Month: October 2017
Basics
Why Can’t We Have Traffic-Calming “3-D” Crosswalks Like Iceland?
Federal transportation engineering guidelines conflate conformity with safety.
October 31, 2017
Today’s Headlines
DC Metro Asks Governments for More Assistance to Avoid Fare Hikes or Service Cuts (Post) …And Reiterates Need for Dedicated Funding Source (Post) As Low-Wage Jobs Move to Suburbs, Twin Cities Need Transit More Than Ever (Star-Tribune) Pittsburgh Ride-Hailing Service Takes Homeless Students to School (Post-Gazette) California Gas Tax Hike Takes Effect Wednesday (San Diego … Continued
October 31, 2017
America’s Bus Stops Are Too Close Together
Bus service is faster for everyone if stops are about a quarter mile apart instead of crammed close together.
October 30, 2017
How Philadelphia Fixed Parking Craters Using Tax Policy
Using tax incentives and a dash of zoning, Philadelphia set off a virtuous cycle, reducing dependence on cars.
October 30, 2017
Today’s Headlines
Purple Line, Board Reforms Move Forward as Maryland-Metro Feud Ends (Post) Seattle Ditches Broadway Bike Lane Along With Streetcar Extension (Capitol Hill Seattle) Portland Residents Seek to Repurpose Parking for Buffered Bike Lanes (Bike Portland) Provo’s “Giant Wall of Parking” Divides Downtown (Strong Towns) Maryland Light Rail Advocates Aghast at Transpo Chief’s Support for BRT … Continued
October 30, 2017
How Highways Squeezed Taxable Land Out of Cities
Downtown Bridgeport, Connecticut, lost 20 percent of its taxable land when highways came through. That's just the beginning.
October 27, 2017
An Impressive New Bike Connection Highlights Changing Attitudes in Cleveland
People on bikes finally have some space of their own on the Detroit-Superior Bridge. The outer eastbound lane is being converted into a bike lane, linking downtown Cleveland to two thriving retail districts and two large public housing complexes.
October 27, 2017
Today’s Headlines
Larry Hogan Escalates Feud With D.C. Metro Board Chairman (WTOP) MARTA Mulls Expansion as New Tax Dollars Start to Roll In (WABE) Dallas Residents Sick and Tired of Waiting for the Bus All Day (Morning News) KY Gov. Matt Bevin Really Wants That Cincinnati Sprawl (Enquirer) Audit Recommends Ways to Improve Honolulu Roads for Bikes … Continued
October 27, 2017
Did Your State Forfeit Federal Funds for Walking and Biking?
Millions of dollars that should have gone toward building safer sidewalks or bike lanes near schools were instead forfeited by state DOTs that couldn't get their acts together.
October 26, 2017
Today’s Headlines
Corporate Heavyweights Try Their Hand at Reforming D.C. Metro (Post) Why Is L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti Silent About Rising Death Toll on City Streets? (Times) How Transit Transformed the University of Maryland and College Park (Next City) Center City Streetcar Survives — for Now (Curbed Seattle) With Ridership Growing, Madison Seeks Grant for Transit Expansion … Continued
October 26, 2017