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Portland Officials Expected to Adopt 10-Year Vision Zero Plan
Officials in Portland, Oregon, are expected to adopt a Vision Zero program, with the goal of preventing traffic deaths and serious injuries in the next 10 years.
June 16, 2015
Houstonians See Folly of Debt-Financed Sprawl, Even If Leaders Don’t
Voters in Montgomery County, Texas, rejected a road-building bond referendum. Despite local support for transit, county leaders plan to give the referendum another try.
June 15, 2015
Minneapolis May Drop Parking Minimums Near Transit
Whether you own a car or not, if you live in a city, there's a good chance you pay for parking. Building parking spots is expensive, but most cities require developers to build a certain amount of parking per residence, driving up the cost of housing.
June 12, 2015
Making Urban Cemeteries More Urban
Should urban cemeteries be more accessible to the public? Alex Cecchini at Streets.mn thinks so.
June 11, 2015
The San Diego Leaders Who Sacrificed People for Parking
Earlier this year a street safety plan for Hillcrest and other San Diego neighborhoods was derailed after NIMBYs complained about the loss of curbside parking.
June 10, 2015
Virginia’s Chance to Improve Commutes Without Building More Roads
A Virginia state agency is weighing how to allocate new transportation funds, presenting an opportunity for the state to do more than widen and build roads.
June 9, 2015
Would Jesus Blame the Crash Victim?
Last year New York City made it a misdemeanor for a driver to harm a pedestrian or cyclist who is walking or biking with the right of way. Since then, the Right of Way Law has come under attack from the MTA bus drivers union and members of the City Council, many of whom helped pass the law.
June 8, 2015
Transit Scrooge Larry Hogan Wants to Spend $10B on DC-Baltimore Maglev
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has criticized the Purple Line and Red Line light rail projects, planned for Montgomery County and Baltimore, respectively, as too costly. Though he's threatened to kill long-standing plans to expand the real-life DC and Baltimore transit systems, Hogan is totally into a flashy and very pricey non-existent project.
June 5, 2015
House Poised to Vote for Cuts to TIGER, Amtrak, Transit
Debate began yesterday on a House appropriations measure that substantially cuts transit, rail, and the TIGER program, but of course doesn't touch highway spending. American democracy in action!
June 4, 2015
Georgia Screws Transit Riders, Again
Georgia ranks near the bottom in transit spending among U.S. states. MARTA, which serves residents of the Atlanta region, is the largest transit system in the country to receive no state funding.
June 3, 2015