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Americans Aren’t as Dependent on Cars as You Might Think

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 7, 2014 | No Comments

Americans drive a lot. About 90 percent live in a household with a car. Among adults, 89 percent are licensed to drive. Overwhelmingly, most people get to work by driving alone. But those statistics obscure some important nuances. A new study by Ralph Buehler and Andrea Hamre in the journal Transportation looks at Americans who are “multi-modal” […]

The Best Thing About a Bike-Friendly City Isn’t the Bikes — It’s the City

By Zach Vanderkooy | Nov 6, 2014 | No Comments

Zach Vanderkooy manages international programs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes. It’s not about the bike. When U.S. city officials visit the cities of Northern Europe with PeopleForBikes, the sheer volume of ordinary people going about their lives on bikes is captivating. But it’s not […]

Top House Dem on Transportation, Nick Rahall, Lost His Seat. That’s OK.

By Tanya Snyder | Nov 5, 2014 | No Comments

Four years ago, another stunning night of GOP victories took out Representative Jim Oberstar, the Minnesota Democrat who chaired the House Transportation Committee. Had Oberstar kept his seat, the new GOP majority would have cost him the gavel, but he would have continued as ranking Democrat. Instead, Rep. Nick Rahall of West Virginia coal country […]

GOP Will Control the Senate in 2015 — What Does It Mean for Transportation?

By Tanya Snyder | Nov 5, 2014 | No Comments

The forecasting models were right: As the polls closed last night it quickly became apparent that Republicans will gain control of the Senate, with at least 52 seats now held by the GOP. The implications for transportation are immense. To understand what they are, first let’s look at what last night means for the prospects […]

The Stakes Are High for Smart Transpo Policy in These 6 Races for Governor

By Tanya Snyder | Nov 4, 2014 | No Comments

Today, voters go to the polls to exercise their constitutional right to self-government — if their state hasn’t disenfranchised them with onerous voter ID laws, that is, and if they can get motivated to turn out for a mid-term election. In 27 states, voters are choosing a governor. These elections are perhaps the most important […]

Ohio DOT’s Defense of the Transit-Inaccessible Transit Meeting

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 3, 2014 | No Comments

On Friday, the Ohio Department of Transportation held a meeting ostensibly to gather feedback from transit riders in the Dayton and Cincinnati regions. But ODOT held the meeting in exurban Lebanon — a hour’s trip by car from Cincinnati and totally inaccessible by transit from either city. What was ODOT thinking? Is it just a symptom […]

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