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Maryland Is In A Huge Transit Hole
Years of underfunding transit in the Old Line State has left the Maryland Transit Administration $2-billion short of the $5.7 billion needed to run its bus and rail system over the next decade.
July 23, 2019
Ride Single-File in These Upstate Towns Or Risk Arrest
Cyclists love riding the scenic roads in the Hudson River valley, but a Draconian municipal law could have cops ticketing riders and even throwing them in jail if they ride side by side.
July 15, 2019
Rail Reversal: Miami Looking to China For Transit Help
The Chinese government is pitching Miami on a new rail line as public investment in Florida transit stalls.
June 25, 2019
Roll Tide! Amtrak to Return to Gulf Coast (If Alabama Helps)
It's one of the few Amtrak projects that Republicans support, citing its potential for economic development in the region and for making it easier for tourists and business leaders to get around.
June 12, 2019
North Carolina Lawmakers Try to Sabotage Durham-Orange Light Rail
State lawmakers in North Carolina launched a sneak attack this week on plans for light rail between Durham and Orange County -- and nobody's sure exactly who's behind it or why they did it.
September 17, 2015
What They’re Doing for Bike Safety in Wyoming: Mandatory Orange Vests
A bill introduced in the Wyoming statehouse would require cyclists to wear "two hundred square-inches of reflective neon" and carry a government-issued ID. The legislation would also require cyclists to have a rear light, even though another law already requires that, according to Jackson Hole News and Guide.
January 30, 2015
Washington Republicans: Put Seattle’s Highway-Borer Out of Its Misery
If nothing else, the politics of Seattle's deep-bore highway tunnel fiasco keep getting more interesting. With Bertha the tunnel-boring machine stuck underground and "rescue" efforts literally destabilizing city neighborhoods, a pair of Republicans in the Washington State Senate introduced a bill to scrap the project before any more money is wasted.
January 30, 2015
Study: Corrupt States Spend More on Highways
A new academic study helps explain the enduring political popularity of expensive transportation boondoggles like Birmingham's $4.7 billion Northern Beltline and Kentucky's $2.6 billion Ohio River Bridges.
June 6, 2014
Cycling So Popular in Georgia That Lawmaker Carl Rogers Wants to Ban It
Responding to a cycling boom in northern Georgia, a bill introduced in the state house would require bicyclists to purchase license plates and limit how and where they ride.
October 7, 2013
NC Gov. McCrory Sets Out to Let Highway Money Flow While Blocking Transit
A new transportation plan put forward by North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory will make it "almost impossible to find money for passenger trains, sidewalks, bicycles and regional transit," according to the Raleigh News Observer.
June 12, 2013