Today’s Headlines

By Elana Schor
Jun 2, 2010

You may have seen the disturbing Guatemala City sinkhole — but how did it happen? A look at the street engineering behind the scare (ABC)

Lawmakers offer bills providing subsidies, incentives for electric car expansion (Det. News)

Vermont becomes latest state to criminalize texting and cell phone use by drivers (AP)

Caterpillar boosts its rail business with $820m acquisition (Bloomberg)

Alabama governor launches new efficiency initiative for state’s auto industry (AP)

Michigan officials plot a coming push for high-speed rail funding (Press & Guide)

Rhode Island lawmakers approve study of future transition to vehicle mileage tax (ABC6.com)

A look at South Africa’s infrastructure preparations for this month’s World Cup (VOA)

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State Street in Salt Lake City. Photo: I, Padraic Ryan via wikimediacommons

Op/Ed: Western Transport Officials Ignore Road Safety

By Taylor Anderson | Sep 15, 2021

A conference takes place on a dangerous road — but street safety is not on the agenda.

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Washington Gives Lanes Back to People on State Roads

By Kea Wilson | Jul 13, 2020

A state DOT program will expand city leaders' toolboxes for delivering residents changes they actually want.

State Farm Looks to Engage Cycling Community

By Brad Aaron | Apr 4, 2008

Responding to criticism of an ad depicting a humiliated office worker forced to bike to his job due to high gas prices, State Farm Director of Marketing Communications Tim Van Hoof writes: I’m sorry this commercial offended anyone. State Farm has been a supporter of bicycle safety through the thousands of bicycle rodeos we’ve held […]

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Revealed: State Pols Underfund Transit With Underhanded Move

By Dave Colon | Dec 21, 2022

Stop the steal! New York State has been underfunding the MTA by hundreds of millions of dollars for decades, quietly reclassifying dedicated county taxes as its own contribution to the transit agency's operating budget.

State DOTs: We Back National Transport Goals — If We Get to Write Them

By Elana Schor | Jan 13, 2010

Congressional efforts to set national goals for the American transportation system are stalled for now, but the U.S. DOT said today that it is preparing for an eventual transition to a world where performance targets are the norm for transit, roads, bridges, and ports. (Photo: UVA) "National goals should be set by U.S. DOT […]

Feds Could Soon End Pro-Transit Privatization Rule — in One State Only

By Elana Schor | Sep 21, 2009

The transportation spending bill passed by the Senate on Thursday includes a provision that rolls back a Bush-era pro-privatization rule which blocks local transit agencies from providing bus service to special events — think state fairs and NFL football games. But there’s a catch: the rule is only reversed in the home state of the […]