price
As electric vehicles take off, Washington considers how to tax them
/Fuel tax, Infrastructure
/The fuel tax “doesn’t come close to paying for all of the federal transportation spending,” said Robert Puentes, president of the Eno Center for Transportation. “There’s a concern that the transportation trust fund is unsustainable…
Analysis: Electric bus maker BYD shows China complications in Biden climate push
/Buses, Emissions, Environment
/By Jeff Davis
“It’s very difficult with the current manufacturing infrastructure in this country and with BYD out of the process, to imagine getting this large fleet changeover anytime soon,” said Jeff Davis, a senior fellow with the…
Amtrak pushes 15-year plan to boost northeastern corridor
/Amtrak, Federal Funding, Infrastructure
/By Jeff Davis
Jeff Davis, Senior Fellow of the Eno Center for Transportation, said he hopes that many of the Commission’s initial projects will be able to obtain the necessary funding.
No end in sight for mask mandates on public transportation
/Public health, Public transit
/By Jeff Davis
Jeff Davis, a senior fellow at the Eno Center for Transportation, is uncertain when the demasking will happen. “No idea,” he said.
House passes $759B public works bill with elements of Biden plan
/Federal Funding, Infrastructure
/By Jeff Davis
Jeff Davis of the Eno Center for Transportation said it’s unclear how both parties are counting the baseline, or what is currently being spent on the projects, to compare the different proposals.
Why does it cost so much to build things in America?
/Infrastructure, Rail, Transit
/The Eno Center for Transportation painted a dismal picture in its recent report: On a per mile basis, America’s transit rail projects are some of the most expensive in the world.
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