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Aaron Short

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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.
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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.
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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.”
AASHTO leaders want Congress to allocate the same 80-20 ratio for highways and transit with no way to measure whether the roads are any safer.
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State DOTs Want More Money, Fewer Regulations

By Aaron Short | Jan 10, 2020 | No Comments
AASHTO-ld you so! State DOT association wants the same funding for highway construction — and no provisions to make roads safer.
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao unveiled the latest regulations for autonomous vehicle technology at Las Vegas CES on Wednesday. Image: Fortune Brainstorm Tech
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Trump Administration Keeps Hands Off Self-Driving Cars

By Aaron Short | Jan 8, 2020 | No Comments
At the annual Las Vegas tech geek fest on Wednesday, USDOT Secretary Elaine Chao refused to put a leash on driverless car technology.
Minneapolis-St. Paul is building six new bus rapid transit routes but they may not be finished until 2026 at the earliest.
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Bus Rapid Transit Should Be Built More Rapidly

By Aaron Short | Jan 8, 2020 | No Comments
Why does it take years to install a dedicated bus lane? It only takes a week to put down red paint and tell drivers, "Begone!"
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