Paying for infrastructure requires bipartisan approach
Infrastructure needs to ride into larger national priorities such as climate change or the pandemic, said Robert Puentes, president and CEO of the Eno Center for Transportation.
Infrastructure needs to ride into larger national priorities such as climate change or the pandemic, said Robert Puentes, president and CEO of the Eno Center for Transportation.
This article provides an overview of a webinar the Eno Center for Transportation held with Matthew Lipka of Nuro and Alia Verloes of Steer, moderated by Eno’s Paul Lewis.
Lewis says that agencies need more guidelines on the compliance issue. “In a pandemic that’s spread through the air, yelling at certain passengers only escalates the situation and makes it more dangerous,” he said.
“Agencies need to visibly clean vehicles and stations in front of people to reassure them,” said Eno’s Brianne Eby.
Cities have seen other benefits such as fewer crashes and better access to public services, jobs and schools, according to a May report from the Eno Center for Transportation.
Eno’s Brianne Eby discusses how exposure to bike-sharing services often leads to bike ownership.
This article covers our webinar on transit innovation during COVID-19, moderated by Eno’s President and CEO Robert Puentes.
Davis noted that while the federal side of spending for projects hasn’t been affected just yet, “there is also uncertainty in the ability of many state and local governments’ to produce matching funds.”
“The CARES Act probably put a band-aid on the problem,” says Robert Puentes.
We’re still a long way from a true Level 4 system, so the ‘very close to Level 5’ comment seems out of nowhere, especially given the reset people have had in recent years,” said Paul…
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