Today’s Headlines
Nancy Pelosi Will Oppose Trump Infrastructure Plan If It’s “a Gift of Tax Breaks” (WaPo) A Clear View of the “Economic Nostalgia” Underpinning Trump/Bannon Infrastructure Talk (Frontier) Bernie Sanders Calls Trump’s Infrastructure Plan “Corporate Welfare” (Twitter) Trump Moderated Views on Climate Change in NYT Interview, But What Will He Say Today? Who Will Be Trump’s Transportation Secretary? (CityLab) Portland Waives Parking Requirements … Continued
November 23, 2016
Protected Bike Lanes Are Sprouting Up in Walmart Country
Can protected bike lanes get people biking for transportation in northwest Arkansas?
November 22, 2016
The Silent Epidemic: Families of Traffic Violence Victims Speak Out
In 2016, traffic deaths in America have continued an alarming upward trend, and are expected to reach about 35,000 by the end of the year. we are seeing an alarming spike in deaths. But statistics alone can numb us to the staggering human suffering they represent.
November 22, 2016
Steve Bannon Would Love to Team Up With Chuck Schumer on Infrastructure
Trump advisor Steve Bannon's comments to the Hollywood Reporter about infrastructure are worth a closer look. It helps explain why Democrats like Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi are making a grave mistake when they line up to help Trump implement this plan.
November 21, 2016
Advocates of Color are Elevating a Different Perspective on Safe Streets
Last week, advocates convened in Atlanta for the Untokening, a gathering for people who've felt isolated or tokenized within the safe streets movement, and an opportunity to put their perspectives front and center.
November 21, 2016
AZ Rep Ruben Gallego to Dems: Don’t Enable Trump’s Infrastructure Surge
Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi may be ready to bend over backward to work with Donald Trump on "infrastructure," but you can count Arizona Representative Ruben Gallego out.
November 18, 2016
America’s Electoral Systems Are Stacked Against Cities. What Comes Next?
The 2016 election, more than any in recent history, divided Americans by geography. Hillary Clinton is expected to finish with around 2 million more votes than Donald Trump. But her base was concentrated along the coasts and in urban areas, a distribution of votes that could not deliver the Electoral College.
November 18, 2016
Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi Are Falling for Infrastructure Propaganda
We’re going to see a lot of stories about Donald Trump and infrastructure in the next few months, and this reporting will be heavily influenced by a message that has been honed and perfected by the American Society of Civil Engineers. It will be important to see through these arguments and view the Trump infrastructure plan with clear eyes.
November 17, 2016
The Future of Transit Fares: Less Cash, More Trust, Faster Service
We have the technology right now to revolutionize transit fare payment in ways that make transit systems faster and more user-friendly, via features like tap-and-go payment and all-door boarding.
November 17, 2016
Today’s Headlines
Spineless Congressional Democrats Want to Ally With Trump on Infrastructure (NYT) Trump Reportedly Considering Infrastructure Bank (WSJ) Why the Trump Infrastructure Plan Wouldn’t Actually Fix America’s Problems (Vox) Time: America’s Cities Are the Only Hope for Climate Action Senator Who Said Snowball Disproved Global Warming Out as Environment Committee Head (Grist) Larry Hogan Opens the Door to Sprawl, Undermines … Continued
November 17, 2016