Today’s Headlines
U.S. DOT Proposes Easing Rules for Transit Projects That Get Private Financing (Route Fifty) Trump and Congressional Budget Cuts Threaten LA Subway Expansion Before 2028 Olympics (KPCC) Parking Became Cheaper Than Transit, So Austin Community College Students Stopped Taking the Bus (Monitor) Philly Breaks Ground on Its First One-Way Protected Bike Lane in University City … Continued
August 2, 2017
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NRDC Sues Trump Administration for Halting Rule That Would Track Highway Greenhouse Gas Emissions The Nation Takes a Look at How Denver’s I-70 Widening Would Blast Through Low-Income Neighborhoods Instead of Building New Highway, North Carolina to Spend $531 Million Widening I-85 (Shelby Star) Trump’s Turbulent White House Continues to Insist Infrastructure Is “Still a … Continued
August 1, 2017
Today’s Headlines
LA Times: Driver Speed Is Not the Most Important Consideration When Designing Roads Why Is Boston Mayor Marty Walsh Passing on Opportunities to Install Protected Bus and Bike Lanes? (Globe) Colorado Legislator Who Wants Bike Tax Really Seems to Like Having Bicyclists on Roads (Daily Sentinel) Drivers Blocking Trains: Detroit Issues Tickets (Free Press); Houston … Continued
July 31, 2017
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Conservative Think Tank: Don’t Rely on Privatization for Trump’s $1 Billion Infrastructure Target (Hill) Trump’s New WMATA Board Members Want to See Privatization at Metro (WAMU) Cuomo Wants Trump to Push Infrastructure Plan, “Single Best Idea” From Campaign (Politico) Ohio Supreme Court Upholds Legality of Automated Camera Enforcement (WOSU) You’ll Find the DC Area’s Best … Continued
July 28, 2017
NTSB: Speed Kills, and We’re Not Doing Enough to Stop It
More than 112,500 people lost their lives in speed-related crashes from 2005 to 2014, accounting for 31 percent of all traffic deaths in America over that period. In a draft report released earlier this week, the National Transportation Safety Board says excessive speed is a deadly problem in our nation's transportation system -- one that federal and state officials aren't doing enough to address.
July 27, 2017
Today’s Headlines
Las Vegas RTC Hosts Meetings to Come Up With Shiny New Transit Plan (Sun) After Deaths, Fayetteville, NC, Officials Blame “People Darting Across the Middle of the Road” (WNCN) MARTA Back In Court Defending Unreliable Paratransit Service (AJC) Brightline, Florida’s Private Sector Passenger Rail, Will Focus on Commuter Service First (Palm Beach Post) Cities Reach … Continued
July 27, 2017
Today’s Headlines
Bucking Trump and House, Senate Committee Votes to Save TIGER, Boost DOT Funding (Hill, Bloomberg) Food and Water Watch Sues Trump Administration Over Secrecy of Infrastructure Advisors (NYT, Hill) Amid Subway Crisis, Chao Meets With Andrew Cuomo Today to Talk About Gateway Tunnel (NYT) D.C. DOT Chief Leif Dormsjo Resigns to Take Job With Consulting … Continued
July 26, 2017
Self-Driving Cars Should Accommodate People, Not the Other Way Around
You think victim-blaming is bad now? Making everyone walk or bike with a "don't hit me" device would further penalize the most vulnerable.
July 25, 2017
Today’s Headlines
Florida DOT Considers Lower Speed Limits, Narrower Car Lanes to Improve Tampa Bay Safety (WFTS) Hourly Commuter Rail Between New Haven, Hartford, and Springfield Set to Launch Next May (Courant) Trump Administration Replaces Obama Appointees on WMATA Board With Bush-Era Officials (WAMU, Hill) MyNorthwest Columnist Wants Seattle to Follow Honolulu’s Lead and Enact More Anti-Pedestrian … Continued
July 25, 2017
Today’s Headlines
Multiple Sources Confirm: Trump’s “Infrastructure Plan” Is Not Going Anywhere (NYT) SEPTA Pins Falling Ridership on Growth of Uber, Lyft; Promises to Rethink Bus Service (Philly.com) Springfield Transit Authority Cut Service to Balance Budget, Drawing MassDOT Scrutiny (WAMC) Denver Post Editorial: “Why Not Tax the Bicyclists? …We Are Intrigued” by Statewide Bike Tax Idea Seattle Times … Continued
July 24, 2017