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Safely, affordably, and conveniently connecting people to jobs, services, and opportunity through multiple modes of travel. A program of @smartgrowthusa.bsky.social

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World-Class American Transit Transportation for America's analysis shows U.S. transit falls far short of global peers and what it would take to close the gap

Our new report details what it would take to deliver world-class transit service in the U.S.

It finds that a $4.6 trillion investment over 20 years is needed to build, operate, and maintain a network that approaches global peers.

Learn more ⤵️
t4america.org/resource/wor...

14.01.2026 18:44 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Transportation Camp DC 2026 is off to a great start! Keynote speaker @humantransit.bsky.social!

10.01.2026 15:12 👍 30 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
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Today is the day!

We're so excited to welcome everyone to TransportationCampDC!

We heard a great Keynote from Jarrett Walker, author of @humantransit.bsky.social, and we're moments away from heading to our first round of breakout rooms!

10.01.2026 15:53 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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2025 Annual Report - Smart Growth America

Our Annual Report details key highlights from our work across 46 states + DC in 2025.

From policy wins to on-the-ground efforts, explore the progress and impact we've had on important housing and transportation issues ⤵️
www.smartgrowthamerica.org/knowledge-hu...

09.01.2026 15:08 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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TransportationCamp DC Join us on Saturday, January 10, 2026, at Catholic University's Pryzbyla Center for another year of TransportationCamp DC.

Today is the last day to register for TransportationCamp DC 2026!

If you’ve been meaning to grab a ticket for TCamp, this is your last chance.

Get your tickets before registration closes tonight 👇
t4america.org/transportati...

05.01.2026 15:27 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 2
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How T4America Helped Restore Gulf Coast Passenger Rail: Watch the Story - Transportation For America Since 2013, Transportation for America has partnered with the Southern Rail Commission and U.S. Senator Roger Wicker to restore passenger rail service to the Gulf Coast. The successful launch this Aug...

🎉2025 was a big win for passenger rail!

🚉We're so thrilled to have been part of the process to bring the new Mardi Gras service back to the Gulf Coast!

📽️Learn more about what it took in our new video:
t4america.org/2025/12/11/h...

31.12.2025 16:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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TransportationCamp DC Join us on Saturday, January 10, 2026, at Catholic University's Pryzbyla Center for another year of TransportationCamp DC.

The new year is around the corner—and so are the conversations shaping the future of transportation!

TCamp is a week away, but tickets sales end January 5!

Learn more and get your tickets now 🎟️👇
t4america.org/transportati...

30.12.2025 19:42 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Year in review: Our top most read blogs of 2025 - Transportation For America 2025 is coming to a close, so we’re taking a moment to reflect on some of the biggest stories from the year. Whether it’s through reimagining infrastructure, restoring rail service, or making sure fed...

2025 is coming to a close, so we’re taking a moment to reflect on some of our biggest stories from the year.

These top posts of the year show how we've worked to drive real change within our transportation system.

Check them out! 👇
t4america.org/2025/12/23/y...

29.12.2025 19:30 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Join Our Team The State Smart Transportation Initiative (SSTI) is seeking a Transportation Partnership Specialist to strengthen our national network of state transportation leaders and help advance safer, cleaner, ...

The folks at @innovativedot.bsky.social are looking for a Transportation Partnership Specialist !

This person will help strengthen SSTI's network of state transportation leaders and help advance safer, cleaner, and more connected communities.

See more 👇
ssti.us/join-our-team/

17.12.2025 16:07 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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TransportationCamp DC Join us on Saturday, January 10, 2026, at Catholic University's Pryzbyla Center for another year of TransportationCamp DC.

Calling all transportation students, advocates, professionals, and everyone in between!

On January 10, join @smartgrowthusa.bsky.social and T4America at #TCamp26 to discuss how we can create a transportation system that works better for all. 🚌🚶🧑‍🦽🚴

t4america.org/transportati...

16.12.2025 17:47 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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Rider’s safety concerns can’t be dismissed with statistics. We need proven practices to ease users perceptions too - Transportation For America Statistically speaking, transit riders are less likely to experience crime or get into traffic accidents compared to drivers, but anxiety about crime on transit still persists. Perception matters, and...

Statistically speaking, public transit is safer than driving, but there is still a lot of anxiety about crime on transit.

Here are some practices that can help address and reshape common misconceptions about using transit ⤵️

t4america.org/2025/12/12/r...

15.12.2025 19:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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How T4America Helped Restore Gulf Coast Passenger Rail: Watch the Story - Transportation For America Since 2013, Transportation for America has partnered with the Southern Rail Commission and U.S. Senator Roger Wicker to restore passenger rail service to the Gulf Coast. The successful launch this Aug...

Our biggest win of 2025 🚆✨

Passenger rail is back on the Gulf Coast for the first time in 20 years!

Our new video tells the full story of what it took to make it happen. Check it out ⤵️
t4america.org/2025/12/11/h...

11.12.2025 18:51 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Congress can’t ignore the need to REPAIR our broken infrastructure - Transportation For America A new bill introduced in Congress this week, the REPAIR Infrastructure Act, would continue the work of the Reconnecting Communities Pilot program to improve people’s access to destinations that matter...

Congress just introduced the REPAIR Infrastructure Act, a bill that would build on the efforts of the Reconnecting Communities Pilot program to fix the harms from divisive infrastructure and improve access to the places people rely on.

Learn more 👇
t4america.org/2025/12/10/c...

10.12.2025 21:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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New FTA bus program awards skipped out on clean vehicles - Transportation For America The Trump administration’s decision to take $2 billion intended to lower bus emissions and instead maximize the purchase of dirtier buses is another example of how, without real accountability, the ne...

