Today’s Headlines
CBO: President Obama’s $302 Billion Transportation Budget Still $4B Short (LandLine) Outgoing NTSB Chief Deborah Hersman Warns of Complacency (The Hill) Here’s Why We Need to Stop Relying on Alternative Fuels to Save Us From Global Warming (AP) Seattle Votes Today on Measure to Fund Transit (Seattle Transit Blog) Bertha Will Be Back in Business … Continued
April 22, 2014
Photo Contest: Send Us Your Soggy, Snowy, Rain-Soaked Walk or Bike Ride!
This year has dealt us some crazy weather, from the polar vortex to drenching thunderstorms. We know you didn't hide all winter in a car. You were out walking the walk and riding the bike, whatever the weather. We hope you got a picture of it!
April 21, 2014
The Death Toll From Cars Is Even Higher Than You Thought
Ten days ago, four-year-old Zain Ali Hussain was killed near Houston when a neighbor backed his pickup truck over him. At least 50 times a week, people back their cars over kids in the U.S. On average, two of those 50 incidents are fatal. But you won’t see them represented in official crash statistics.
April 21, 2014
Today’s Headlines
Sen. Carper to Lobby Finance Committee for a Gas Tax Increase (News Journal) Sec. Foxx Spreads Doomsday Message on Transpo Tour (Dallas Morning News) Connecticut Senator Nearly Hit By a Train During Press Conference on Rail Safety (Examiner) Lawrence Summers: High Unemployment + Low Interest Rates = Time to Invest in Infrastructure (Globe) Seattle Suspends … Continued
April 21, 2014
Active Transportation Loses a Key Republican Ally as Rep. Tom Petri Retires
For years, if there was a Republican sponsor of a good piece of legislation on active transportation in the House, more often than not it was Tom Petri of Wisconsin. Advocates will be sorry to learn that Rep. Petri has announced that after 35 years in Congress, he will not seek another term.
April 18, 2014
How Hartford’s Bet on Cars Set the Stage for Population Loss and Segregation
Hartford, Connecticut, has one of the highest poverty rates in the country. The urban renaissance that has visited so many cities hasn’t arrived there. Housing is still cheaper in the city than in the suburbs, and although suburban poverty is growing alarmingly fast, it’s nowhere near the levels seen in the city.
April 17, 2014
Talking Headways Podcast: Escobar’s Escalator
Did you go to the World Urban Forum in Medellín, Colombia, last week? Neither did your hosts Jeff Wood and I, but we sure found a lot to say about it anyway on this week's Talking Headways podcast. Medellín's remarkable urban transformation -- undertaken in the midst of war -- has gotten a lot of well-deserved attention lately for making the city's transportation infrastructure more equitable.
April 17, 2014
Transit Union and Sierra Club Join Forces for Earth Day and Beyond
Earth Day is a week from tomorrow. How many people will drive to their local environmental festival without even a second thought to how they got there?
April 15, 2014
Uncle Sam Wants You to Drive: 5 Tax Breaks for Cars in the U.S. Tax Code
It’s April 15. If you bought an electric car in 2013, you can claim a tax break today. If you bought a plug-in hybrid, you can get a tax break today. But if you don’t own a car and walk to work instead? Sorry, Charlie.
April 15, 2014
Today’s Headlines
Pair of Lawmakers Suggest Capitalizing an Infrastructure Fund With Repatriated Earnings (The Hill) Will Boston’s New Data-Driven Bus Service Compete With or Complement MBTA? (Globe) Dos and Don’ts for Bike-Curious Planners (Strong Towns) Falling Densities and Swelling Cities, Animated (WaPo) Transit Expansion Could Exacerbate Suburban Sprawl in Zurich (Phys.org) Austin Could Be the Next Epicenter … Continued
April 15, 2014