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Streetsblog California |Mobility Justice

Why Small Cities Torn Apart By Highways Need Extra Help to Heal

A new program will help smaller communities start the process of redesigning highways and other transportation investments that tore apart their communities — and shine a light on why it’s so hard for them to do it without outside help

Kea Wilson

June 12, 2023

Why Small Cities Torn Apart By Highways Need Extra Help to Heal

Streetsblog NYC |Promoted

NYC Mayor Announces $20 Minimum Wage for Deliveristas

"Our delivery workers have consistently delivered for us — now, we are delivering for them."

June 12, 2023

Streetsblog California |Promoted

Recommendations for Calif. Gas Tax- Funded Programs Announced

California Transportation Commission will consider adoption of staff recommendations for Solutions for Congested Corridors, Trade Corridors Enhancement, and Local Partnership programs at their June meeting.

June 9, 2023

Streetsblog NYC |Promoted

‘Duped’: Blowing the Whistle on an Illegal Temporary License Plate Business

Temporary license plates exist so that people who buy cars can drive them before receiving metal plates. But drivers found another use for them during the pandemic: buy a temp tag on the black market and you can keep your car anonymous and off the books.

June 9, 2023

Streetsblog San Francisco |Promoted

Another Cyclist Attacked in Oakland

A passing car’s passenger assaulted cyclist David Colburn on Wednesday while he was riding his bike on San Pablo in Oakland. The passenger “…leaned out a window to intentionally smack me in the head.”

June 8, 2023

Streetsblog Chicago |Public Transportation

Chicago Media Discusses the CTA’s Challenges

This week’s Chicago Reader “First Tuesdays with Maya [Dukmasova] & Ben [Joravsky]” at Nighthawk on the topic of “Public Transit Crisis” lived up to the theme. The conversation with state representative Kam Buckner and activist (and former Streetsblog reporter) Lynda Lopez touched on familiar CTA woes: the ongoing triple-whammy of sub-par cleanliness, safety, and reliability; […]

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June 8, 2023

Streetsblog California |Infrastructure

How Auto-Centric Infrastructure Is Making Us Sick

Instead of endless promises to fix America's "crumbling roads and bridges," filmmaker Andy Boenau argues we need to talk about our crumbling minds and bodies — and how our autocentric infrastructure approach contributes to them.

June 8, 2023

Streetsblog California |Podcast

Talking Headways Podcast: Undoing Autocentric Design in a Michigan City

A Michigan city tries to undo the mistakes of the past. It's hard.

Jeff Wood

June 8, 2023

Streetsblog Chicago |Promoted

Inside Chicago’s Fight for the Red Line Extension

Is the Windy City on the brink of getting the federal funding it needs to extend one of its most crucial transit lines?

June 7, 2023

Streetsblog San Francisco |Promoted

How Automated Fare Collection Alleviates Top Transit Agency Challenges

The following is a sponsored article written by Enghouse Transportation. Transportation industry stakeholders face a variety of operational challenges that impact the ability of agencies to run as smoothly and efficiently as needed. In a recent interactive discussion on the topic during an Enghouse Transportation webinar, no single issue stood out as dominant. Nearly two-thirds […]

The post How Automated Fare Collection Alleviates Top Transit Agency Challenges appeared first on Streetsblog San Francisco.

June 5, 2023

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