Friday’s Headlines
Aug 9, 2019, 12:01 am By Blake Aued
Ride-hailing is at least partly responsible for decline in transit systems’ ridership and revenue,…Salt Lake City May Create Free-Fare Transit
Aug 8, 2019, 3:20 pm By Angie Schmitt
Salt Lake City may soon become the first major American city with free public transit, as voters and…Talking Headways Podcast: Access as a Metric
Aug 8, 2019, 1:44 pm By Jeff Wood
This week, we are joined by Andrew Owen, director of the Accessibility Observatory at the University…Thursday’s Headlines
Aug 8, 2019, 6:53 am By Blake AuedCities can reduce transportation costs for schools by offering students free bus passes. (Education…Uber/Lyft Responsible For A Large Share of Traffic
7:34pm By Aaron Short
Uber and Lyft have finally come clean: Their vehicles are causing a big share of the congestion…Koch Brothers-Backed Group is Behind Assault on Phoenix Light Rail
2:24pm By Angie Schmitt
Dark-money out-of-state oil interests are bankrolling a ballot referendum that would quash…Wednesday’s Headlines
1:04am By Blake AuedUber and Lyft released a joint analysis showing that they’re making traffic worse in major cities…Shared Motor-Scooters Coming to D.C.
Tue 11:25am By Aaron Short
Washington D.C. is poised to become the latest city to fight gridlock with mopeds. The District…Tuesday’s Headlines
Tue 12:01am By Blake AuedRiffing off last weekend’s notorious New York Times article, Treehugger says that when…Des Moines Downzoning is Backward — And Possibly Racist
Aug 5, 2019, 2:56 pm By Aaron Short
Iowa’s capital is saying no thanks to 21st-century living — from a transit, sustainability and…Monday’s Headlines
Aug 5, 2019, 12:01 am By Blake AuedThe auto industry frets that, if self-driving cars never run people over, fearless jaywalkers will…Autonomous Car Industry’s Frightening Vision for Cities
Aug 2, 2019, 1:47 pm By Angie Schmitt
In a future with self driving cars, pedestrians would wait in gated pens until they were allowed to…Friday’s Headlines
Aug 2, 2019, 12:01 am By Blake AuedCities built way too many roads, and now they can’t afford to maintain them. (Strong Towns) A…Study: Drivers Behave More Dangerously Around Women Cyclists
Aug 1, 2019, 1:00 pm By Angie Schmitt
Experts long have bemoaned the gender gap in cycling: Three in four bike trips in the United States…Talking Headways Podcast: Vehicle Miles Traveled and Electric Utilities
Aug 1, 2019, 12:09 pm By Jeff WoodThis week, we’re joined by Fred Dock, the former transportation director for the City of…Thursday’s Headlines
Aug 1, 2019, 12:15 am By Blake AuedWashington’s failure to produce an infrastructure package might not be a bad thing, because an…Why Bill de Blasio’s ‘Vision Zero for the Nation’ Shouldn’t be Laughed off
Jul 31, 2019, 4:04 pm By Angie Schmitt
Political activists mostly scoffed when Bill de Blasio was quoted as saying he wanted to take New…Lessons of Los Angeles’s Transit Tax: Money Isn’t Everything
Jul 31, 2019, 12:31 pm By Aaron Short
Money isn’t everything. A new report is taking the measure of a half-cent sales-tax hike that…Baby Steps on Climate Responsibility in New Federal Transportation Bill
Jul 31, 2019, 10:09 am By Angie Schmitt
A lot more money for highways. A little more money for bikes and bridge repair. That’s the upshot…Washington Faces Car Tax Reckoning
Jul 31, 2019, 8:45 am By Aaron Short
Washington State could risk losing $4 billion in transportation funds if voters pass a ballot…
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