Aaron Short
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Think Tank Offers Road Map to Break the Car Culture
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Congress should stop splurging on new highways and instead expand transit to help Americans break their century-long addiction to a device that is killing us, the car, a D.C. institute says.
Kansas City Moves Ahead with Free Buses
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The Missouri metropolis is set to provide free bus service for residents but state and local governments take more steps to ensure transit thrives in the region.
Portland Makes Way For Bike Parking
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You know and already loathe minimum parking requirements — but what about minimum bike parking requirements?
A BILL OF GOODS: Why are We Putting Up With Parking-Protected Bike Lanes?
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We called the Danish embassy in Washington, D.C. to get more information on whether Denmark considers parking-protected bike lanes a best practice and the woman who answered the phone laughed at us.
Best Practices: Five Vision Zero Tips for Suburbs
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The suburbs have a harder job than their urban counterparts to make streets safer, but one county outside Washington D.C. is showing that it is possible to cater to cyclists and pedestrians in a place built around the car.
Former Mass Gov. Mike Dukakis: Driving Is For Turkeys
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Mike Dukakis loves transit, but hates how his neighbors leave turkey carcasses at his Brookline door.
America’s SUVs Are Polluting the Planet: U.N.
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They're coming for your SUVs, America. Good!
Federal Government Doing Nothing On AVs
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Right now, Big Auto is developing technologies that will affect every single person in this country — and the federal government is sitting on its hands.
Five Lessons From Seattle’s Crusade Against Driving
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Seattle is proving that cities can reduce the number of cars on the road and shift its population to rely on mass transit. Here are a few of those lessons.
Connecticut’s Transportation Plan Stymies Its Future
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What is Gov. Ned Lamont doing building all these new roads to compete with transit?
Joe Biden Doesn’t Go Far Enough On Transit
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Please wake us when the Democratic 2020 candidates get serious about transit in the 21st century.
Scooters are Thriving In Santa Monica: Report
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Santa Monica residents are voting with their little motorized wheels.