As robotaxis expand into more U.S. cities, this report examines how autonomous vehicle deployment could affect labor, safety, equity, and transportation access. Drawing on early deployments, it explores how policy and network design may shape...
To help transit agencies purchase better buses at lower cost with shorter delivery times, Eno's report examines one of the most important but least understood factors shaping the U.S. transit bus market: customization. Unlike automobiles,...
This year, the federal government gave $45.6 billion in highway “formula” funding to the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The state-by-state distribution of this money was based almost entirely on how the states…
The purpose of this paper is to situate Measure M in a larger discussion on transportation finance and politics, and also to more critically explore the tensions and tradeoffs that ballot box transportation planning creates for transit advocates.
This report updates Eno’s 2017 Beyond Speculation publication and discusses the current and future state of AVs, as well as the existing, proposed, and expected implications for federal, state, and local policy. It does not…
This report reviews workforce challenges across the critical sectors of the aviation industry in the US and the UK: professional pilots, air traffic controllers, aircraft maintenance and repair, airport workers, flight attendants, and aerospace manufacturing….
To better understand these effects, Transdev, an international private-sector transport operator, commissioned a survey by Ipsos, a market research consultant, to gauge the challenges transit agencies face as well as their expectations of private sector…
The midterm elections in November 2018 held major political ramifications for the United States given the high-profile Congressional, gubernatorial, statehouse, and mayoral choices American voters considered. But before and during Election Day, voters also played…
“The Implications of the Federal Ban on Chinese Railcars” concludes that until the federal government better understands the potential national security risks of using Chinese railcars in American transit systems, a one-year appropriations ban is…
This report reviews the policies that govern airport privatization in the United States, recent history in domestic case studies, and the implications going forward.
Today, seven cities and 12 states have some type of fee or tax on TNC trips. As more states and cities consider taxes on TNC services, policymakers should be cautious and thoughtful about how their…
This study examines rail maintenance program needs and practices through dozens of interviews with public and private stakeholders and experts around the country. The consensus was that asset management practices in the United States are…