DoorDash is now accepting SNAP benefits as payment at over 15,000 grocery stores. Cheryl Young, a spokesperson for the delivery company, said…
Cities and counties throughout the U.S. are benefitting from funding that is readily available for transit-oriented development (TOD). Economic development…
Affordability is an important but often overlooked transportation planning issue. A new report provides practical guidance for evaluating transportation affordability…
In a significant move to enhance food accessibility, New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently announced a $10 million Food Access…
There is another way: social housing. Instead of treating real estate as a commodity, we can underwrite the construction of…
As poverty, food insecurity, inadequate housing, and complex comorbidities persist, it is essential that rural healthcare leaders have tools and…
A new map highlights the states that use the most public transport, based on data from U.S. News & World…
Instacart is partnering with New York’s largest health system. The grocery technology company’s Instacart Health initiative designed to promote access to healthy…
Transit is a vital component of equitable urban infrastructure. As our cities continue to grow and diversify, ensuring that transit…
Up until just a couple years ago, Meigs County in southeast Ohio didn’t offer public transport. Now, it’s building a transportation…
Poverty… it sucks. Nelson Mandela gave his famous speech nearly 20 years ago calling for our world leaders to make…
Highly sophisticated brokers and their transportation provider networks have invested in these improvements that have reshaped the industry Although they…
The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) and the City of Atlanta today announced the launch of a highly anticipated e-bike rebate program designed…
Technology developments in transit fare payment are enabling residents to ride without cash, as so-called “cashless riders,” and opening the…
With $1.4 million in funding from the Department of Energy, the Electric Black Future project will work directly with Black…
The Better Bike Share Partnership, a collaboration between PeopleForBikes, the City of Philadelphia, and the National Association of City Transportation…
A new program titled ‘South Central Power Up’, is offering free electronic bikes through a new e-bike lending library pilot…
E-bikes have captured widespread attention across the U.S., and for good reason. They are the most energy-efficient way to move from place to place,…
Louisville, KY’s RAISE Grant funds a capital project that will connect historically underserved communities with medical services and educational facilities.
The highest-ranking leaders at America’s state transportation and highway departments are vastly more likely to be white and male than…
A big moment at the MBTA on Thursday as a plan for reduced fares for low-income riders was given unanimous…
Ensuring all consumers in all communities can benefit from the transportation energy transition is essential. No person should be left…
NORTHAMPTON — Food and other necessities can be found at the Goshen General Store on Route 9. For low-income individuals…
In September 2023, the Transit Workforce Center unveiled research on various childcare support models within the transit industry, underscoring a critical link between childcare support and workforce availability.
Transportation and land use have an outsize impact on what the World Health Organization calls the “social determinants of health.”…
While this college town is home to America’s first public university, the percent of people living below the poverty line is almost 50% higher than the national average. To build equity and improve quality of life, the town is launching an ambitious plan, funded in part by a $1 million Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant.
The California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) and Caltrans released a new tool to aid in the state’s work towards addressing…
Bus operator vacancies nearly doubled in one year. Passengers didn’t have safe places to wait for buses in the evening. The bus station had more routes than bus bays, so the system needed to stagger routes leading to long waits for bus transfers. It was time for an upgrade, but it took the team eight attempts before they were able to successfully secure federal funding.
Eliminating transit fares can have benefits that ripple across a local economy and improve livelihoods.
This story is part of ‘Gone too soon,’ a series that examines why Native Americans die a generation younger than their…
Systemic inequities exist in the transportation network as decisions and services have traditionally been based on a limited perspective of…
In the 1960s and 70s, highways were built through a vibrant Black neighborhood in this medium-sized city, cutting the community in half and leading to economic decline. To revitalize these disadvantaged neighborhoods, Toledo is using a Department of Transportation (DOT) Raising American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant to modernize transit options for 38 square blocks.
Transportation systems, as integral parts of human settlements, reflect the societal structures and cultural ideologies influenced predominantly by the dominant…
Mark Evers, Chief Customer Officer at Transport for London (TfL), sat down with Intelligent Transport’s Halimah Haque to discuss TfL’s new partnership…
In Nashville, TN, Neighborhood Health, a nonprofit organization that serves patients regardless of their ability to pay, partners with the city’s transit organization to get people to appointments.
Public transportation, along with many other professions, is experiencing a shortage of qualified workers. According to a recent study published…
In Will County, IL, a Chicago exurb, Census tract surveys found that transit was a major barrier for women to get to their annual wellness visits. The Will County Health Department (WCHD) partnered with Pace Suburban Bus, a local transit agency, to connect women with bus vouchers to access necessary preventative care.
