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Aaron Short

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This stretch of I-375 is like a scar in Detroit. The Biden administration is encouraging change.

Feds Using Freight Program Money to Tear Down a Detroit Highway

By Aaron Short | Sep 22, 2022 | No Comments
“This stretch of I-375 cuts like a gash through the neighborhood, one of many examples I have seen in communities across the country where a piece of infrastructure has become a barrier,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said.
Tell Secretary Pete that he must regulate such menaces! File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

D.C. SUV Owners Will Finally Pay Much More to Drive Such Behemoths

By Aaron Short | May 27, 2022 | No Comments
The era of big government vehicle is over.
I-5 northbound through the Rose Quarter. 
Photo: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland

UPDATE: Awful Highway Expansions in Denver and Portland are Facing New Hurdles

By Aaron Short | May 25, 2022 | No Comments
Denver and Portland highway projects are being seen for what they are.
This kind of thing (an off-road bike path) is really safe. Photo:  Cambridgema.gov

Study: Shifting Commutes During Pandemic Reduced Cyclists Hit By Drivers

By Aaron Short | Nov 18, 2021 | No Comments
Cycling became safer during the pandemic last year because riders were more likely to use off-road trails during the middle of the day, bypassing dangerous rush hour roadways, a new study found.
Image: Chris Yarzab, CC

Hidden Gem in $1.2T Biden Package: Anti-DWI Tech

By Aaron Short | Nov 17, 2021 | No Comments
The $1.2-trillion infrastructure bill could end drunk driving as we know it.

MUST WATCH: Why Words Matter to Crash Victims

By Aaron Short | Nov 16, 2021 | No Comments
Cars kill — but the language used in ads and newspapers always hurts. That's why message is so crucial in the war on cars.
This kind of thing.

Report: Bigger Bike Budgets Boost the Boom

By Aaron Short | Aug 25, 2021 | No Comments
The Biden administration should pour billions of dollars into a variety of bike projects because the investment will generate thousands of jobs while also obviously greening the way Americans get around, advocates said this week, citing a new report on the economic benefits of cycling investments.
More of the same.

Senate Bill Undermines Biden Climate Goals

By Aaron Short | May 27, 2021 | No Comments
A Senate proposal to shovel hundreds of billions of dollars into new freeways will wipe out the Biden administration’s goal of halving carbon emissions by 2030.
Image: J.B. Forbes for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, via Creative Commons

U.S. DOT Must Do Better for Peds, Cyclists: Report

By Aaron Short | May 26, 2021 | No Comments
The U.S. Department of Transportation has not set goals or tracked the performance of 90 traffic safety activities making it difficult to improve them or determining whether they work at all, a congressional watchdog found.
Image via  Creative Commons

Experts See Opportunities in Biden Highway Plan

By Aaron Short | Apr 28, 2021 | No Comments
Transportation leaders believe President Biden’s $2-trillion infrastructure bill will finally get states to stop splurging federal dollars on freeway projects and emissions-enabling concrete superstructures that carve up cities.

Q&A: Eric Jacobsen on How Cars Make us Lonelier

By Aaron Short | Apr 19, 2021 | No Comments
The author of "Three Pieces of Glass" shows how the phone, the TV and the car windshield make us so damn unhappy.
The Claiborne Expressway in New Orleans is the nation's top candidate for a highway teardown, says the Congress for New Urbanism. Photo: The Advocate via CNU

Nominee Buttigieg Vows To Dismantle ‘Racist’ Freeways

By Aaron Short | Dec 22, 2020 | No Comments
“It’s disproportionately Black and brown neighborhoods that were divided by highway projects because they didn’t have the political capital to resist,” Buttigieg said on Sunday. "We have a chance to get that right.”
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