Boosting Public Transit

Paris skyline (photo: bigstockphoto.com) Fred Salvucci, lecturer at MIT in Transportation Policy (photo: Emmett FitzGerald) Singapore has some of the tightest traffic regulations in the world, all in an effort to limit urban air pollution (photo: bigstockphoto.com) Fred Salvucci with Steve Curwood (photo: Emmett FitzGerald) Much of the transportation infrastructure in the United States was designed around the car. (photo: bigstockphoto.com) Theres increasing demand for urban public transit in the United States. Bostons Orange Line often runs over capacity at rush hour.(photo: MBTA) The Boston regions MBTA is extending its overnight services, but Frank Salvucci says the transit authority could be doing more to meet the demand for public transportation. (photo: public domain)