Tag: transportation

When we talk about equity, we’re typically talking about individuals or neighborhoods. But what about the imbalance in power and access to resources between entire metropolitan areas?

Expanding rail lines shouldn't dominate transportation talk. Making improvements to existing transit can make a big difference for low-income households.

If artists are going to bring their creative problem-solving selves to projects, they need to get involved when the problem is being identified.

Three transit projects show how artists, transit agencies, and community groups helped communities envision more equitable outcomes.

Health care providers and insurers are trying out new transportation models that could vastly benefit their patients—and their bottom lines.

An Indianapolis-based organization successfully campaigned to bring more funding to the mass transit system in Marion County. How did the organization balance the tension between expanding rail line service and improving bus service, and ensure race was at the forefront of the conversation?

Neighborhoods of color are often more dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists, but they are also often left behind when local officials redesign streets to make them safer. How can we change this?

As long as there’s a shortage of transit-rich, walkable neighborhoods, piecemeal solutions to address affordability issues won’t be enough.

Transportation is the second largest direct expenditure for American households, after housing. Of course transportation costs vary widely based on where you live, how...

Transit providers are often major landowners in their communities. These sites are also opportunities to provide desperately needed affordable housing.

David Adame of Chicanos Por La Causa, and Joe Guadio of UnitedHealthcare talk about the value of addressing social determinants and lessons they’ve learned.

We have a limited number of dense core neighborhoods where getting around without a car and without a lengthy daily commute are possible.

Nonprofits advocate for local transit spending, but annual conference logistics don't typically include bus route information for attendees.

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We can’t truly understand how a person’s health is affected by where they live if we look only at data within arbitrary boundaries like census tracts and ignore the places people actually go and don’t go every day.

In a recent Shelterforce blog post, we discussed the catalysts for the adoption of equity and sustainability as core principles in a new development...

As many visitors and locals know well, New Orleans boasts the oldest continuously operating street railway in the world....

The Red Line Transit Project is a proposed 14.1-mile light rail line designed to connect approximately 55,000 daily riders...

New Jersey’s extensive public transportation system is a source of envy for most other states, many of whose larger...

Access to transit should be considered a strong factor when encouraging people to move for opportunity.