The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has released 2017 National Transit Database (NTD) data products. The NTD is used by the FTA to allocate Federal formula funds amongst other purposes. For more information on FTA funding programs, check out CoaST’s Transportation 101 series on FTA Funding programs and FTA funding basics Visit the NTD Data page to…
The Coalition for Smarter Transportation will host a webinar on the USDOTs newly released report on automated vehicle policy. Our featured speaker is Matthew Lesh, Experienced Mobility Professional, and principal at Mobility e3. During this webinar, Mr. Lesh will review AV 3.0 and its implications and provide some commentary on what lies ahead. What: Coalition for…
Join us as the Coalition for Smarter Transportation’s Policy Director Jason Pavluchuk provides an overview of the 2018 elections and their impact on Smarter Transportation. During this webinar, we will review: Federal elections and impact on transportation policies Local elections & referendums from across the nation What: Webinar – 2018 Election – Impact on Smarter Transportation…
The University Transportation working group of the Coalition for Smarter Transportation will meet on Thursday, November 8th at 3:30 PM EDT. During the call, the following issues will be discussed: 1) Update on UBTI Post-election 2) Discuss other issues that CoaST would like to tackle i.e. town/gown, parking, and university transportation etc. 3) Develop 2019…
From the Intelligent Transportation Systems Professional Capacity Building Program: T3e Webinar Overview Autonomous Vehicle Assignment and Routing in Congested Transportation Networks Date: Thursday, October 25, 2018 Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET Cost: All T3e webinars are free of charge. PDH: 1.0 View PDH Policy Register Here T3e Webinars are brought to you by the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Professional…
The US Department of Transportation released a document entitled USDOT Automated Vehicles 3.0. AV 3.0 expands the scope to all surface on-road transportation systems and was developed through the input from a diverse set of stakeholder engagements, throughout the Nation. AV 3.0 is structured around three key areas: Advancing multi-modal safety, Reducing policy uncertainty, and Outlining…
The Coalition for Smarter Transportation fully supports efforts in California to reject Prop 6. California recently increased their gas tax in an effort to raise funding for critical infrastructure and mass transit projects. An effort to eliminate that increase, known as Prop 6, will be on the ballot this November and its defeat is critical…
CoaST founding member Matt Caywood was joined by Alex Roy to develop a commentary calling for universal basic mobility. The concept is based upon the economic theory of ‘Universal Basic Income’ (UBI) which has long been talked about as a way to address income inequality. This article discusses how: Universal Basic Mobility would be a…
The Seattle City Council passed a transit benefit ordinance that requires employers to offer pre-tax transportation benefits. Seattle becomes the sixth city to pass such policy (San Francisco , New York City and, Washington DC), in addition to an ordinance that covers the nine county SF Bay Area. The ordinance exempts tax-exempt organizations and applies…
Governor Jerry Brown of California has signed legislation that would allow the City of San Francisco to tax transportation network companies. The issue must first be approved by 2/3rds of the voters in San Francisco and will not appear on the ballot this year. Under the legislation, if passed by the voters, the City can…