David Zipper April 28, 2025 2025, CityLab The Last Thing US Transit Agencies Should Do Now David Zipper April 28, 2025 2025, CityLab Cutting transit service leads riders to buy cars — and to abandon transit for good
David Zipper January 27, 2025 2025, Fast Company Trump is all-in on cars. It’s up to cities to stop him David Zipper January 27, 2025 2025, Fast Company Even without federal help, local government can encourage people to bike, walk, and ride transit
David Zipper January 9, 2025 2025, CityLab What Robotaxis Brought San Francisco David Zipper January 9, 2025 2025, CityLab I spoke with ex-SFMTA head Jeffrey Tumlin about the risks self-driving cars pose to cities like San Francisco.
David Zipper January 6, 2025 2025, CityLab Don’t Shrink the Bus David Zipper January 6, 2025 2025, CityLab The future of transit revolves around big vehicles, not small ones
David Zipper December 5, 2024 2024, CityLab Kansas City Looks Back on its Long, Costly Ride With Microtransit David Zipper December 5, 2024 2024, CityLab Kansas City is a microtransit pioneer, but results have underwhelmed
David Zipper November 13, 2024 2024, Vox The most dangerous roads in America have one thing in common David Zipper November 13, 2024 2024, Vox In the US, 2/3 of city crash deaths occur on streets control by the state — not local gov. That’s a problem.
David Zipper November 12, 2024 2024, CityLab Under Trump, Prepare for New US Transportation Priorities David Zipper November 12, 2024 2024, CityLab With Trump returning to the White House, US transportation policies will soon change. I spoke with T4A’s Beth Osborne to understand how.
David Zipper October 24, 2024 CityLab, 2024 Robotaxis Are No Friend of Public Transportation David Zipper October 24, 2024 CityLab, 2024 Robotaxi companies like Waymo claim to be transit’s new best friend. Be skeptical.
David Zipper July 12, 2024 CityLab, 2024 How Subway Riders Will Pay for NYC’s Congestion Pricing Halt David Zipper July 12, 2024 CityLab, 2024 After killing congestion pricing, NY Gov Hochul wants the MTA to focus on system expansion, not maintenance. Bad idea.
David Zipper February 8, 2024 2024, CityLab For Cities, ‘Transit Is Existential’ David Zipper February 8, 2024 2024, CityLab I spoke with Jarrett Walker about how transit agencies can survive the myriad challenges they now face.
David Zipper December 19, 2023 2023, CityLab On-Demand Microtransit Can’t Escape This Big Problem David Zipper December 19, 2023 2023, CityLab Door-to-door, on-demand transit is great — but it cannot scale.
David Zipper November 30, 2023 2023, Other America’s public transit doesn’t have to be this way. It can learn lessons from abroad David Zipper November 30, 2023 2023, Other For the World Economic Forum, I offered a few lessons US transit agencies can learn from abroad
David Zipper October 19, 2023 2023, Fast Company Estonia’s capital made mass transit free a decade ago. Car traffic went up. David Zipper October 19, 2023 2023, Fast Company Tallinn, Estonia started offering fare-free transit in 2013. It’s accomplished basically nothing.
David Zipper August 7, 2023 CityLab, 2023 How College Students Can Help Save Public Transit David Zipper August 7, 2023 CityLab, 2023 Transit agencies and colleges have new reasons to collaborate — and they should.
David Zipper May 4, 2023 2023, Slate What’s More Important: Making Mass Transit Better or Making It Free? David Zipper May 4, 2023 2023, Slate The District of Columbia faces a choice: Better transit or free transit?
David Zipper April 27, 2023 2023, CityLab Anatomy of an ‘American Transit Disaster’ David Zipper April 27, 2023 2023, CityLab Policymakers — not just cars — played a central role in the decline of US transit
David Zipper April 20, 2023 2023, CityLab How the Dutch Mastered Bike Parking at Train Stations David Zipper April 20, 2023 2023, CityLab The enormous bike facilities at Dutch rail stations are impressive — and also strategic
David Zipper March 30, 2023 2023, CityLab Transit Is Great — But It’s Not a Public Good David Zipper March 30, 2023 2023, CityLab Fare-free transit advocates need to reexamine one of their core arguments.
David Zipper March 27, 2023 2023, Vox, Featured How to save America’s public transit systems from a doom spiral David Zipper March 27, 2023 2023, Vox, Featured Transit must focus on quality service that replaces car trips — and avoid distractions.
David Zipper April 22, 2022 2022, CityLab Free Public Transit Is Not a Climate Policy David Zipper April 22, 2022 2022, CityLab Let’s be honest: Fare-free transit is not a climate solution.