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Feb 27, 2017, 8:58 am By Katie Pearce
As Traffic Deaths Rise, Cities Across U.S. Pursue Lower Speed Limits (WaPo) What’s Behind…Transit Ridership Falling Everywhere — But Not in Cities With Redesigned Bus Networks
Feb 24, 2017, 3:44 pm By Angie Schmitt
New traffic and transit data is out for 2016, and the news is not good. Driving mileage…What If State DOTs Listened to Cities Before Starting Urban Projects?
Feb 24, 2017, 11:40 am By Angie Schmitt
It’s not uncommon for bitter disputes to develop when state DOTs come into…Today’s Headlines
Feb 24, 2017, 9:00 am By Katie PearceTrump Preps for Infrastructure Talk, But Congress Is in No Rush (The Hill) In Texas, A Flurry of…In Atlanta, Transit Service Lags Behind a Booming Population
Feb 23, 2017, 2:43 pm By Yonah Freemark
“My commute has doubled in about four years,” Danielle Elkins, the vice president of Advance…Why Is Portland’s Transit Chief Advocating for More Highways?
Feb 23, 2017, 11:46 am By Angie Schmitt
After suffering an embarrassing defeat a year ago, the Oregon highway lobby is rattling the can for…Today’s Headlines
Feb 23, 2017, 8:59 am By Angie SchmittThis Boston Suburb Turned Street Parking Into a Pop-Up Bus Lane (CityLab) Auto Loan Delinquencies…Bus Riders Prevail: Transit Will Return to Cleveland’s Public Square
Feb 22, 2017, 3:49 pm By Angie Schmitt
Bus riders in Cleveland will reclaim their place in the city center. After booting buses out of…Why Seattle Should Boot Cars Off Its Busiest Street for Buses
Feb 22, 2017, 12:05 pm By Angie Schmitt
Seattle is booming, and in downtown, transit has been absorbing most of the city’s growth in…Today’s Headlines
Feb 22, 2017, 8:59 am By Angie SchmittD.C. Metro Ridership Down 9 Percent From Last Year, and the Pain Is Not Over (WTOP) Shreveport,…America Builds Too Many Schools By Highways
Feb 21, 2017, 2:19 pm By Angie Schmitt
One in 11 U.S. public schools are within 500 feet of a highway, exposing 4.4 million children to…A Six-Point Plan to Cut Traffic
Feb 21, 2017, 12:10 pm By Angie Schmitt
Last year was the deadliest year on American roads in almost a decade — more than 40,000 people…Today’s Headlines
Feb 21, 2017, 9:25 am By Angie SchmittTrump Administration Deals a Blow to Caltrain Electrification (SF Chronicle) Will Trump Punish…PeopleForBikes Wants Your Help to Rate Cities on Cycling
Feb 17, 2017, 3:41 pm By Angie Schmitt
How well does your city work for bicycling? PeopleForBikes wants you to weigh in for a new city…Talking Headways Podcast: Can All Cities Be Great?
Feb 17, 2017, 2:21 pm By Jeff Wood
The guest this episode is Alexander Garvin, author of the recently released book What Makes a Great…Kansas City Will Take a Serious Look at Removing Downtown Highway
Feb 17, 2017, 11:22 am By Angie Schmitt
Rochester just wrapped up the conversion of part of its Inner Loop highway into a surface…Today’s Headlines
Feb 17, 2017, 8:58 am By Katie PearceCongress Steps in to Kickstart DC Metro Safety Commission (WTOP) Slate: If Chao Slashes Bay Area…America’s Traffic Death Toll Is a National Disgrace
Feb 16, 2017, 4:51 pm By Angie Schmitt
More than 40,000 Americans were killed in traffic last year, according to new estimates from the…Introducing a New Series on Effective Transit Policy…
Feb 16, 2017, 2:27 pm By Yonah Freemark
Over the past 15 years, Los Angeles spent billions of dollars to nearly double the size of its…Want to See Where Transit and Biking Need a Boost? D.C. Has a Map for That
Feb 16, 2017, 11:33 am By Angie Schmitt
Most places in the U.S. still use 20th century metrics to assess the performance…
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