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‘I’m Always on the Bus’: How Transit Advocacy Helped Katie Wilson Become Seattle’s Next Mayor
"I really think that our public transit system is such a big part of people's daily experience of government," says the incoming mayor of the Emerald City.
December 12, 2025
Cutting Federal Transit Funding Won’t Close Budget Gaps — But Will Make Transportation Less Affordable
The Trump administration's proposal to eliminate the mass transit account of the Highway Trust Fund would be short-sighted, ineffective, and ruinous, a new analysis finds.
November 21, 2025
Trump Admin Seeks To Decimate Federal Transit Funding
"When you're talking about taking away money from transit, your proposal is flawed from the get-go," said one expert.
November 18, 2025
DECISION 2025: Transit Wins Big — Again — Across America
Several candidates who ran on ambitious transportation reform platforms won at the ballot box on Tuesday — but even more communities said yes to supporting transit directly.
November 6, 2025
Vision Zero Cities: Fund Transit — Or Lose It
Got a transit vision? Check out how several cities struggled and then rebounded.
Nicholas Dagen Bloom
October 23, 2025
‘Outrage’: Pols — And Even DOT Boss — Protest Trump’s Block on 34th St. Busway
A huge rally in Midtown to urge President Trump to get his meathooks off our transit included DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez, who is poised to capitulate.
October 20, 2025
Friday Video: How Public Transportation Fails ‘Fat’ People
Take a deep dive on the importance of size-inclusive transit, and what activists in Brussels are doing to get it.
September 5, 2025
Katie Wilson’s Success in Seattle Shows Again that Urbanism Is A Winning Campaign Issue
The advocate's strong early performance in Seattle's mayoral primary — following Zohran Mamdani's similar triumph — shows what you can do when you focus on transit.
August 22, 2025
Advocates Beg DOT Sec. Duffy to Give Up Space and Fix Transit On Earth
Transportation Secretary/acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy wants to put a nuclear reactor on the moon. But a lot of Americans just want the bus to come on time.
August 21, 2025
Subway Ridership Keeps Rising Despite Sean Duffy’s Best Efforts
It's like an old Catskills joke: No one rides the subway anymore — it's too crowded.
April 29, 2025
