American rail improvements in recent decades have focused on delivering large infrastructure mega-projects rather than service. The result has been large cost overruns, long delays, and services that don't connect people to their destinations. What are some other ways to structure American public transport investment?
Join this conversation with Dr. Marco Chitti, fellow at NYU Marron Institute and Transit Costs Project, who will speak on Italy's “Long Modernization” – an incremental railway modernization process spanning over a century through planning and steady, programmatic funding.
California has ambitious goals like the 2024 State Rail Plan. Could incremental modernization like Italy be a better path to delivering rail service for riders? What lessons can American rail project delivery learn from Italy?
This event is co-hosted by us and Californians for Electric Rail.
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Californians for Electric Rail is a volunteer advocacy organization dedicated to removing barriers to electrification via overhead catenary of California's railways through state legislative advocacy and engagement in decision-making within local transit agencies and regulatory boards.
Seamless Bay Area is a non-profit advocacy organization working to transform the Bay Area's fragmented and inconvenient public transit into a world-class, unified, equitable, and widely-used system by building a diverse movement for change and promoting policy reforms.