Transit, street safety, water, broadband, and capital projects.
A national report finds cities that speed up buses and drop fares together see bigger ridership boosts than doing either alone, with some agencies finding fare collection costs more than it collects.
A joint city program running 168 electric vehicles and 70 curbside charging stations may be the only municipally owned car-share and charging network in the US.
A dedicated care-based services division pairing homelessness outreach with public safety staff accompanied an 8-month ridership rise, a 6.7% drop in violent crime, and a 57% decline in unhoused riders on the system.
A city-hired mobility firm used ridership data to redesign bus routes and add on-demand shuttles, and monthly riders grew from about 4,000 to 10,000.
Fifteen months into an automated curb enforcement pilot, the reporting finds delivery vehicles using Center City loading zones up 97 percent and traffic moving faster, with safety effects still unmeasured.
A city transportation department evaluation using tube counts across three summers finds far fewer drivers going 11 mph or more over the limit at camera sites, though it measures speeds rather than crashes.
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