Commuter Rail and Inequality Within Transit Systems
Jan 22, 2016, 11:29 am By Angie Schmitt
In the Boston region, commuter rail is much more heavily subsidized per trip than urban buses and…Make No Mistake, Millennials in DC Drive Less Than Their Parents
Jan 21, 2016, 11:14 am By Angie Schmitt
Most millennials in the DC area drive to work, but they are still a far more multi-modal group than…Chris Christie Vetoes Pedestrian Safety Measure for No Discernible Reason
Jan 20, 2016, 11:13 am By Angie Schmitt
In 2014, 170 people were killed while walking on New Jersey streets, accounting for 31 percent of…Will Toronto Get Cars Out of the Way of the King Street Streetcar?
11:08am By Angie Schmitt
Toronto’s King Street will be redesigned to prioritize transit and walking. Photo: Wikipedia…Free Parking Is a Terrible Investment for Transit Agencies
Jan 15, 2016, 10:31 am By Angie Schmitt
Instead of charging for spaces when its park-and-ride facility reached capacity, the Minnesota…Missouri Lawmaker Wants to Require Tall Fluorescent Flags for Cyclists
Jan 14, 2016, 10:16 am By Angie Schmitt
Yes, it’s real. Via Cyclelicious In what is perhaps the most comical anti-bike legislation to…Blaming Pedestrians While Absolving the Streets That Kill Them
Jan 13, 2016, 11:05 am By Angie Schmitt
How many pedestrians have to get killed on Louisville’s Dixie Highway before the press and police…Northeast Ohio to State DOT: Road Expansions Getting Out of Hand
Jan 12, 2016, 11:34 am By Ben Fried
If you could point to one aspect of American transportation policy that’s more disastrous than…Straightening Out the Vestigial Kinks in Bus Routes
Jan 11, 2016, 11:42 am By Ben Fried
Metro Transit Route 2. Map: Metropolitan Council via Streets.mn Just a few months after Houston…Portland Bike-Share Ready to Roll Thanks to $10 Million From Nike
Jan 8, 2016, 10:52 am By Angie Schmitt
Portland transportation chief Leah Treat shows off one of the new Biketown bikes sponsored by Nike.…A Letter-Grade System for Walkable Retail Buildings
Jan 7, 2016, 10:59 am By Angie Schmitt
This Trader Joe’s gets a C because while it fronts the sidewalk, the entrance faces a parking lot…Philly Reduced Its Public Parking Supply and More Spaces Opened Up
Jan 6, 2016, 11:19 am By Angie Schmitt
Even as Philly has shed public parking spaces, the occupancy rate has declined. Chart: Philadelphia…Visualizing LA’s 18.6 Million Parking Spaces as One Enormous Blob
Jan 5, 2016, 11:10 am By Angie Schmitt
Here’s how much space all of L.A. County’s parking spaces would take up if they were pushed…Sacramento Freeways and the “Small Town Mindset”
Jan 4, 2016, 11:13 am By Angie Schmitt
“It’s time to drop the small-town mindset and go for a big fix.” The street grid is intact…Louisville Removes Sidewalk “For Safety”
Dec 22, 2015, 10:53 am By Angie Schmitt
Louisville officials removed two sidewalk sections to prevent people from crossing at this location.…America Already Has a Stratified Transportation System
Dec 21, 2015, 11:25 am By Angie Schmitt
The emergence of app-based taxis and private city bus services has prompted a lot of handwringing…Savannah Weighs Bike Ban in Beloved City Park
Fri 11:02am By Angie Schmitt
Savannah markets itself with this photo of people biking in Forsyth Park, which may soon become…D.C. to Pilot Protected Intersections as Part of Vision Zero Effort
Dec 17, 2015, 11:06 am By Angie Schmitt
These are the 15 streets where most DC pedestrian and cyclist fatalities happen. Map: DDOT via GGW…Is the FAST Act Good for Bike Funding?
Dec 16, 2015, 11:12 am By Angie Schmitt
When Congress passed a long-term transportation bill for the first time in more than a decade…Seattle’s Struggle to Keep the Transit in Its “Tunnel Plus Transit” Plan
Dec 15, 2015, 11:47 am By Angie Schmitt
Instead of an eight-lane surface highway next to the Seattle waterfront, Seattle Bike…
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