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Trump Administration Keeps Hands Off Self-Driving Cars

At the annual Las Vegas tech geek fest on Wednesday, USDOT Secretary Elaine Chao refused to put a leash on driverless car technology.

Aaron Short

January 8, 2020

Trump Administration Keeps Hands Off Self-Driving Cars

Streetsblog NYC |Carnage

Wanted: Strategy for Curtailing Monster SUVs

New York's 'shaming' campaign is a start, but activists should push for national pedestrian-safety standards and local car-free zones.

Eve Kessler

January 8, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Bicycle Infrastructure

Streetsies 2019: NYC Projects of the Year

The Department of Transportation got some things — OK, many things — right this year. And the nominees for the Streetsie are...

Streetsblog

December 26, 2019

Streetsblog NYC |Bus Rapid Transit

Car-Free Transitways Work, City Hall Says

Bus ridership along 14th Street is way up, bus speeds are way up, use of bicycles in the area is way up and car drivers are being inconvenienced in virtually no appreciable way.

Gersh Kuntzman

December 18, 2019

Buses

Bus-ted! Congress To Bar Chinese E-Buses and Rail Cars

A federal "Buy American" provision just screwed U.S. transit agencies. Thanks, Congress.

Aaron Short

December 12, 2019

Streetsblog NYC |Bicycling

Op-Ed: Copenhagen’s Lessons for the ‘Green Wave’

Cycling is integral to Danish culture, but it wasn’t always thus.

Eve Kessler

November 22, 2019

Streetsblog NYC |Car Dependence

Half-a-BILLION Wasted in Reckless Driving by City Workers

The City of New York has spent more than $500 million since 2013 in payouts to the victims of road violence caused by employees of just five key agencies crashing their city-owned vehicles, Streetsblog has learned.

Gersh Kuntzman

November 21, 2019

Accessibility

Tennessee Senator Reverses Herself on Transit

Marsha Marsha Marsha. Transit isn't just for "socialists"!

Aaron Short

November 11, 2019

Amtrak

It’s Progressives vs. Labor over Transportation Money

It's the latest battle for the soul of the Democratic party.

Aaron Short

November 6, 2019

Streetsblog NYC |DOT

Bill for More Street Vendors Splits #BikeNYC

The state senator's proposal would remove caps on the number of legal vendors who could operate — but she claims it would not lead to overwhelmed sidewalks.

Gersh Kuntzman

November 4, 2019

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