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Affordability defined the 2025 election cycle. Several notable races pushed funding public transportation to the forefront, showing how investing in multimodal transportation can be part of a campaign on affordability.Transportation is the second largest cost for households after housing, and numerous winning candidates who focus

The Trump administration’s new proposals to eliminate dedicated federal funding for public transit and eliminate the ability to transfer funds for transit would devastate transit agencies, particularly rural transit agencies. A deep dive into the data shows us four key implications of the proposed gutting

The Trump administration’s proposal to eliminate the core pillar of federal transit funding won’t fix the Highway Trust Fund’s budget woes. Other proposals put forward by this Congress so far haven’t helped much either.Historical primerWe spend a lot of money on highways, but when it

TransportationCamp DC is returning on January 10, 2026! TCamp is a space for anyone from seasoned transportation pros to first-time “Campers” to come together and share ideas, challenge assumptions, and spark new ideas and connections. Check out these testimonials from our team at Transportation for

Washington, D.C. (November 17) — In response to reports from Politico that the Trump administration is proposing to eliminate federal transit funding and the flexibility states have to determine how to spend their own formula dollars, Steve Davis, Director of Transportation for America, offered this statement: “This short-sighted

Politicians are talking about the cost of transit–a valid and important issue impacting transit ridership. NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani utilized his campaign platform to shed more light on the policy idea. However, what people really need to increase their use of transit is reliable, frequent

Nearly 40,000 people are dying on our roads each year, and Congress must take action to address the crisis by requiring changes in policy and practice. Last week, the National Complete Streets Coalition, Transportation for America, and a coalition of 24 other national, state, and

The conversation about how to fund the transportation system has dominated the reauthorization process at the expense of its core purpose: safely delivering people to the destinations they want to get to. To build a system that actually works for people, we must acknowledge what’s