Insights from 4 papers: Equity in transportation management strategies can be measured by considering three components: the benefits and burdens…
As we shift from summer into fall, I have compiled the most striking posts from the past few months. Organizations are using HHS grants for transit, making new partners, and trying new models to best support their communities.
A new report from Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI) aids the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the state’s transit agencies…
Community and City of Chicago leaders publicly released the findings and recommendations from a 15-month process to develop Chicago’s first…
Hopelink and King County, WA Metro are teaming up to teach newly housed residents of the county’s 1,600 new affordable…
As the popularity of e-bike incentives sweep the US, California is leading the way with an equity-focused program. California is…
As technology advances and a focus on environmental sustainability grows, e-bikes have emerged as a convenient and eco-friendly mobility solution.…
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) recently announced it appointed 24 members to the Advisory Committee on Transportation Equity (ACTE)…
In EEOC v. Charter Communications, LLC, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently held an employee with a disability may…
Streetsblog talked to four Black bike advocates in Atlanta, Los Angeles, and the Twin Cities to get a snapshot of…
Across cities and countries, technology and transportation have become increasingly interwoven. From digital ticketing to ride-hail apps, technology has made…
Spurred on by COVID-19 disruptions, leaders of the Puget Sound Regional Council found a new way to allocate federal transit…
Fare capping may be one of the latest innovations being deployed by public transit for its ability to make it…
On July 26th, 1990, President George H. Bush signed groundbreaking legislation forever changing the lives of millions in the United…
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced that it will award $20 million to 47 communities to help…
Transportation research is often about numbers. In a recent study, however, U of M researchers looked beyond the data to…
In upstate New York, a rural community is offering an on-demand door to door service, and fixed route service. In Washington State, King County Metro created a community transportation navigator program, striving to create culturally inclusive systems to navigate their public transit system.
Divided by Design, a new report from Smart Growth America, highlights the inequities built into the U.S. transportation system and calls for…
In 2015, social worker Kim Garrett worked at the victim’s services unit at the Oklahoma City Police Department. After seeing…
In 2019, Stark County’s SARTA system was awarded an Integrated Mobility Innovation (IMI) grant to make public transit more accessible to all riders. Successful partnerships and communication led to more equitable mobility programs.
Mobility leaders from around the country gathered in person and virtually to learn about successful cross-sector partnerships that are making…
An innovative E.V. ride-sharing program is bringing low-cost clean transportation to an agricultural town in California’s Central Valley. Others are…
The lived environment has a significant impact on individuals’ health outcomes. For instance, outcomes can depend on access to surrounding resources,…
A collaboration between UC San Diego Health and 211 San Diego, a region-wide, non-profit referral service that connects anyone living…
The Move PGH pilot project in Pittsburgh has provided some 1 million scooter trips, with about a third of those…
The Move PGH pilot project in Pittsburgh has provided some 1 million scooter trips, with about a third of those…
Racial and ethnic inequities are a global issue: No geography can say it has resolved them. But the way these…
An innovative partnership gives residents of northwest Washington state a single fare-payment option they can use on public transit to…
Carshares across New York are facing a crisis in securing auto insurance which threatens their ability to operate. Carshares are…
A walkable city prioritizes people over roads and parking lots by ensuring they can safely access everything they need without…
When the first commercial U.S. bike-sharing program launched in 2008, the value proposition was clear. Putting more bikes on the…
A local university, city transit agency, community-based organization, and for-profit mobility company unite to solve first/last mile challenges in a…
Increasing transit access for seniors, pregnant people and families traveling with small children means better mobility for everyone. In 2006,…
Philadelphia’s bike share program is aiming to increase rider access as a part of a new five-year plan. Indego is specifically seeking…
The Chicago Plan Commission, which reviews certain development proposals and long-term plans for the city, unanimously approved the plan Wednesday after three years…
According to the Federal Transit Administration, one in four Americans is unable to regularly and reliably access transportation to meet…
NCMM collaborates with the FTA Universal Mobility Working Group and the Shared Use Mobility Center (SUMC) to produce Universal Mobility,…
Challenging the ways we discuss gender-equal mobility is key to driving further change; this starts with interrogating the language of…
