SEE IT: In Boston, Bus Rapid Transit Works
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Boston is on a roll.
High-Speed Rail Impasse Means Other Projects Denied Funding
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$500 million proposed as a one-time augmentation for Active Transportation Projects will go back to the General Fund - as will a total of $3.3 billion in other proposed allocations including for LA Olympics projects
Friedman Derails Bullet Train Budget
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Over $4 billion in voter-approved funds to complete first 171-mile segment in limbo
America’s Most Toxic Car Ad: Hummer EV vs. H3
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As Americans come down from the sugar high of Labor Day Weekend sales at the auto dealership, we're looking at two bad ads for the same vehicle: one electric, one an original recipe gas-guzzler, both ultra-fatal to vulnerable road users in the event of a crash.
Op-Ed: Is Car Culture Is Getting Even Worse?
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Cars are their own worst monster, and they will dodge on their last legs like a boxer on the ropes until the very end. No, cars will not go gently into that good night. They will lie, cheat and growl their way to the grave.
COVID-19 Road Death Surge Continues
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The empty roads of the quarantine era may be a thing of the past, but the roadway death surges of the COVID era aren't done with America yet.
Please Stay On The Grass: More Absorbent Streets Could Mean Less Catastrophically Flooded Subways
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Here’s what the city has to do now. Ripping up some asphalt is a start.
The Real Reason Red America Loves Cars
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Republican-leaning voters may be more likely than Democrats to trade a walkable community for a large home, a new poll finds — but that result may say more about car culture's stranglehold on the American imagination than how either group really wants to live.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- SMART Wants All Employees to Get Jabbed (MarinIJ)
- SamTrans/Caltrain to Soon Require Employee Jabs (DailyJournal)
- SMART to Restore Full Service (MarinIJ)
- More on Restoration of VTA Light Rail Service (SFGate)
- BART names Arup/WSP to Plan Link 21 (MassTransit)
- More on Federal Funds for Muni (NBCBayArea)
- Chinatown, a Movie, and a Muni Line (KQED)
- More on Great Walkway/Highway (ABC7)
- Lower Speed Limits Needed (SFChron)
- Pandemic’s Changing ‘Commutes’ (SFChron)
- AVs Must be EVs (GovTech)
- Commentary: Work From Home Will Cause More Problems (Bloomberg)
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How the Twin Cities Abolished Parking Minimums (And How Your City Can, Too)
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In a 6-1 city council vote, the city of St. Paul said it would “fully eliminate off-street parking minimums for real estate developments … modernizing [their] zoning codes and aligning them with best practices for land use while reducing administrative burdens for small businesses and developers.”
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Talking Headways Podcast: Biking to the Stadium
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This week we’re joined by new Rail~Volution CEO Tamar Shapiro. We chat about her previous work in transportation and city planning at organizations such as NUMO and The Governor's Institute, how to measure transportation success, and the "transportation parades" before German soccer games.