Recent Reports and News
April 2008
A Better Way to Go: Meeting America's 21st Century Transportation Challenges with Modern Public Transit
Released by U.S.PIRG, this report examines the changes facing America's transportation system, which it calls "increasingly out of step with the challenges of the 21st century."
February 2008
Assessing Federal Employment Accessibility Policy: An Analysis of the JARC Program
The Brookings Institution released a report last month regarding national unemployment and poverty policies and how improvements in urban transportation mobility can be used to address these issues. This paper considers a 40-year span of federal policy toward transportation mobility for low-income workers, including the most recent Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) program, administered by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA).
January 2008
Transportation for Tomorrow: Report of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission was prepared by a specially convened Commission to meet the charge given under Section 1909 of the Safe Accountable, Flexible and Efficient Transportation Equity Act – A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). The Report includes detailed recommendations for creating and sustaining a pre-eminent surface transportation system in the United States. (Released 1/15/2008)
The American Public Transportation Association sponsored a policy forum on Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Energy Conservation: Public Transportation’s Strategic Role on January 22, 2008. Read Reports and Presentations from that forum.
September 2007
New Study confirms Transit as Vital Tool in Combating
Global Warming
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