Transit agencies sound the alarm: COVID-19 is a long-term threat to service
We need you to take action to save transit: Please email and call your member of Congress asking them to support emergency funding for...
What would a Green New Deal for transportation look like?
Current federal transportation policy is diametrically opposed to climate action. The Green New Deal framework released a year ago mostly left that unchanged. But...
Voters want and need more transportation options
New polling conducted by YouGov on behalf of T4America and our partners finds that Americans support expanding public transit by a 77-15 margin—even as...
Coronavirus will have huge impacts on transit systems—here’s how Congress should help
Fired up? Please take action and tell your member of Congress to support emergency assistance for transit agencies.
Congress and the president are considering...
BUILDing Complete Streets
By now it’s well known that the Trump administration is no friend to transit funding. (If this is news to you, see here, here,...
Congress heard you: deal struck with $25 billion in emergency funding for transit
Early yesterday morning, congressional leaders and the White House agreed to a $2 trillion COVID-19 economic stabilization plan that includes $25 billion emergency direct...
2.8 million essential workers use transit to get to their jobs
A new report from TransitCenter finds that 2.8 million transit riders are considered “essential workers” during the COVID-19 emergency, underscoring just how essential it...
Here’s what Transportation for America has been up to this March
With COVID-19 throwing public transportation into an existential crisis, Transportation for America mobilized to preserve America’s most essential transportation service—and we did, with Congress...
EPA rolls back CAFE standards, highlighting the need to reduce driving
This week, as the coronavirus crisis worsens, the Trump administration finalized its rollback of clean car standards, a move that will undermine public health...
Two bills put “access” at the heart of transportation policy
For too long, the focus of the federal transportation program has been vehicle speed, not helping Americans access jobs, schools, grocery stores and more....
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Local jurisdictions can apply for federal safe streets funds until June 26
USDOT has released its Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the FY2025 round of the Safe Streets and Roads (SS4A) competitive grant program. Almost...
How This Chinese City Is Improving Governance of E-Bikes and Two-Wheelers
Nanning, located in Southern China and home to more than 8.5 million people, is often known as the country’s “Green City” because of its...
Centering priorities: A new framework on project selection for transportation agencies
From transportation agencies tasked with long-range transportation plans (LRTP) to Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO) developing Transportation Improvement Plans (TIP), we constantly see agencies struggle...
