Jeff Davis, a senior fellow at the Eno Center for Transportation, a nonprofit professional development organization that publishes research on transportation issues, said that while it’s feasible to drum up $1.5 trillion in total spending…
When President Donald Trump called for a $1.5 trillion infrastructure investment in his State of the Union address, he didn’t pledge that the federal government actually would provide that much money for roads, bridges, rail…
Opening the second year of his presidency with an address to the nation, President Trump launched a long-awaited initiative on infrastructure that is both bipartisan in spirit – and highly contentious.
The president is correct that we must act on infrastructure. But it’s unclear whether that means more investment, or less.
“We don’t seem to recognize the disproportionate influence that some projects have. This isn’t just a project for New York and New Jersey, this is a project for the country.” says Robert Puentes, director of…
One particular innovation builds off the model pioneered by companies like Uber and Lyft. Known as “microtransit,” it’s meant to enhance traditional fixed-route bus and train service with flexible, app-based routes that change based on…
President Trump has been promising a $1 trillion infrastructure plan to rebuild the nation’s crumbling roads, bridges, and water pipes since well before he was elected. A year into office, his administration still has not…
The fatal Amtrak Cascades derailment in Washington State between Tacoma and Olympia on Dec, 18 killed three people and injured scores of others. It has brought the issue of positive train control (PTC), a technology…
“All of the transportation money in the bill had use-it-or-lose-it deadlines. The high-speed and intercity passenger rail money had the longest deadline, but all of the $8 billion had to be obligated,” writes Jeff Davis,…
“2018 is the year when maintenance becomes the transit industry’s priority. With a growing backlog of maintenance needs, high public focus on the condition of the railways, and the new FTA rule on transit asset…
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