The Trump administration’s decision to use $2 billion to maximize the purchase of dirtier buses is another example of how, without real accountability, the next transportation bill is on track to be an emissions extravaganza.

Find out more 👇
t4america.org/2025/12/04/l...

05.12.2025 15:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Join Our Team The State Smart Transportation Initiative (SSTI) is seeking a Transportation Partnership Specialist to strengthen our national network of state transportation leaders and help advance safer, cleaner, ...

Our friends at @innovativedot.bsky.social are hiring a Transportation Partnership Specialist !

Help strengthen their network of state transportation leaders and help advance safer, cleaner, and more connected communities.

More details and how to apply ⤵️
ssti.us/join-our-team/

04.12.2025 18:13 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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1A Listening to the news can feel like a journey. But 1A guides you beyond the headlines – and cuts through the noise. Let's get to the heart of the story, together – on 1A.Support NPR and get your news ...

Our President and CEO, @bethosborne.bsky.social, will join @npr.org 1A at 11 a.m. ET to talk about why our streets are getting more dangerous for people walking, and what can be done to change that.

Tune in for the conversation wherever you get your podcasts! ⤵️
www.npr.org/podcasts/510...

04.12.2025 15:26 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Your support can fuel real change this #GivingTuesday.

SGA works every day to build safer streets, expand affordable housing, and support local leaders working to help communities thrive.

Help us accelerate this work by making a gift today ⤵️
www.smartgrowthamerica.org/donate-today/

02.12.2025 15:57 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Our Transit Network Design Course Comes to Washington DC — Human Transit Our firm’s two-day intensive course in transit network design is an “inexcusably fun” way to go deep into how transit networks work and learn the craft of designing them.  It’s great not just for work...

And on Jan 15-16, Jarrett will be leading a two-day intensive course in transit network design in Washington, DC!

Details on how to register can be found here:
humantransit.org/2025/11/our-...

01.12.2025 17:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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TransportationCamp DC Join us on Saturday, January 10, 2026, at Catholic University's Pryzbyla Center for another year of TransportationCamp DC.

Don't miss your chance to hear from our #TCamp26 keynote speaker Jarrett Walker! @humantransit.bsky.social

Learn more about Jarrett and grab your tickets today 👇
t4america.org/transportati...

01.12.2025 17:04 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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TransportationCamp DC is back on Jan. 10, 2026!

And today is the last day to receive 10% off your tickets with the code BLACKFRIDAY2025 at checkout.

Secure your spot today! 👇
t4america.org/transportati...

28.11.2025 16:20 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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TransportationCamp DC Join us on Saturday, January 10, 2026, at Catholic University's Pryzbyla Center for another year of TransportationCamp DC.

TransportationCamp DC is back on January 10, 2026!

And for the next three days, we’re offering a special 10% off all TCamp 2026 tickets!

Use the code BLACKFRIDAY2025 at checkout 👇
t4america.org/transportati...

26.11.2025 16:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The 2025 election showed why transportation matters in the affordability conversation - Transportation For America 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...

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.

Learn more 👇
t4america.org/2025/11/20/t...

21.11.2025 16:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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We’re excited to have global transit planner + author of Human Transit, Jarrett Walker (@humantransit.bsky.social), as the keynote for #TCamp2026.

Don’t miss your chance to hear from one of the most influential voices in public transit!

Get your tickets 👇
t4america.org/transportati...

20.11.2025 16:06 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Rural and red state pain: Four notable impacts of Trump’s unprecedented transit cuts - Transportation For America 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, particularl...

We took a deep dive into the data that shows four key implications of the Trump Administration's proposed gutting of federal support for transit.

All communities are at risk, especially those in rural places.

Learn more 👇
t4america.org/2025/11/18/r...

19.11.2025 15:23 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Axing federal transit funding won’t solve the Highway Trust Fund’s fiscal woes - Transportation For America 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 ...

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.

Find out more ⤵️
t4america.org/2025/11/18/a...

18.11.2025 20:37 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Fare free transit is great, but reliable services are better - Transportation For America 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 polic...

Fare-free transit can boost access and ridership, but without adequate funding for operations, reliability suffers.

To truly improve people’s lives and support riders, policymakers must invest in frequent, dependable service—not just lower fares 👇
t4america.org/2025/11/12/f...

14.11.2025 20:57 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims in the U.S. Advocating safer roads through speed limits, road design, and vehicle enhancements.

Every year, nearly 40,000 people are killed on American roads, an entirely preventable tragedy.

In honor of World Day of Remembrance on Nov. 16th, we commit to prioritizing safety over speed to save lives. #WDoR2025 #SafeSpeedsSaveLives

Find out more 👇
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13.11.2025 15:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Letter to Congress calls for penalties for failing to improve roadway safety - Transportation For America 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 Coaliti...

Our new letter urges Congress to prioritize safety in all federal transportation programs, hold states accountable for measurable progress, and focus hearings on how road design (not just driver behavior) shapes outcomes 👇
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13.11.2025 15:32 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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#TCampDC is happening on Jan. 10!

This is an opportunity for advocates to brainstorm ways to raise awareness and pave the way for a better future in transportation.

You don’t want to miss it ⬇️
t4america.org/transportati...

10.11.2025 18:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Talking Headways Podcast: Why Are We Going Backwards? — Streetsblog USA A very special discussion about why America keeps building highways, how President Trump is targeting transit and how we can all get a better federal transportation bill if we want it.

New #TalkingHeadways podcast! @corrigansalerno.bsky.social of @t4america.bsky.social joins the show to talk about getting federal transportation policy right! link.theoverheadwire.com/u8gwm @usa.streetsblog.org

06.11.2025 18:32 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0