Our Mission

We educate about high-quality, accessible, and forward-looking transit through technically oriented and internationally inspired analysis in the New York metropolitan area.

 Our Principles

  • We understand that increased transit usage is a key strategy for reducing carbon emissions and securing the future of our region.

  • We educate that project analysis should be technically driven and that stakeholders collaboratively make decisions based on expertise and a deep commitment to the long-term public good.

  • We believe that the New York region must pursue and adopt global best practices for public transportation.

  • We believe that transit planning should be done at a regional level, with buses, subway, commuter rail, and paratransit treated as part of a cohesive system.

Get Involved

  • Evolving organizations

    Our perspective combines technical excellence with a pragmatic focus on what is technically achievable. Our transit providers and political authorities were designed to deal with the midcentury era of disinvestment. We go beyond recommending changes to physical construction, and believe that transit agencies can evolve for the new generation of challenges.

  • Spending money wisely

    Greater New York spends a lot of money on public transportation. Compared to peer cities of similar size and wealth, we get far less infrastructure, maintenance, and service, with record-setting project costs each and every decade. We do not endorse reducing our society’s fiscal commitment to transit; we educate how specific design, bidding, and construction reforms can get the most transit per dollar spent.

  • Infrastructure for everyone

    Our transit network is not fit for a world where straphangers are traveling for varied purposes around the clock. Schedules were primarily written around 9-to-5 white-collar workers. Accessibility for people with disabilities, families with strollers, and travelers with luggage is poor. Our proposals envision a future in which everyone has access to world-class transit for many types of trips.

  • International perspective

    Over time, New York’s transit has fallen behind that of the rest of the world. We believe this is a fixable situation. We examine transit industry best practices from all over the world in search of a better way.