Category Archives: public transit

3 Proposals to Fund Mass Transit in a Big City. Includes Real Estate Fee.

Proposals to fund mass transit in New York City include:

  • Congestion pricing
  • Creating a “transit-maintenance district”
  •  Adding a $1.50 charge to the core business district’s $60- to $70-per-square-foot rents since high rise buildings benefit the most from mass transit

Crain’s New York | Former MTA executive pitches real estate fee to fund mass transit

Local Government Trend. The Low Down on connected transportation data exchange.

The City: Columbus OH

What’s a connected transportation data exchange? The Smart Columbus Operating System is a system to share near-real-time data on traffic 

How does it work? it will collect data from cars that  transmit metrics like time, speed and location with road-side units. The data will be overlayed to create a regional transportation outlook

But, how does the city get the car data? 

  • From volunteers who volunteer their vehicles. Columbus is looking for 3000 volunteers
  • school…

Anatomy of a Legislative Push for Funding for Clean Trucks & Buses. Natural Gas Here We Go…

California legislators are pushing for $1B in funding for clean trucks and buses before the September 15th legislative deadline.

The funding source and economic benefits legislators are touting:

The funding source for clean trucks and bus $1 billion: California’s GHG cap-and-trade system

Is there a simultaneous economic benefit to the state? Yes, the state has seen an influx of companies building clean trucks and buses because of the market growth in California

Natural Gas Intelligence…