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Transit Dispatchesby Mark R. AeschMay 28, 2025

From Budget Size to Service Impact: Rethinking Public Transit Investment

Why it's time for public transit agencies to shift focus from the size of their budgets to how effectively those funds drive service on the street.

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Transit Dispatchesby Mark R. AeschApril 9, 2025

3 Essential Action Steps to Establish Certainty

Much is being said and written about the uncertainty in Washington, DC. What we know to be certain is that yesteryear’s argument of “give us more money and we will make it better” will unlikely carry the day.

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Transit Dispatchesby Mark R. AeschMarch 5, 2025

Making the Transition from Volume to Value

The public transportation industry is now one month into a new Administration. If there is a singular theme to what the nation has experienced — it is that performance matters.

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NewsJune 17, 2022

Pace Board Approves MaaS Contract, Fare Policy Changes

Driving Innovation, Pace’s strategic plan, identified the need for Pace to work with a MaaS provider to maximize transit access and ensure equitable regional access and system integration.

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NewsOctober 8, 2021

TransLink Implementing Mandatory Vaccination Policy for Employees

The policy applies to all employees of TransLink, Coast Mountain Bus Company, BC Rapid Transit Co., and Transit Police.

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NewsMay 28, 2021

USDOT Issues RFI on Transportation Data, Assessment Methods

The Department will use the responses it receives to inform its approach as it expands the use of data and equity-assessment methods to advance transportation equity goals.

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Newsby StaffJuly 16, 2019

NYC ride-sharing study has implications for policymakers

The fact that Uber and Lyft are companies primarily driven by profit raises significant equity concerns.

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Newsby StaffMarch 28, 2017

Strong local leadership key to successful transportation systems

A new handbook draws on examples from over thirty cities and outlines nearly two dozen policies and strategies that mayors and transportation agency leaders can use to improve urban transportation.

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ArticlesAugust 15, 2016

Both parties address infrastructure funding — poorly

I wrote last time that, once again, everyone agrees that funding for infrastructure must be increased but disagree on how to pay for it. Since then, both major U.S. political parties’ platforms have been voted on in this presidential election year, and they were true to the previous pattern, but could not be more different this time.

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Newsby StaffJune 6, 2013

Sen. Frank Lautenberg dedicated career to transit

Consistently supported train travel, particularly Amtrak. The senator was also responsible for some of the most important transportation policies in the country, including instituting stricter limits on blood alcohol levels for drivers, and increasing the federal drinking age to 21.

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