States May Forfeit $1 Billion in Biking and Walking Funding
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States will forfeit a combined $1 billion in biking and walking funds if they don't get their acts together by September.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Illinois
Research Explains Why Pedestrians ‘Break the Rules’
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Pedestrians behave unpredictably when the environment is not accommodating to them, new research using time-lapse video shows.
The Final Nail? Indiana Gov Says Illiana Expressway Boondoggle “On Hold”
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Yesterday, the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT), under the leadership of Governor Mike Pence, joined newly elected Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner and the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) in putting his state’s commitment to the Illiana Expressway project on hold. The Illiana would run through cornfields and cost as much as $3 billion to build, putting taxpayers […]
The Illiana Expressway Will Eat Itself
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A recent report by U.S. PIRG and the Frontier Group, “Highway Boondoggles: Wasted Money and America’s Transportation Future,” examines 11 of the most wasteful, least justifiable road projects underway in America right now. This is the final installment in our series profiling the various bad decisions that funnel so much money to infrastructure that does no good. Illinois and Indiana are proposing […]
Trading Cars for Transit Passes “in the Middle of the Corn and Soybeans”
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This post is part of a series featuring stories and research that will be presented at the Pro-Walk/Pro-Bike/Pro-Place conference September 8-11 in Pittsburgh. If Champaign-Urbana can make it easier to leave your car at home, any place can. That’s what local planner Cynthia Hoyle tells people about the progress her region has made over the last few years. With great intention […]
House Bill Would Give Cities and Towns More Say Over Transpo Spending
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A bill to give local governments greater access to transportation funds has bipartisan sponsors in the House of Representatives. The Innovation in Surface Transportation Act, introduced late last month, would let local communities access a much more significant share of federal transportation funds. The legislation would set aside a share of various federal programs that flow to […]