We can’t afford to keep avoiding repair
When decision-makers fail to prioritize basic maintenance and repair, everyday Americans pay the price—in increased costs, increased time on the road, and suffering local...
Three principles to guide federal transportation spending
It’s time for transportation investments that achieve results for all Americans. For future investments in U.S. infrastructure, Congress should follow three key principles: prioritize...
Three principles to guide federal transportation spending
It’s time for transportation investments that achieve results for all Americans. For future investments in U.S. infrastructure, Congress should follow three key principles: prioritize...
From excitement to reality: Implementing passenger rail on the Gulf Coast
Federal advocacy and allies were essential to turning local momentum for passenger rail from New Orleans to Mobile—set to reopen this very year—into a...
FTA helps deliver more buses for less
The Federal Transit Administration is working hard to ensure that the next rounds of the Low or No Emissions Grant Program and Buses and...
Supercharge your community’s quick-build safety demonstration projects with Safe Streets for All
Because of a mistake by Congress in the 2021 infrastructure law, 40 percent of the new $1 billion-per-year Safe Streets for All program must...
Why we need the Stronger Communities Through Better Transit Act
On Thursday, January 18, 2024, Representative Hank Johnson (GA-04) reintroduced the Stronger Communities Through Better Transit Act, which would establish a federal funding program...
You’re unsafe? Prove it.
In the United States, where and how traffic deaths occur are painfully predictable. But even with historically high levels of funding available, traffic engineering...
Beyond the pump: Evaluating fresh approaches to transportation funding
Current state gasoline taxes aren’t enough to cover our transportation funding needs. Evaluating alternatives needs to involve taking five key principles into account. Read...
Greener Fleets: How federal dollars can supply the demand for clean transit
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The Low and No Emission Vehicles (Low No) program saw a big increase in funding in America’s historic infrastructure law, but an...
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Get On The Bus and Support ITDP!
The devastating impacts of the climate crisis are now a reality for all of us. Without immediate action to significantly reduce carbon emissions, especially...
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January will bring in a new presidential administration and a new Congress for the run-up to the reauthorization of the country’s transportation law in...
Spotlighting the 2025 Sustainable Transport Award Finalist Cities
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Better Urban Mobility Starts with Universal Accessibility
More than a billion people around the world have a disability, and more than half of them live in cities. That number is expected...
