Aaron Short
Recent Posts
Garçon! D.C. Requires Curb Reservations for Deliveries
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Cities need to treat curb space like restaurants treat its prime tables.
Trump Shifts Obama Transit Funding to Roads
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Obama allocated 28 percent of federal grants to transit. It's 8.5 percent under Trump. And funding for bike and pedestrian projects dropped to zero.
Why Are Cops Handcuffing Churro Vendors?
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Americans are waking up to the fact that police are unnecessarily harassing people of color for minor violations on public transit and demanding that cops back off.
Amtrak Wants To Compete With Planes And Roads
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Whaddya know? Amtrak is getting better and better — and may soon be profitable (you read that right!).
Report: Uber’s Software Flaws Led to Fatal Crash
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The self-driving Uber car that killed an Arizona woman in March 2018 was not programmed to identify pedestrians outside of a crosswalk and lacked software that could have spared her life, a federal safety agency said.
ELECTION ROUNDUP: Transit (Mostly) Wins
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Voters across the country showed that they support transit.
It’s Progressives vs. Labor over Transportation Money
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It's the latest battle for the soul of the Democratic party.
Robot Cars of the Future Can’t Fix Traffic, Pollution, Sprawl
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A new study shows traffic congestion in cities will become significantly worse if autonomous vehicles proliferate.
Europe’s Congestion Pricing Lessons For America
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The problem, of course, is America's car culture itself: Most commuters don't take public transit and view congestion pricing as a tax, making it a huge political lift, even if there's a groundswell of support for reform, these experts added.
All Hail! Gov’t Workers Using Uber Way Too Much
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Government workers are turning to Uber and Lyft on business trips, with a 922-percent increase in spending last year, newly released records from the General Services Administratiaon show. At the same time, workers are using less transit.
Schumer Pushes Electric Cars — Here’s Why He’s Wrong
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Message to the senior senator from New York: Electric cars are still cars — and they still suck.
Congress Eyes Funds for Vision Zero
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House members propose a bill that would fund pedestrian- and cycling-safety efforts.