💯 "as an influenza pandemic raged through the city during the summer and fall of 1918, New Yorkers took fewer trips on subways and buses. Once the outbreak was contained, ridership immediately rebounded, and 1919 saw 100 million more passengers than the year before."
Public transportation carries 10x more people than airlines yet Congress thinks it needs $1 billion less aid. Not everybody rides transit but everyone is dependent on those who do. Here's why transit recovery is national economic recovery. https://t.co/CRQWsiSsRI
The Trump administration is denying New York, Portland, and Seattle transit agencies from applying for @FTA_DOT COVID-19 funding.
Why? Their cities are overrun by "anarchists."
Here's our condemnation with @NACTO, @TransitCenter & @NRDC.
https://t.co/j6ovXt4WGj
Focusing on the 50%+ increase in US pedestrian deaths since 2009 is critical, but is the timeframe too short? I looked across 40 years: recent pedestrian fatalities were more likely to involve bigger vehicles, wider roads, higher speed limits, darkness…
https://t.co/QwwXU0GTuH
APTA President and CEO Paul P. Skoutelas Praises Passage of the “INVEST in America Act”H.R. 2 is a Historic and Transformational Bill for Public Transportation https://t.co/0D0Gcr4sXJ #transit#publictransport
How @trimet makes AM light rail service. Shows trains from yard to terminus of first inbound trip. Made with #rstats using ggmap & gganimate & tweenr
https://t.co/K6ebUBZq5w
Fare evasion is something that gives people headaches & we talk about it too much. A couple of days ago disability gate was open at vendome metro @stminfo most people going in did not take advantage and did tap, only exiting ones used it. Let’s talk Reliability & OTP please.
This CCIM project is being installed in the next couple days. I'm excited to see the impacts to transit operations going to the Hawthorne bridge. @trimet@PBOTinfo https://t.co/e3A0Yw2uz2
A report by @CMonsere and @sirishak of @CEEdeptPDX found higher speed limits led to an increase in serious crashes in Eastern Oregon. In response, @OregonDOT is taking safety measures. For more, see @EastOregonian's coverage of the research: https://t.co/gZ4TChvKjr @psu_research