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Motorization share of urban trips in big French cities between 2010 and 2021. (according to INSEE)
November 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Motorization share of urban trips in big French cities between 2010 and 2021. (according to INSEE)
Very odd interstitial space
November 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Very odd interstitial space
Ultimately, the federal government should be going in the opposite direction: Providing more funding for transit, not less.
Read our full analysis:
Read our full analysis:
Cutting Federal Transit Funding Won’t Fix Budget Shortfalls. But It Would Make Transportation Less Affordable for Americans.
A proposal to eliminate federal public transit funding would not only fail to address the existing funding gap but would also leave millions of Americans, pa…
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November 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Ultimately, the federal government should be going in the opposite direction: Providing more funding for transit, not less.
Read our full analysis:
Read our full analysis:
Cutting federal transit funding would hurt transit providers in rural areas the most. They are far more dependent on federal transit funding for operations & capital needs than are systems in large urban areas.
Moreover, transit providers in Trump-voting states would get disproportionately hurt.
Moreover, transit providers in Trump-voting states would get disproportionately hurt.
November 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Cutting federal transit funding would hurt transit providers in rural areas the most. They are far more dependent on federal transit funding for operations & capital needs than are systems in large urban areas.
Moreover, transit providers in Trump-voting states would get disproportionately hurt.
Moreover, transit providers in Trump-voting states would get disproportionately hurt.
The Trump Administration, in internal documents, claims that cutting transit funding is necessary to solve this revenue problem.
But even if the federal government cut ALL transit funding, and directed all revenues to highways, it would still have an almost $200 billion gap by 2035!
But even if the federal government cut ALL transit funding, and directed all revenues to highways, it would still have an almost $200 billion gap by 2035!
November 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The Trump Administration, in internal documents, claims that cutting transit funding is necessary to solve this revenue problem.
But even if the federal government cut ALL transit funding, and directed all revenues to highways, it would still have an almost $200 billion gap by 2035!
But even if the federal government cut ALL transit funding, and directed all revenues to highways, it would still have an almost $200 billion gap by 2035!
Here's what's clear: The Highway Trust Fund, which supports federal highway and transit funding, collects FAR less revenues than the Congress outlays to spend on transportation.
Between 2025 & 2035, the difference between spending & revenues is estimated to be a massive $436 billion.
Between 2025 & 2035, the difference between spending & revenues is estimated to be a massive $436 billion.
November 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Here's what's clear: The Highway Trust Fund, which supports federal highway and transit funding, collects FAR less revenues than the Congress outlays to spend on transportation.
Between 2025 & 2035, the difference between spending & revenues is estimated to be a massive $436 billion.
Between 2025 & 2035, the difference between spending & revenues is estimated to be a massive $436 billion.
The agency says it would start the modernization with the Red Line, which operates independently, & start platform door installation downtown. It would then move to the rest of the system.
The full board briefing on this is worth checking out: www.wmata.com/about/board/...
The full board briefing on this is worth checking out: www.wmata.com/about/board/...
November 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The agency says it would start the modernization with the Red Line, which operates independently, & start platform door installation downtown. It would then move to the rest of the system.
The full board briefing on this is worth checking out: www.wmata.com/about/board/...
The full board briefing on this is worth checking out: www.wmata.com/about/board/...
In moving to automated service & platform doors, DC Metro would be 1st major US metro system to adopt what has become the international norm.
Metro is framing automation in terms of its financial benefits, showing that an up-front capital investment can have major long-term operational benefits.
Metro is framing automation in terms of its financial benefits, showing that an up-front capital investment can have major long-term operational benefits.
November 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
In moving to automated service & platform doors, DC Metro would be 1st major US metro system to adopt what has become the international norm.
Metro is framing automation in terms of its financial benefits, showing that an up-front capital investment can have major long-term operational benefits.
Metro is framing automation in terms of its financial benefits, showing that an up-front capital investment can have major long-term operational benefits.
For Illinois, it would reduce funding for capital expenditures tremendously; the federal government is a primary source of capital funding for transit. The state transit bill was focused on operations.
November 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
For Illinois, it would reduce funding for capital expenditures tremendously; the federal government is a primary source of capital funding for transit. The state transit bill was focused on operations.