Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Transit

Building a Better “Faster Bay Area” w/ Angie Schmitt

By Damien Newton | Aug 3, 2020 | No Comments

A chat with Angie Schmitt, a past editor with Streetsblog USA and author of the upcoming book, "Right of Way: Race, Class, and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America”

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Study: Car Traffic Might Stay Low Post-Vaccine

By Kea Wilson | Aug 3, 2020 | No Comments

But if we don't act fast, they'll come back.

We're in for a lot of empty trains — and economic catastrophe — if we don't get a better relief bill soon. Image description: An empty train car with blue and red seats. Source Creative commons

GOP Relief Bill Gives $0 to Transit

By Kea Wilson | Jul 28, 2020 | No Comments

Nope, not even a penny.

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How Massachusetts is Reforming Fare Enforcement

By Christian MilNeil | Jul 28, 2020 | No Comments

In addition authorizing debt spending for hundreds of infrastructure projects across the Commonwealth, the multi-billion dollar bond package that the Massachusetts Senate passed earlier this month would also make significant reforms to how the MBTA enforces fare payments on its trains, buses, and ferries. The Commonwealth’s current fare evasion law sets large penalties for people […]

Tuesday’s Headlines For You and Yours

By Blake Aued | Jul 28, 2020 | No Comments

All the headlines from a busy day around the nation and world.

During COVID, Income Inequality Predicts Traffic Surges

By Kea Wilson | Jul 27, 2020 | No Comments

Cars are back across America — but communities with richer residents are being spared much of the pollution and traffic violence.

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