Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Rail Transit

Do States Need Their Own Green New Deals For Transport?

By Courtney Cobbs | Oct 1, 2020 | No Comments

California just outlawed the sale of gas-powered vehicles by 2035. Illinois should go way further than that with a comprehensive plan to reduce transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions.

Report: Three Million People Could Lose Transit Access

By Kea Wilson | Sep 29, 2020 | No Comments

And Black, brown and low-income city residents will bear the brunt.

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Chicago Commuter Line Offers 'Mask Optional' Car

By John Greenfield | Sep 23, 2020 | No Comments

Is the commuter railroad's unique approach to dealing with COVID deniers on trains completely misguided, or so gosh darn irrational that it just might work?

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Chicago Releases Equitable Transit-Oriented Development Plan

By John Greenfield | Sep 14, 2020 | No Comments

A new equitable transit-oriented development plan published by the city today lays out steps for bringing affordable TOD to all parts of town.

An empty bus in downtown San Juan. Photo: Tanya Snyder

Why Buses Were Losing Riders Before COVID

By Kea Wilson | Aug 26, 2020 | No Comments

Hint: It's not because riders simply don't like mass surface transit.

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5 Barriers BIPOC Face to Sustainable Transport Access

By Courtney Cobbs | Jul 29, 2020 | No Comments

We must look at all the factors that are preventing people from using more sustainable modes of travel and work to address those issues.

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