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Newsby StaffMarch 27, 2026

California's AC Transit Greenlights Development of Service Contingency Plan

In reaching its decision, the board considered the District’s mounting long-term structural deficits, with current projections forecasting annual operating deficits of about $50 million beginning in FY 2027-28 and continuing in the years ahead.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 29, 2025

WMATA Delivers $120M in Savings, Record Ridership in FY2025

The agency reported that customers took 264 million trips, a 9% increase over FY24 and 16% above budget projections, generating $462 million in passenger revenue.

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Transit Dispatchesby Mark R. AeschJuly 15, 2025

The Fiscal Lessons of Goldilocks

Some agencies might suggest they are funded in the public transportation space. Some complain that they are funded too little. I have never heard a public transportation executive proclaim that they are funded too much. And if no public agencies are funded too much, then, by definition, none are funded too little. To steal from Goldilocks’ thinking, they are all funded just right.

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