When corporate owners ditched New Orleans’s bike share, the community stepped up to rebuild it with a focus on equity.…
A public transport system that is reliable, affordable and green should be a basic right. But it isn’t, and in…
Taking a shared bike or scooter to work or school could increase access to economic opportunity — but what if…
To create equitable transit systems, understanding the location of key populations and the mobility needs of those populations is critical.…
The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) published a new Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool on November 22—providing an interactive map identifying…
Researchers Jennifer Dill, Jiahui Ma, Nathan McNeil, Joseph Broach and John MacArthur of Portland State University have published a new article…
People experience many emotions when commuting, but is happiness one of them? That’s the question Yingling Fan, a professor of…
Today, there are more ways than ever to pay a bus fare. Instead of painstakingly counting their change into a…
The City of Richmond Transportation Department and Charge Up Contra Costa launched an electric vehicle (EV) car share program operated…
There’s no such thing as a free bus. But these five cities are among those offering free public transportation. How…
While the Minneapolis-St. Paul transit system works to be more accessible to riders with limited English, volunteers fill in the…
The Transportation Security Index, a measure of transportation insecurity offers new insights into the experience of this form of material…
More than a quarter of adults age 25 and older in the United States experience transportation insecurity, meaning they are…
More than a quarter of adults age 25 and older in the United States experience transportation insecurity, meaning they are…
Community Transit, the public transit authority for Snohomish County, has permitted shopping carts on certain buses after performing an equity…
States want more flexibility from the feds, arguing it is not a good plan to require high-capacity electric vehicle charging…
From optimizing school bus routes using machine learning to testing new ways to gather data on air quality, Metro21: Smart…
Many shared mobility programs appeared to try to address equity issues, but few measured outcomes, according to a federally backed…
More than 1.1 million people in Virginia are in need of fixed-route transit, according to a recent assessment of the…
The City of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, and Spin, a leading micromobility service provider, are launching today a first-of-its-kind study that…
“The North Central Texas Council of Governments was awarded a grant of approximately $270,000 to identify innovative, affordable transit solutions…
The article’s authors explore existing research on emerging fare payment systems, as well as research on disparities in access to…
Kansas City, Missouri, made national headlines in the fall of 2019 when its city council voted unanimously to become America’s first…
Setting a maximum fare on a transit ride — regardless of the number of transfers it may include — is…
A press release from the Chicago mayor’s office announces the passage of the city’s Connected Communities Ordinance, which updates Chicago’s Transit-Oriented Development…
This image of “equity” vs “equality” was shared by my CTAA colleague, Marcela Moreno, and originally developed by the Interaction…
At most transit agencies, “who decides” is quite different from “who rides.” Our latest report, “Who Rules Transit?” examines the…
As a person who loves life, my world would be empty without community engagement. Although I have a disability, it…
Three pilots, in Oakland, Bakersfield, and Pittsburgh PA, are testing the concept of Universal Basic Mobility Oakland’s UBM pilot is designed…
The principles are meant to be holistically considered when developing new ideas or programs. They are outlined in detail here and ask…
Host Daniel Raimi talks with Regan Patterson, an incoming assistant professor at UCLA who recently completed a fellowship as a…
An app designed to help visually impaired or blind pedestrians use public transit will debut at a Washington subway station…
For decades, infrastructure projects in Richmond have prioritized cars over other forms of transportation. Monday night, City Council approved guidelines…
Protect them and they will bike. Cycling by women increased 4 to 6 percent on roadways where the city…
Alisa Druzba works in rural health, but over the past few years she noticed another issue permeating her work. “Transportation…
For the better part of a decade, Chicago officials have been encouraging new developments to be built near the ‘L’,…
A new program will bring electric car sharing, an e-bike library, on-demand shuttles, and other services to South Los Angeles…
Chronicles the Gulf Between “Who Decides” and “Who Rides” at Transit Agencies. At most transit agencies, “who decides” is quite…
A new federal action plan to advance “equity” in the transportation realm includes concrete commitments to reform a transportation network…
Despite decades of increases in car ownership, it still takes Black workers 22.4 minutes longer to get to work every…
A trio of nonprofits has created a new digital online tool enabling companies to measure racial equity and environmental factors…
Under New York’s e-scooter pilot program, Bird is providing a first-of-its-kind motorized attachment free to individuals who use wheelchairs.
