The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog USA.
Today’s lead story looks at the fight being taken on my Missourians to get their state to support the needs of people outside cars. Advocates at Missourians for Responsible Transportation are in the final days of a campaign to get the Missouri Department of Transportation to adopt a “statewide active transportation plan,” which proponents say is among the most critical missing puzzle pieces necessary to solve the state’s traffic violence crisis and reap the broader benefits of a truly multimodal transportation system.
After Texas finally adopted its own plan last year, Missouri became the most populous state of the remaining four that still don’t have that critical document on the books, despite the fact that nearly one-third of its residents don’t have a driver’s license.
Read more — and today’s other news headlines — at the links below:
Amtrak’s new trains sound like a win-win for passengers and the environment.
Low-emissions zones work, but public backlash makes some politicians reluctant to embrace them.
Philadelphia’s automated enforcement pilot has reduced double parking and cleared loading zones for commercial vehicles in the year since it launched.
