Gersh Kuntzman
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DATA DUMP: Total Driving is Down in All Major U.S. Cities
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Americans are indeed driving less — up to 94 percent less in some places — as the global COVID-19 pandemic keeps people at home, but rural segments of the country are not doing their share to flatten the curve.
Reckless Driving is the Other COVID-19 Epidemic
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City speed cameras are nabbing far more drivers than they were during the normal, pre-corona days — even though the numbers of cars on the road is down dramatically.
EYES ON THE STREET: Temporary Bike Lane on Smith Street is Great …
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Here's how it's done, Bay Area.
Transit Agencies Seek $25B from Congress
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The leaders of 10 transit systems — from coast to coast — are begging Washington for “at least” $25 billion in emergency funding as they battle the twin symptoms of the coronavirus: freefalling ridership and additional costs.
NYC May Ban Cars on Some Streets to Promote Social Distancing
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At his daily press conference on Sunday, the governor said he spoke with the mayor and with Council Speaker Corey Johnson to "develop an immediate plan" to "open streets."
New York’s MTA in Free Fall
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It's the latest evidence that the MTA is going to need a huge infusion of public cash from the Trump administration.
BREAKING: 10 Major Cities Unite to Urge Feds to Fund Better Urban Transit
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President Trump is doing such a poor job of funding infrastructure in urban areas that 10 major cities have banded together to jointly demand immediate action.
The ‘Busway’ Proves Another Benefit of Car-Free Streets: Safety
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A quiet Presidents Day reminds us how much safer our city is when there are fewer cars around. The Busway is proof every day.
America’s Mayors: Cars are Ruining Our Cities — But We Won’t Do Much About It!
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We have met the enemy — and it is our mayors!
Hero of the Week: The Cyclist Who Calls Placard-Abusing Cops ‘Assholes’
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Cyclists and others who detest the general chaos on our streets have long deplored how police officers tend to park wherever they want — but now one man is putting a colorful adjective on it.
Bloomberg Plan: Fix Roads, Build Fewer New Ones
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Would-be president Mike Bloomberg would focus mostly on maintaining roads and bridges we already have, rather than building new ones, while also investing three times more money in transit.
Buses Work Best on Car-Free Streets, MTA Data Shows
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MTA officials said on Monday that bus lane cameras are speeding up snail-like service along congested corridors, but in the same announcement, the agency ended up emphasizing a strategy that works best, yet is so rarely instituted: getting cars out of the way of buses entirely.