Today’s Headlines

Bus factory made famous by Obama’s stimulus is now laying off workers (NYT)

Illinois works both sides of the high-speed rail equation (Trib)

LaHood promises to deliver federal transit aid to help Chicago win the 2016 Olympics (WLS-TV)

U.S. DOT strengthens drug-testing rules for commercial license holders (Morning News)

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Surprise Attack on Phoenix Light Rail Expansion Reeks of Koch Brother Interference

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 20, 2018

The 11th-hour opposition campaign seeks to stop a project supported by 75 percent of neighborhood residents just three years ago.

New development at Denver's Alameda Station. Photo: Denver Infill

Why Affordable Housing Is So Important for Development Near Transit

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 20, 2018

What happens when you build housing around transit, but it's not affordable to the people who ride transit the most?

Today’s Headlines

By Blake Aued | Jun 20, 2018

Georgia Will Spend $100 Million on Kinda-Sorta BRT for Atlanta (AJC) Purple Line Construction in Maryland Moves Ahead (WTOP) Las Vegas Review-Journal Continues Crusade Against Light-Rail Las Vegas Sun: Light Rail Recommendation “Something to Cheer About” Smart Sensors Will Help Portland Design Safer Streets (KATU, Oregonian) Topeka Has a Walking Problem, Not a Parking Problem […]

Wait til Keith Crain sees Slow Roll. Photo: Russ/Flickr

Global Business Press Impresario Keith Crain Pens Epic Anti-Bike Screed

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 19, 2018

Keith Crain, chief executive of Crain Communications, saw some bike lanes and wants you to know that he's very mad.

Traffic signals that maximize crossing time for pedestrians remain the exception, not the rule, in American cities. Photo: District DOT

Making Traffic Signals Fair for Pedestrians

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 19, 2018

Traffic engineering conventions deprive people on foot of sufficient time to cross the street. We should change that.

Today’s Headlines

By Blake Aued | Jun 19, 2018

How the Oil Billionaire Koch Brothers Attack Transit Projects Around the Country (NYT) NoVa Will Spend $1.3 Billion on Road Projects (WTOP) Pittsburgh Considers Lowering Speed Limits, Adding Bike Lanes (WPXI) Future Tri-Rail Station Draws Development to Palm Beach (Palm Beach Post) New Orleans Bike Rental Businesses Oppose Bike-Share (WDSU) Massachusetts Town Appeals State Bike […]