Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about APTA

America Has a Terrible Traffic Safety Record Because We Drive Too Much

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 8, 2016 | No Comments

Even though the U.S. traffic fatality rate per mile driven has fallen by two-thirds in the last 50 years, America today still has the deadliest road system per capita in the developed world. Much of the improvement from safer driving and better emergency care has been wiped out by increases in total traffic. The American approach to traffic safety has emphasized seatbelt use, vehicle standards, […]

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American Transit Ridership Hits 57-Year High

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 10, 2014 | No Comments

The last year transit ridership was this high in the United States, Dwight Eisenhower signed the Federal Aid Highway Act. Not since 1956, according to the American Public Transportation Association, have Americans logged as many transit trips as they did in 2013: 10.7 billion. It was the eighth year in a row that Americans have made […]

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APTA Goes After Transit-Harassing Patent Troll

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 26, 2013 | No Comments

For years, transit agencies and other companies have been harassed by a patent troll seeking to extort them for “settlements” when they use real-time vehicle tracking technologies. ArrivalStar and Melvino Technologies, offshore firms led by one Martin Kelly Jones, claim to hold the rights to those ideas. Jones has been picking off agencies one by one […]

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APTA: How to Talk to a Detractor of High-Speed Rail

By Ben Goldman | Jan 12, 2012 | No Comments

Stop me if you’ve heard these before: “Most Americans don’t use railroads, they use cars.” “There’s no better example of excessive government spending than the $53 billion President Obama allocated for high-speed rail in his 2012 budget.” “Would you pay $1,000 so that someone — probably not you — can ride high-speed trains 58 miles […]

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APTA Survey: Transpo Bill Delay May Force Job Losses in U.S. Transit Industry

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 2, 2011 | No Comments

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and House Transportation Committee Chair John Mica (R-FL) both agree that a new surface transportation authorization bill needs to be finished before Congress leaves for the August recess. But that doesn’t mean it’ll happen. ImpulseNC makes overhead wire systems like these for transit networks. It could lay off workers or move […]

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