Depressed fare revenue and rising costs have turned transit-oriented development from a planning concept into a financial strategy.
The technology argument is over with ABT becoming routine, the vendor-risk argument is growing as the market consolidates around fewer vendors.
Agencies are moving fast on account-based ticketing — security planning, incident response, and vendor notification terms haven't caught up.
The purpose, the pushback, and why the bipartisan bill that came first matters more than the letter that came after.

