Center For Transportation Excellence

06/05/2025

🚨 Happening TODAY at 2 PM ET! 🚨
There’s still time to register for today's “The Route to Transit Ballot Success: Working with Pollsters.”

This one-hour webinar is packed with insights from the experts behind successful 2024 transit ballot measures in Columbus, OH and Maricopa County, AZ. Don’t miss out!

Hear from:
Molly O’Shaughnessy, EMC Research
Joey Teitelbaum, Global Strategy Group
Scott Wilkinson, AlphaVu

💡 Get real-world advice on using polling to inform strategy, win campaigns, and improve transit advocacy.

🕑 Time: TODAY, 2:00–3:00 PM ET
📍 Location: Zoom
✅ Register: apt.com/cfte

06/02/2025

🚨 Just 3 days to go! 🚨

Don’t miss our June 5 webinar, “The Route to Transit Ballot Success: Working with Pollsters.” If you're in the transit space — advocacy, agencies, campaigns — this is for YOU.

📅 When: Thursday, June 5
🕑 Time: 2:00–3:00 PM ET
📍 Where: Zoom
✅ RSVP now: https://cfte.org/event/polling-webinar/

05/28/2025

🚍 Webinar Alert - The Route to Transit Ballot Success: Working with Pollsters 🗳️

Join us Thursday, June 5, from 2–3 PM ET for a must-attend webinar designed for transit agencies, advocates, and campaigns. Learn how top pollsters turn data into winning strategies for transit ballot measures and get your questions answered by the pros!

Featuring:
✅ Molly O’Shaughnessy – Led polling for Columbus, OH’s 2024 transit ballot win
✅ Joey Teitelbaum – Behind Maricopa County, AZ’s 2024 transit initiative success
✅ Scott Wilkinson – Founder of AlphaVu, expert in public opinion

📅 Date: June 5, 2025
🕑 Time: 2:00–3:00 PM ET
📍 Location: Zoom
👉 More info & RSVP here: https://cfte.org/event/polling-webinar/

02/04/2025

Happy ! This day, observed on Rosa Parks' birthday, honors the civil rights icon's legacy and the ongoing fight for accessible and affordable public transit. Reliable transit connects communities to jobs, education, essential services, and more! 🚍

11/06/2024

🚌🎉 Arlington & Fairfax Counties, VA, are setting the pace for public transit! 🌟 Voters in both counties passed measures that include funding for their share of the WMATA Capital Improvement Program

Live-updating election results, maps and analysis of the 2024 Virginia elections from The Washington Post.

11/06/2024

Big win for our Columbus communities! 🚍💥 By bringing expanded bus service to the city, we will ensure everyone can rely on reliable, frequent transit to get to work, school, or anywhere else. With more routes and increased service on West Broad Street, East Main Street and Northwest, we’re making it easier for our communities to thrive.

Thank you, Central Ohio! Your support in making COTA’s mobility initiative a reality will bring more service, sidewalks and opportunity to all in Central Ohio. We are ready to work together to enhance our community and create a brighter tomorrow for everyone.

Follow our progress at COTA.com/LinkUS.

11/06/2024

Nashville! In a resounding victory, voters approved a plan to fund major public transportation improvements. From bus systems to new sidewalks to traffic signals, communities will see infrastructure upgrades that improve their quality of life!

Davidson County voters on Tuesday approved a transit plan to fund bus system, sidewalk and traffic signal improvements with a half-cent sales tax.

11/06/2024

Upwards of $59 billion is on the line for public transportation tonight. Check our page tonight and throughout the week for election updates in real-time. Don’t forget to sign up for APTA's post-election webinar this Thurs at 3pm ET:

Voters around the country will decide 25 transit ballot measures in the November 5 elections. Upwards of $59 billion in dedicated, long-term funding for community investments will be determined on that day alone. The webinar will provide up-to-the minute reports from federal state, and local levels....

08/01/2023

ICYMI: Arizona's state legislature approved a measure to put Prop. 400, a regional transportation tax expiring in 2025, on the ballot next year.

The Legislature adjourned for the year, ending the longest session in Arizona history.

05/02/2023

Jessica Dauphin, president of the Transit Alliance of Middle Tennessee, said there’s a renewed effort to address transportation as Nashville experiences major growth.

A transit plan to change multimodal infrastructure in Nashville is feeling a new push, five years after voters turned it down at the polls.

03/16/2023

Inside the movement to remake America’s city streets

The pandemic turbocharged the push to make America's streets more pedestrian friendly. As the covid-19 emergency ends, many are fighting to make those changes permanent. Not everyone is happy about it.

03/16/2023

The Transit Alliance of Middle Tennessee is working address the region's public transportation issues by bringing the community to the table. "We have to build a plan that the community has a voice in," said Jessica Dauphin, president and CEO.