Aaron Short
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Traffic Study Comes Under Fire for Being Too ‘Pro-Car’
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Critics say the latest Urban Mobility Report ignores the new realities of multi-modal transport.
‘Pedestrian-Friendly’ Portland Is Crossing Out Its Crosswalks
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Traffic officials are installing 'no crossing' signs at intersections. Are they protecting pedestrians — or privileging cars over people?
Climate Change Fight Dies in Texas Oil Region
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An oil-rich region of West Texas is about to get more than half a billion dollars in highway funds so it can continue to pump more crude and frack natural gas — perpetuating a cycle that is causing the destruction of human civilization.
Phoenix Voters Save Light Rail
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Take that, Koch brothers: Voters in Phoenix have soundly rejected a proposal that would have halted the expansion of the city's light rail system.
Minnesota Starts Embracing Self-Driving Cars
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The state's new strategic transportation plan seeks to prepare Gophers for a driverless future.
Driver Shortages Causing Transit Delays Nationwide
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Many agencies struggle to attract bus drivers, who are often paid too little to afford housing in the areas they serve. It's a vicious cycle.
BRAKE TIME: Automatic Vehicle Testing Endangers Pedestrians
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An Uber whistleblower wants car companies to pump the brakes on autonomous vehicle testing on public roads.
Scooters Quenching Thirst in Chicago’s Transit Deserts
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An pilot program shows that the devices are popular in low-income neighborhoods where transit is scarce.
Transit Agency Cuts Service To Curb Homeless in Minneapolis
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Minneapolis's transit agency has started shutting down the city's only 24-hour rail line for two hours per night in a move designed to scatter the homeless, but one which has had an impact on working class riders who just want to get home.
Bond Voyage! Houston Faces $3.5B Transit Decision
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Houston has a once in a generation opportunity to modernize its transit system this fall — and the city hopes to learn from Nashville's mistakes.
Milwaukee’s Transit Service in Crisis as Leaders Bicker
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The Wisconsin city may cut 16 bus routes serving vulnerable residents if it can't dig up $5.9 million.
Amtrak Hopes to Link Chicago and Detroit to Toronto
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Passenger service hasn't chugged between Detroit and Toronto since at least 1971; the last direct train to pass through the route did so in 1967, according to Amtrak.