public transit

Walking the Last Mile: Barriers and Solutions to Suburban Transit Access

Pedestrian infrastructure plays a critical role in facilitating first-/last-mile access to transit. Efforts to connect pedestrians to transit through infrastructure improvements, however, often face considerable implementation barriers. These …

Not Minding the Gap: Does Ride-Hailing Serve Transit Deserts?

Transit has long connected people to opportunities but access to transit varies greatly across space. In some cases, unevenly distributed transit supply creates gaps in service that impede travelers' abilities to cross space and access jobs or other …

Travel of TOD Residents in the San Francisco Bay Area: Examining the Impact of Affordable Housing

Legislation and public policies in California incentivize housing development near high-quality transit nodes to meet climate change and affordability goals. In general, transit-oriented development (TOD) encourages transit ridership and active …

Trends in Small-Metro Transit Ridership

Why has transit use been declining, particularly in small metros in downstate Illinois?

Exploring Bicycle and Public Transit Use by Low-Income Latino Immigrants: A Mixed-Methods Study in the San Francisco Bay Area

Latin American immigrants will continue to make up a large share of transit ridership, bicycling and walking in the United States for the foreseeable future, but there is relatively little research about them. This mixed-methods study compares the …