Today’s Headlines
Slate: Blumenauer’s Gas Tax Idea Has No Chance, But It’s a Great Idea … APTA Supports It (Progressive Railroading) New Nonprofit, Move Oregon, Focuses on Car-Free Travel (Bike Portland) How Does D.C.’s Planned Metro Loop Stack Up to Other Cities? (GGW) Sustainable Transport = Safer Traffic = Saved Lives (City Fix) How Downtown Worcester, MA, … Continued
December 11, 2013
How Do You Grade a Bike-Share System?
Bike-share has exploded in the last decade -- and in North America, just in the last few years. What started as a shaky concept in Amsterdam in the 1960s has matured into a viable transit option worldwide, with 600 systems offering more than 600,000 bikes.
December 6, 2013
Today’s Headlines
Feinstein: Automate Trains by 2015 to Increase Safety (The Hill, LAT) Blumenauer Has Allies Outside Congress on Gas Tax Proposal (WAMU) D.C. Metro Considers Higher Fares (WTOP) Officials Say California High-Speed Rail Is Still on Track, Despite Setbacks (AP) New Salt Lake City Streetcar Delivers on Development (SL Trib) Economists: U.S. Buses Would Be Cheaper, … Continued
December 6, 2013
Today’s Headlines
Blumenauer’s Two Bills for Transpo Funding: Raise Gas Tax, Let States Use VMT Fee (Politico) PBS News Hour Explores the VMT Concept Rail Industry Pushes for Automated Safety System to Prevent Crashes (Scientific American) Which Cities Are Leading the U.S. Decline in Driving? (Grist) … And How Florida Is Following The Trend (Tampa Bay Times) … Continued
December 5, 2013
Today’s Headlines
Foxx Touts Hometown Charlotte as Model for Nation (Charlotte Observer) FRA Calls for Immediate Safety Measures for Metro-North (Bloomberg) How Did Metro-North Go From Model System to Target of Scrutiny? (Chicago Trib) Boston to Expand Late-Night Transit on Weekends (NYT, Next City) First Lawsuit in the Works for Cincinnati Streetcar Cancellation (Cincinnati Biz Journal) How Billionaire … Continued
December 4, 2013
Today’s Headlines
Car Loans: The Next Subprime Crisis (Salon) Montgomery County, MD, Leaders Embrace BRT Plan (WaPo) Commuter Rail Welcomed for Denver’s Northern Burbs (Denver Post) Intercity Bus Chains Lure Thanksgiving Travelers (AP) Time is Running Out to Preserve Transit Subsidy for Federal Employees (Federal News Radio) Modesto Bee Says California High-Speed Rail Setback Not a “Golden … Continued
November 27, 2013
Today’s Headlines
Gabe Klein on the Future of Cities (Chicago Mag) Seatbelts Now Required for Large Buses (AP, The Hill) Mixed Outcomes Likely for U.S. Private Rail Projects (Next City) Two California Amtrak Lines Break Ridership Records (LAT) All Aboard Florida Fuels Mixed-Use Growth in Ft. Lauderdale (Sun-Sentinel) Indiana Proposes Transit Funding Formula (Indy Star) Seattle Times: … Continued
November 22, 2013
Today’s Headlines
Blumenauer Snags Bipartisan Support for Bike Bill (Politico) Foxx Takes on Distracted Driving in HuffPo AP Lays Out Details of the $2.3B Pennsylvania Transpo Bill New APTA/USTA Report (PDF) Shows It Pays to Connect Airports with Rail (Metro Mag) Will New Orleans’ Complete Streets Rub Off on Baton Rouge? (225 Baton Rouge) … And Will The … Continued
November 21, 2013
Today’s Headlines
“New Starts” to Boost Chicago Transit (AP, Chicago Trib) Shuster Rearranges House Transit Committee (The Hill) $2.4B Transpo Bill Clears Pennsylvania House, Heads to Senate (Post-Gazette, Inquirer) Lawmakers Raise Questions, Concerns About Driverless Cars (The Hill) Utah Offers Model for Transpo Lobbying (SL Trib) Streetcar Plans Move Forward in Minneapolis (StarTrib) Wichita Transit System Runs Short … Continued
November 20, 2013
Today’s Headlines
Senate Bill Calls for Infrastructure Bank (The Hill) If Cincinnati Streetcar Dies, Feds Want Their Money Back (Cincinnati Biz Courier) Austin Bike-Share to Launch Next Month (Austin Chron) Repurposing Parking Garages for a Carless Future (Atlantic Cities) Bike League Announces 17 New Bike-Friendly Universities Will Amtrak Have to Cut Out the Wine and Cheese? (The Hill) … Continued
November 15, 2013