Today’s Headlines
Evidence That Lower-Income Americans Are Being Priced Out of Expensive Regions (WSJ) Among Interventions CDC Recommends to Improve Health: Expanding Transit Tesla’s Suburban Problem (Alex Steffen) SEPTA Transit Workers Strike Begins Second Day in Philadelphia (WPVI) Pistons to Return to Detroit, Reversing Sprawl Exodus (Detroit News) Boston Bicyclists Take Safety Into Their Own Hands, Crowdfund … Continued
November 2, 2016
Transit Vote 2016: Raleigh’s Chance to Grow Smarter
We continue our overview of what’s at stake in the big transit ballot initiatives this November with a look at Wake County, North Carolina. Previous installments in this series examined Indianapolis, Seattle, Detroit, and Atlanta.
November 1, 2016
Pedestrian Shaming — an Annual Rite of Halloween
Cutrufo has a good roundup of how different agencies performed: Florida, Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina and New York state DOTs, and the Federal Highway Administration get the worst marks, while Missouri, Texas, Illinois and Louisiana DOTs get points for placing responsibility on motor vehicle operators.
November 1, 2016
Why American Trucks Are So Deadly for Pedestrians and Cyclists
Large trucks are a leading killer of cyclists and pedestrians in urban areas. While London has recently decided to kick the most dangerous trucks out of the city, in the U.S., truck safety regulations are much further behind.
October 31, 2016
Will D.C. Metro Fall Into a Transit Death Spiral?
The situation unfolding for transit riders in Washington, DC, is scary. Few American cities rely on transit more than DC, but the system seems to be caught in a spiral of deteriorating service and declining ridership. With fewer people paying fares, WMATA has less revenue to pay for service, and the cycle continues.
October 31, 2016
What If Climate Hawks Fought Dirty Highways Like They Fight Dirty Energy?
American climate activists' single biggest achievement in recent years was the defeat of the Keystone XL pipeline. Nothing has unified and energized more people than the fight to keep dirty fossil fuels in the ground. Yesterday, the world watched members of the Standing Rock Sioux defend their tribal lands and water from armed police acting in the interest of companies building the Dakota Access Pipeline.
October 28, 2016
Transit Vote 2016: Atlanta May Finally Expand MARTA and Beef Up Bus Service
We continue our overview of what’s at stake in the big transit ballot initiatives this November with a look at Atlanta. Previous installments in this series examined Indianapolis, Seattle, and Detroit.
October 27, 2016
Will State DOTs Follow Through on Their Goals for Zero Traffic Deaths?
State DOTs aren't known for setting ambitious street safety goals. They're usually more interested in moving traffic than saving lives. But it looks like that's starting to change as states follow the lead of the federal government's "Toward Zero Deaths" initiative, which itself was inspired by the spread of Vision Zero campaigns among cities. Even states like Ohio are saying their goal is zero traffic deaths.
October 27, 2016
Today’s Headlines
How America’s “Infrastructure” Conversation Gets It Wrong (Bloomberg) The Key Question About Autonomous Cars: Will Everyone Own One, or Will We Share? (Slate) Eno Transportation Releases Database of Upcoming Transit Ballot Issues D.C. to Cap a Highway Trench With Five Buildings (NYT) If SEPTA Workers Strike, Expect People to Turn to Bicycling (Philly Voice) Pedestrian Deaths Reached … Continued
October 27, 2016
What Would It Take to Eliminate Carbon Emissions From U.S. Transportation?
To do its part to avert catastrophic climate change, the United States would have to more or less eliminate carbon emissions from transportation in the next 35 years. But America is nowhere near on pace to make that happen.
October 26, 2016