🚍 In this week’s #TransitUnplugged News Minute with Julie Gates… 🇨🇦 Canadians are pushing back against proposed $5B transit funding cuts, warning of major impacts on riders and communities. 🚌…
Transit’s future is all about people. In this episode of Transit Unplugged, host Paul Comfort talks with Geisha Ester, Executive Director of the National Transit Institute (NTI) at Rutgers University,…
Change at the top — Marc Molinaro steps down after just six months as Administrator at the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). 🇨🇦 Hitachi Rail announces a nearly $30M investment to…
Recorded live at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, this special episode of Transit Unplugged tackles a big question: Does research actually improve public transportation? Host Paul Comfort is joined…
🏈 Seattle Transit breaks ridership records as fans flood the Seahawks hashtag#SuperBowl parade — with Sound Transit and King County Metro Transit carrying hundreds of thousands in a single day….
Recorded live at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, this episode of Transit Unplugged features a wide-ranging and deeply personal conversation with Bridgette Beato, Chair of WTS…
💰 Congress approved the FY2026 THUD bill — including $16.5B for transit and $2.9B for rail. 📱 In Canada, Société de transport de Montréal is expanding its text-to-report safety service…
On this episode of Transit Unplugged, Paul Comfort is joined by Roger Harris, President of Amtrak, for an in-depth look at what’s driving momentum at America’s national railroad. Roger breaks…
⏳ Federal transit funding for 2026 is still waiting on final approval, with a partial government shutdown already delaying some grants. ⚽ With the FIFA World Cup 2026™ – Canada,…
Transit Unplugged wraps a six-part “State of Transit” series to kick off 2026, Paul Comfort is joined by Hayden Clarkin — transportation engineer, mobility consultant, Mass Transit Magazine Top 40…