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     Why American public transit is so bad | 2020 Election

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2. www.youtube.com › watchHow To Fix Public Transit In The U.S. | CNBC Marathon - YouTube

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   CNBC Marathon examines the growing list of problems that U.S. public transit is facing and potential solutions to fix them.Public transit in the U.S. is noto...

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   Most Americans have no choice but to drive. How do we change that?We produced this video in 2020 as part of our US election coverage.

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4. www.youtube.com › watchTransportation For a New Urban Century - True Story ... - YouTube

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   Life on Wheels tells the compelling story of a culture on the verge of a transformation.

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5. www.urban.org › urban-wire › us-public-transit-hasUS Public Transit Has Struggled to Retain ... - Urban Institute

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   Jun 25, 2021 · Increasing public transit ridership, which is more sustainable (PDF) and more affordable than driving, can help construct a more environmentally friendly and equitable society. But national trends tell just one part of the story.

6. www.nationalacademies.org › news › 2021Transportation’s Role in Equity and Justice: Restoring and ...

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   Jul 27, 2021 · Urban freeways and transit infrastructure projects — often paid for in large part by federal transportation funds — have disproportionately displaced and isolated people living in minority neighborhoods, tearing at the fabric of vibrant communities and compounding issues of equity and access to jobs and essential services.

7. www.openculture.com › 2021 › 02Why Public Transit Sucks in the United States: Four Videos ...

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   Many dif­fer­ent words could describe the state of pub­lic trans­porta­tion in Amer­i­ca today. In recent decades, more and more of a con­sen­sus seems to have set­tled around one word in par­tic­u­lar: that it “sucks.”

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   Is public transit more sustainable than driving?

   • Increasing public transit ridership, which is more sustainable (PDF) and more affordable than driving, can help construct a more environmentally friendly and equitable society. But national trends tell just one part of the story. Changes in metropolitan-area commuting show more varied patterns, some of which offer lessons for the future.

   US Public Transit Has Struggled to Retain Riders over the Past Half

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   What happened to public transportation in the 1970s?

   • “In the 1970s, use of public transportation was really common in cities all across the country no matter their size,” says Freemark. Now, widespread transit commuting is a phenomenon limited largely to large coastal metropolitan areas. “Other regions don’t have realizable public transportation people can depend on.”

   Why U.S. Cities Struggle to Keep Transit Commuters - Bloomberg

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   How are urban freeways affecting minority communities?

   • Urban freeways and transit infrastructure projects — often paid for in large part by federal transportation funds — have disproportionately displaced and isolated people living in minority neighborhoods, tearing at the fabric of vibrant communities and compounding issues of equity and access to jobs and essential services.

   Transportation’s Role in Equity and Justice - Restoring and

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   Could reversing Urban Wire reshape US public transit?

   • Urban Wire US Public Transit Has Struggled to Retain Riders over the Past Half Century. Reversing This Trend Could Advance Equity and Sustainability. Since 1970, the number of US workers roughly doubled, increasing from 77 million to more than 150 million. But over the same period, the number of transit commuters increased by only about 1 million.

   US Public Transit Has Struggled to Retain Riders over the Past Half

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   Why is public transit fading?

   • But fundamentally, the fading usefulness of public transit is a result of the fundamental lack of integration between federal transportation and land-use authorities, says Yonah Freemark, a senior research associate with the Urban Institute.

   Why U.S. Cities Struggle to Keep Transit Commuters - Bloomberg

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   Why is transit so unequal?

   • The profoundly unequal geography of U.S. transit reflects — and contributes to — the economic gaps that have grown between cities; as struggling metros have shed jobs and wealth, their ability to maintain useful transit systems has likewise declined.

   Why U.S. Cities Struggle to Keep Transit Commuters - Bloomberg

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9. www.bloomberg.com › news › articlesWhy U.S. Cities Struggle to Keep Transit Commuters - Bloomberg

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   Jun 25, 2021 · A new analysis of a half-century of transportation patterns in U.S. cities shows how the share of transit commuters has plunged in most — but not all — metro regions since 1970.