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Mayors' Survey: Growing Public Transit a Priority
Public transportation is among the primary infrastructure concerns cited by respondents to the 2015 Menino Survey of Mayors, regardless of the size of their cities, location or party affiliation.
The survey, released Jan. 20 by the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) in partnership with the Boston University Initiative on Cities and the support of Citi, details the most pressing needs and policy priorities of mayors in cities across the country. It is named in honor of the late Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino.
A majority of mayors surveyed called aging and underfunded physical infrastructure the greatest shared challenge facing their city and identified specific projects they would prioritize for investment.
Public transit investment led the list of priorities if mayors were to receive a large unrestricted capital grant to devote to a specific project, followed by roads and water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure. Among priorities for a small unrestricted capital grant, mayors led with bike and pedestrian infrastructure, followed by parks, roads and municipal buildings.
On the issue of policing, mayors overwhelmingly supported efforts such as body cameras, civilian review boards and data-driven evaluation.
“While the findings of this study are revealing, they are not surprising,” said USCM Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director Tom Cochran. “The fact that crumbling infrastructure and policing reforms top the list of priorities only underscores that the fact that mayors are less focused on ideology, and are more interested in getting things done. Mayors know the needs of their residents and they are committed to responding to those needs.”
Strengthening connections between APTA and USCM is a priority of APTA Chair Valarie J. McCall, a member of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority Board of Trustees and chief of government and international affairs for the city of Cleveland.
The full text of the survey is here.
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