Parking Madness Final Four: Medford vs. Poughkeepsie
We started off with 16 transit stations, each mired in a morass of parking, and now you can count the number that remain on one hand.
April 4, 2017
Atlanta’s I-85 Collapse — Another “Carmaggedon” That Wasn’t
When a heavily-traveled section of Atlanta's I-85 collapsed in a fire last week, the traffic predictions were dire. But the highway disruption appears to be another case of "carmaggedon" that never materialized -- and that should inform the way we plan our transportation systems.
April 4, 2017
Parking Madness: St. Louis vs. Denver
A suburban light rail station surrounded by highways and shopping mall parking lots takes on three light rail stations engulfed by sports stadium parking.
April 3, 2017
The GOP Case for Cutting Federal Transit Funding Isn’t Principled — It’s Tribalism
The insistence that transit is a local priority while highways are a national concern has become an article of faith in the world of right-wing think tanks. But today highway spending mostly serves the same type of trips that Republicans purportedly believe are inappropriate for federal funding.
April 3, 2017
Parking Madness: Medford vs. Hartford
There are three spots up for grabs in this year's Parking Madness Final Four, as readers vote to determine which North American transit station is drowning in the most shameful sea of parking. In today's match, Hartford's central transit hub takes on a T station just outside Boston.
March 31, 2017
The Today Show Completely Botched Its Coverage of America’s Pedestrian Safety Crisis
They say you should never let a crisis go to waste. Well, there's a life-threatening crisis happening for people who walk in this country, but our national media is wasting this chance to inform the public how to fix it.
March 31, 2017
Parking Madness: San Bernardino vs. Atlanta
The second round action continues in Parking Madness as we hunt for the most appalling parking craters next to transit stations.
March 30, 2017
Trump Moves to Immediately Gut Transit Expansion and TIGER Funding
Waiting for fiscal year 2018 isn't fast enough for the Trump administration to cut transit funding. The White House wants to slash transit expansion and TIGER grants immediately.
March 30, 2017
Today’s Headlines
Pedestrian Fatalities at Highest Rate in Two Decades (NY Post) Elaine Chao: Trump Infrastructure Plan Coming “This Year” (Washington Examiner) Seattle Files Suit Against Trump’s Sanctuary Cities Executive Order (Office of the Mayor) Boston Reduces Parking Requirements to Address Housing Shortage (Boston Magazine) Atlanta Dad: A Road Diet Could Have Saved My Daughter’s Life (Saporta Report) California … Continued
March 30, 2017
Parking Madness: New York vs. Poughkeepsie
A small town commuter rail station takes on a big city subway stop in the first Elite Eight matchup.
March 29, 2017
