Aaron Short
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Award-Winning Bay Area Bridge Will Soon be a Failure
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The California Transportation Foundation chose to recognize a plan that added a third lane of traffic on the eastbound portion of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge last year as its 2018 Freeway/Expressway Project of the Year, at a ceremony in Sacramento last month.
Apparently Los Angeles’s widened Interstate 405 didn’t fail spectacularly enough.
Houston Has a Rail Solution to Traffic
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Houston, we have a solution: Rail.
Bay Area Bike Share Battle Has Vast Ramifications
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Lyft and Uber's battle over San Francisco's bike share system will have implications across the country.
Protect Yourself! Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says
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Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.
Chambers of Commerce Come Around to Transit
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City business groups are forming a coalition to urge Congress and the president to fund transportation projects.
Study: Better Transit Helps Latinos Live Healthier Lives
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Two dynamics are at work for Latinos — and both have negative effects.
Connecticut Says ‘No’ To Transit-Oriented Development
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“Putting a [transit-oriented development] next to an active rail yard has never worked successfully," says Connecticut's transportation commissioner. Yes, that's what he said.
There’s a Right Way to Spend Trillions on Infrastructure
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A new report seeks to upend the debate over infrastructure to investments that boost mass transit while saving the planet.
Connecticut Drivers Will Start Paying their Fair Share, Thanks to Toll Plan
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The days of a free ride across Connecticut are ending as Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont is proposing tolls on the state’s major highways to rebuild its aging transit infrastructure.
A Great Big Freeway — Thanks to Induced Demand
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Los Angeles is getting what it paid for when it widened 10 miles of its most infamous freeways — another lane of traffic.
New Big Easy Mayor Hopes to Make Biking, Well, Easier
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New Orleans hopes to become one of America’s friendliest cities under new its new mayor, Latoya Cantrell.
Study: Commutes are Longer When Cities Fail on Transit
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Want to know why so few cities invest in transit? Because the vast majority of their residents — drivers — have much shorter commute times in their cars. A cautionary tale....