Month: January 2018
Basics
How Miami Advocates Are Holding Officials Accountable for Transit Performance
Advocates with Transit Alliance Miami are tracking Metrorail's on-time performance. The results aren't pretty.
January 25, 2018
Talking Headways Podcast: Annual Predictions With Yonah Freemark
This week we’re joined by Yonah Freemark of the Transport Politic for our annual prediction extravaganza.
January 25, 2018
Today’s Headlines
Trump Infrastructure Plan Leans Heavily on Cities and States (Governing) Koch-Backed Group Will Try to Defeat Nashville Transit Referendum (Tennessean) Gimenez Blames Absentee Workers — Not Funding Cuts — for Dirty Miami Trains (Herald) Metro Detroit Leaders Want to Improve Transit But Don’t Know How (MLive) Downtown Atlanta Development Could Kill Plans for Future Rail … Continued
January 25, 2018
Why Sweden Clears Snow-Covered Walkways Before Roads
It's part of "gender-balanced" policy that reflects the fact that women walk more than men.
January 24, 2018
The Racist Dog Whistles in Complaints About Dockless Bike-Share
One commenter on a Georgetown listserv urged people to call the cops on bike-share riders for the offense of biking in the street.
January 24, 2018
Today’s Headlines
VA Legislature Will Tackle Metro Funding This Session (Richmond Times-Dispatch) Express-News: Rapid Transit Corridors Could Transform San Antonio Electric Bike-Share Will Help Minneapolis Residents Pedal Through Snow (Curbed) What Made a Top MARTA Official Want to Embezzle $500,000? (AJC) Nashville Transit Referendum Will Be a Tough Fight (Scene) NH Gov. Sununu’s Commuter Rail Proposal Gets … Continued
January 24, 2018
What One Mayor Is Learning From Riding the Bus
Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz says he's trying to "start a community conversation about public transit."
January 23, 2018
The ACLU’s Dangerous Windshield Bias
The Iowa chapter of the ACLU has joined a campaign to ban traffic enforcement cameras statewide.
January 23, 2018
Today’s Headlines
Outline of Trump Infrastructure Plan Leaked to Axios Tampa Bay Times Has More Detail on Proposed Bus Rapid Transit Sharrows Don’t Do a Whole Lot of Good Most of the Time (Bicycling) Drivers Were Left Out of Uber’s IPO Windfall (L.A. Times) South Phoenix Light Rail Enters Final Planning Stage (New Times) Lawsuit Seeks to … Continued
January 23, 2018
Albuquerque’s Fledgling BRT Has Problems, But Don’t Panic
Albuquerque's new "ART" bus rapid transit is experiencing minor "hiccups" that cities should expect when launching a major new transit route.
January 22, 2018