The pilot met its goal of increasing transit use and gave the city insight on the administrative structures needed to…
Equity is in the eye of the beholder. In a politically driven world of transportation policy, this disagreement leaves substantial vulnerabilities…
Women are three times more likely than men to worry about their safety on public transit. They also rely more…
Region 1 Planning Council seeks public input on anti-redlining document
A Rides to Wellness operator in Flint, Michigan removes a carseat from the trunk in preparation for installing it to…
With equity analysis being fundamental in project assessment, data is emerging as the lifeline needed to move the needle when…
The Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) launched its six-month pilot program that extends eligibility for transit discounts to individuals who…
This guide is meant to advance equity in the transportation field. Across the nation, there is growing recognition that transportation…
irginia’s Department of Rail and Public Transportation is asking the public to share their transit stories as part of a…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — StarMetro is working to fill the gaps in transportation across the underserved communities of Tallahassee. Right…
A new effort to get Washington state legislators to adopt a “transportation bill of rights” is prompting conversation about what…
Bus riders wait for GRTC’s Bus Rapid Transit Pulse Bus in Richmond, Virginia. Increased frequency of service is a way…
On Friday, February 4th, 8am, Chicago Jobs with Justice will host a canvassing event and press conference at the Western…
A Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority’s bus in action. Recognizing that a one-size-fits-all approach to policing does not adequately serve…
Southeast Michigan is dotted with examples of roads and infrastructure that had the effect of dividing or demolishing neighborhoods populated…
Dr. Shawn Wilson – secretary of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development – headlined a roundtable discussion at the…
Marcela Moreno, a 2021 Transportation Justice fellow through The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) in partnership with Better…
What started as a pilot program geared towards alleviating congestion has morphed into an innovative subsidy for the city’s low-income…
Expansions to transit services in the Seattle region will focus on historically underrepresented communities under long-range plans approved last week, a shift…
A recent study prepared for the American Public Transportation Association by researchers at the Urban Institute and the Center for…
Grassroots organizers look to seize the momentum of the infrastructure legislation and heightened awareness of equity issues to improve public…
A group of Bolivian women have joined forces to create the country’s first transportation service using only female drivers. On Wednesday,…
The maps of Baltimore in a new study of transit equity remind Lawrence Brown of the infamous 1930s residential security…
We need space to question our language, to disrupt these systems, and most importantly, to uproot what makes us unable to…
The Summit Board of County Commissioners discussed strategies to improve equity and access within the Summit Stage bus service during…
Credit: WMATA, Photograph by Larry Levine All across the United States, public transit systems are working to ensure that investments…
Participants of the Mobility Management subcommittee of the New Hampshire State Coordinating Council for Community Transportation ( SCC ) meeting…
Integrating on-demand microtransit options into existing services allows agencies to better serve communities with affordable, convenient public transit, promoting economic…
L.A. releases a first-of-its-kind study on gender disparities as the region marks the historic female leadership of its major transit…
Boosting transit funding would advance racial equity, an advocacy campaign is arguing as it seeks to influence lawmakers’ work on…
Access to high-quality public transportation can make communities more equitable by increasing access to critical opportunities such as employment, health…
Transit can often be an affordable link to jobs, food, and other life essentials. But disparities in transit access linked…
The global coronavirus pandemic brought a wave of public and private initiatives to help societies adapt and recover, from economic…
The city of Chicago launched of a pilot program to reward community-driven projects that encourage healthy, sustainable and equitable development near transit. The…
If you have a car in Cleveland, you can get anywhere in the county in 15 minutes. And that is…
Wunderlich pulled the Walk Score and Bike Score ratings generated by Redfin, the popular real estate brokerage, and ranked CTA…
The National Association of City Transport Officials reports “cycling explosions” in many cities in the United States. Bicycle stores are…
Free passes, adaptive bikes, and community outreach are expanding bike-share’s reach.
The Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD) will conduct a comprehensive, systemwide study of its fares and a fare equity analysis…
A collaboration involving the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) has unveiled a plan to help identify projects and policies for more…
The Boston transit authority will give free passes to 1,000 city workers in five neighborhoods in a pilot program that…
Public Health Depts. across the country are relying on Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) to help with the logistics of mass…
Transportation systems frequently fail to meet the needs of low-income communities, women, the disabled and communities subject to systemic racism;…
Robert Bullard, known as “the father of environmental justice,” reinforced the interconnectedness of transportation, segregated housing, climate change, and pollution…
Urban experts warn that a popular post-pandemic design principle may not translate well from Europe to North America, and could…
A first-of-its-kind course presented by the World Bank and UN Women will examine the often-invisible gender issues surrounding mobility in the transport…
A growing body of research has proven that incomplete and dangerous transportation infrastructure in lower-income areas has a disparate negative impact on…
Nashika Stanbro has been selected to lead Community Transit’s new diversity, equity and inclusion program, which aims to align the agency’s…
he University of Kansas has received a federal planning grant for a project aimed at helping Kansas City leaders figure…
Source: Capacity Builders, Farmington, NM A simple, but integral technological advancement holds the promise of creating a stronger, more equitable…
For her master’s thesis, McDonnell researched how people experience transit differently, and how the design of city transportation plans accommodate their…
The City of Trenton, in collaboration with Isles Inc., a nonprofit community development and environmental organization that works to foster…
The San Diego Association of Governments Board of Directors approved an equity framework for inclusion in the new regional transportation plan.…
Have more mobility news that we should be reading and sharing? Let us know! Reach out to Sage Kashner (kashner@ctaa.org).
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