Publications

Issues and Reforms for California’s Transit Workers

Policy Brief

Author(s):

Jacob L. Wasserman, Allie Padgett, Keenan Ky-An Do

Date:

February 23, 2024

Program Area(s):

Access to Opportunities, Public Transit, Transportation & Communities

Project:

Labor Challenges for Transportation: From Bus Drivers to Gig Workers

Transit, Belabored: Issues and Futures for California's Frontline Transit Workforce

Report

Author(s):

Jacob L. Wasserman, Allie Padgett, Keenan Ky-An Do

Date:

February 22, 2024

Program Area(s):

Access to Opportunities, Public Transit, Transportation & Communities

Project:

Labor Challenges for Transportation: From Bus Drivers to Gig Workers

Transit’s Financial Prognosis: Findings from a Survey of U.S. Transit Systems during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Journal Article

Author(s):

Fariba Siddiq, Jacob L. Wasserman, Brian D. Taylor, Samuel Speroni

Date:

October 1, 2023

Program Area(s):

Public Transit, Transportation Finance

Project:

Terra Incognita: California Transit Agency Perspectives on Demand, Service, and Finance in the Age of COVID-19

Author(s):

Hannah King, Jacob L. Wasserman, Brian D. Taylor

Date:

August 7, 2023

Program Area(s):

Public Transit, Transportation Finance

Project:

State of the BART: Analyzing the Determinants of Bay Area Rapid Transit Use in the 2010s

Author(s):

Jacob L. Wasserman, Brian D. Taylor

Date:

June 1, 2023

Program Area(s):

Public Transit

Project:

What's Behind Recent Transit Ridership Trends in the Bay Area?

Financing the Future: Examining the Fiscal Landscape of California Public Transit in the Wake of the Pandemic

Report

Author(s):

Jacob L. Wasserman, John Gahbauer, Fariba Siddiq, Hannah King, Hao Ding, Brian D. Taylor

Date:

April 10, 2023

Program Area(s):

Public Transit, Transportation Finance

Project:

Public Transit's Post-pandemic Fiscal Challenges

Policy Brief

Author(s):

Jacob L. Wasserman, John Gahbauer, Brian D. Taylor

Date:

February 24, 2023

Program Area(s):

Public Transit, Transportation Finance

Project:

Options for the Future of State Funding for Transit Operations in California

White Paper

Author(s):

John Gahbauer, Juan Matute, Brian D. Taylor

Date:

February 15, 2023

Program Area(s):

Public Transit, Transportation Finance

White Paper

Journal Article

Vehicle Access and Falling Transit Ridership: Evidence from Southern California

Author(s):

Michael Manville, Brian D. Taylor, Evelyn Blumenberg, Andrew Schouten

Date:

February 1, 2023

Program Area(s):

Public Transit

Project:

Falling Transit Ridership: California and Southern California

“It Is Our Problem!”: Strategies for Responding to Homelessness on Transit

Author(s):

Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Jacob L. Wasserman, Hao Ding, Ryan Caro

Date:

February 1, 2023

Program Area(s):

Public Transit, Transportation & Communities

Project:

Homelessness in Transit Environments

Shifting transit use in COVID-19 pandemic and its implications for transit’s recovery

Policy Brief

Author(s):

Julene Paul, Brian D. Taylor

Date:

February 1, 2023

Program Area(s):

Public Transit

Project:

How Post-Pandemic Travel Trends May Affect Public Transit

Fare-free? Reduced fares? What research tells us about strategies for pricing public transit

Author(s):

Hannah King, Brian D. Taylor

Date:

February 1, 2023

Program Area(s):

Public Transit, Transportation Finance

Project:

Assessing the Equity Implications of Innovative Transit Fare Programs

Considering Fare-Free Transit in The Context of Research on Transit Service and Pricing: A Research Synthesis

Report

Author(s):

Hannah King, Brian D. Taylor

Date:

January 31, 2023

Program Area(s):

Public Transit, Transportation Finance

Project:

Assessing the Equity Implications of Innovative Transit Fare Programs

Examining US Transit Vehicle Passenger Loads during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Author(s):

Tianxing Dai, Brian D. Taylor

Date:

January 31, 2023

Program Area(s):

Public Transit, Transportation & Health

Project:

Monitoring and Adjusting Transit Service during a Pandemic

Transit Blues in the Golden State: Regional Transit Ridership Trends in California

Journal Article

Author(s):

Jacob L. Wasserman, Brian D. Taylor

Date:

December 7, 2022

Program Area(s):

Public Transit

Project:

Transit Blues in the Golden State

Changing Transit Ridership and Service During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Policy Brief

Author(s):

Jeremy Epstein, John Gahbauer, Jacob L. Wasserman, Juan Matute

Date:

October 31, 2022

Program Area(s):

Public Transit

Project:

The Evolving Operations of Public Transit

A Bus Home: Homelessness in U.S. Transit Environments

Journal Article

Author(s):

Jacob L. Wasserman, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Hao Ding, Ryan Caro

Date:

September 6, 2022

Program Area(s):

Public Transit, Transportation & Communities

Project:

Homelessness in Transit Environments

How Are California’s Public Transit Operators Faring Fiscally Coming Out of the Pandemic?

Policy Brief

Author(s):

Jacob L. Wasserman, Fariba Siddiq, Brian D. Taylor

Date:

June 14, 2022

Program Area(s):

Public Transit, Transportation Finance

Project:

Transit Renaissance: The Future of Public Transport and Its Finance and Governance

Surveying the Financial Conditions of California’s Public Transit Operators: An Early to Mid-Pandemic Comparison

Report

Author(s):

Fariba Siddiq, Jacob L. Wasserman, Brian D. Taylor

Date:

June 13, 2022

Program Area(s):

Public Transit, Transportation Finance

Project:

Transit Renaissance: The Future of Public Transport and Its Finance and Governance