America used to lead the world in transit delivery. Now we lead in transit costs, and build less as a result. Over the last year, we worked with 17 experts to write a Transit Abundance Playbook with specific policy solutions that directly address the causes of rising costs. Together, they show that our high transit costs are a policy choice that can be fixed. Check out our solutions at ifp.org/cheaper-transit: 1. @ericgoldwyn - Reform federal grants to include early, small, milestone-based grants to reduce project risks. 2. @steph_pollack - Cut procedural requirements, fund early right-of-way spending, require accelerated state and local permitting, and loosen procurement rules. 3. @rohanaras and @aarmlovi - Cap federal cost-sharing and encourage joint procurement to reduce bus overcustomization. 4. @_brianpotter - Cut redundant subway cross-passages to bring our fire safety standards in line with Europe's. 5. Anthony Potts - Allow and encourage agencies to do procurement based on the best value, not just the lowest cost. 6. @alon_levy - Require itemized bidding in procurement to increase transparency and reduce mid-stream change orders. 7. Anonymous - Adopt Italy’s "Conference of Services" model to empower a single decision-maker to ensure permitting disputes are resolved up front. 8. Lizzie Speed and @BennettCapozzi - Create a repository for federal transit reports and project data, along with an AI-based system for querying it. 9. Jamey Tesler - Give transit projects the same delegated permitting authorities that states have over highways and roads. 10. @the_transit_guy - Exempt voter-approved transit projects from costly and redundant permitting to deliver projects the voters asked for. 11. @AidanRMackenzie - Allow transit agencies to buy land and prepare for construction while permitting occurs. 12. @PaulrsLewis - Reduce dependence on expensive consultants by encouraging more capacity within transit agencies. 13. @AndrewMillerYYZ - Enable transit automation by spelling out worker protections explicitly instead of requiring a veto-prone process. 14. @profplotch - Provide confidential ways for agencies to share lessons learned with each other. 15. @jmooreotto - Streamline access to federal loans to create an alternative funding model for transit projects. And many thanks to @mattyglesias for publishing the intro I wrote with @ArnabDatta321 on Slow Boring: slowboring.com/p/how-to-fix-….