FALL 2022 ISSUE

Cities Expand Microtransit

Post-Pandemic Transportation

Electric Vehicle Market and Ownership

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TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, PRACTICE AND PROGRESS

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As Gas Tax Loses Power, Mileage-Based User Fees Move Closer to Reality

As Gas Tax Loses Power, Mileage-Based User Fees Move Closer to Reality

Innovative Programs at State Level Show Potential Ways Forward

  • By Karl Vilacoba

Roughly half of U.S. states are currently or have been engaged in pilot programs to study Mileage-Based User Fees (MBUF), with varying approaches to how mileage is reported or collected, how much drivers are charged, and how to recoup costs from out-of-state motorists.

Sidebar: Eno Report Offers Advice on National VMT-Fee Pilot 

Microtransit Changing The Landscape

Microtransit Changing The Landscape

App-based Rides Get Into the Public Transit Game

  • By Josh Stephens

Whether it's in a big city or small, even in an Indian reservation, on-demand apps can supplement and connect transit—in one case even replacing it.

Ready or Not, ‘EV Decade’ Is Here

Ready or Not, ‘EV Decade’ Is Here

Data Points to Start of Transformation in Transportation in U.S.

  • By Karl Vilacoba

Electric vehicles make up less than 5 percent of the market but sales doubled in 2021 in what could be the dawn of a new era. Now it could be a matter of infrastructure keeping up.

Sidebar: What I Learned In My First Year As An EV Owner

Transit Agencies Struggle Amid Commuting Patterns Still in Flux

Transit Agencies Struggle Amid Commuting Patterns Still in Flux

  • By Mark Hrywna

Traditional commutes have not returned as people continue work from home in some capacity, impacting transit ridership and budgets, with few answers on the horizon.

Hydrogen Big Rigs: Fuel Cell Electric Trucks Emerging as a Viable Climate Solution

Hydrogen Big Rigs: Fuel Cell Electric Trucks Emerging as a Viable Climate Solution

  • By Mark Solof

Hydrogen powered long-haul trucking has great potential for reducing carbon emissions from transportation while laying the ground for wider use of hydrogen throughout the economy.

Sidebar: Large-Scale Efforts Underway to Boost 'Green' Hydrogen

Sidebar: Hydrogen Trucks at California Ports

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News and Research Exchange

Transit Agencies Vulnerable to Cyber Incidents -Public transit agencies in the U.S., which depend on vendors to help deliver and maintain critical technologies, are vulnerable to cyber incidents, according to new research.... read more.

Rail Construction in U.S. Costs More, Takes Longer to Finish - Rail transit construction projects in the United States pay a premium of roughly 50 percent per mile compared to projects in 10 peer countries and take about 8.5 months longer, on average, to complet... read more.

Big Vehicles Result in More Severe Pedestrian Injuries, Hospital Charges - Larger vehicles are involved in pedestrian and bicyclist crashes with more severe injuries that result in higher hospital charges, according to a new research paper, while children are eight times more likely to die... read more.

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From the NJTPA Chair
John W. Bartlett, Passaic County Commissioner
John W. Bartlett, NJTPA ChairI'M pleased to present this, the first full issue of InTransition magazine after a long... read more