Public buses, subways and trains are relatively safe, fast and cheap. But competition from rideshares and concerns over COVID-19 will soon see some local agencies short of funds.
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Workers still need to approve the deal, which was brokered by President Biden in 20 hours of last-minute negotiations.
The government uses a process called public procurement. A professor of public policy explains how the process works and how it is increasingly used to achieve social goals.
Rail advocates often make the case that trains are a cleaner mode of transportation, but why is that so? And what would it take to expand rail in the U.S.?
How does positive train control – safety technology that could have prevented this week’s deadly Amtrak derailment – work and why is it still not on US rails?
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Executive Director of the Center for Railway Research and Education, Michigan State University
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Studying Complex Systems, Stanford University
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Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Administration, Boise State University
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Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management, Michigan State University
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Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis
