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Thinking About Next Steps for Our Transit Equity Project
I’ve been trying to get this post done for a while, but RailVolution and working on the Transit Appliance have kept me a bit busy. I’ve also been musing over a couple of very interesting posts from Jarrett Walker at Human Transit that talk about the interaction between transit and density and the difference between…
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A Recommendation That Should Not Be Overlooked
Scotty has already reported on the release of the TriMet Safety Task Force report. I’d like to highlight one of the recommendations that has not gotten a lot of coverage: 4. Community advisory committee TriMet cannot achieve the highest levels of safety performance without engaging the entire community. The task force heard from operators that…
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Looking at Equity Nationally
Equity has been on my mind quite a bit. The Portland Plan is making equal distribution of the benefits and burdens of public services and infrastructure a major focus. And of course, our equity analysis project is intended to be a deep dive on how equitably transit service is distributed around the region. Now T4America…