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Global Shutdown: Visualizing Commuter Activity in the World’s Cities

The world has experienced many pandemics throughout its history, but not every era has had the benefit of modern medicine and hindsight. However,...

Championing Quality: Network Rail’s New Focus on Architecture and Design (Part 1)

A raft of recent initiatives at Network Rail, the British rail infrastructure owner and operator, is putting a spotlight on architecture and design....

Openings and Construction Starts Planned for 2020

20 new transit lines will open in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico in 2020. These new transit lines won’t be adequate alone to...

Too little, too late? A decade of transit investment in the U.S.

Too little, too late? A decade of transit investment in the U.S. » Cities across the U.S. added more than 1,200 miles of expanded...

The perverse incentives produced by institutional division

» In Chicago, conflicts between local transit services and the commuter rail network have impinged on peoples’ mobility for decades. The institutional context...

A Transit Employer’s Duty to Bargain Over Automation:  Introduction

When a transit authority considers automation, a duty to bargain with labor over the decision to automate and a duty to bargain over the effects of the decision may arise.  The source of the duty may be one of three types of labor laws that govern the transit employment relationship:  the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), the Railway Labor Act (RLA) or state-specific public sector collective bargaining statutes.  This post will discuss the duty to bargain generally.  Next week's post will review subjects over which an employer may be required to bargain and steps an employer can take now to better position itself to automate.

Openings and Construction Starts Planned for 2019

Openings and Construction Starts Planned for 2019 Yonah Freemark January 8th, 2019 | Despite recent declines in transit ridership in the U.S., the construction...

On the ballot in 2018, a clear contrast among those who would move into Governors’ mansions

On the ballot in 2018, a clear contrast among those who would move into Governors’ mansions » On the gubernatorial ballot, Democratic and Republican...

U.S. transit systems are shedding riders. Are they under threat?

U.S. transit systems are shedding riders. Are they under threat? » Transit agencies are losing ridership across the country. Just how bad is this...

Nashville plans for a big boost in local transit, and is hoping its voters will step on board

Nashville plans for a big boost in local transit, and is hoping its voters will step on board » The city’s mayor has announced...

In response to growth, Chinese cities choose metros

» With rail rapid transit construction in virtually every major Chinese city, the country is betting on an urban future focused on transit. Faced...

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