Plus: Gersh Kuntzman takes a look at a new report that throws cold water on the gains won from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021. President Joe Biden said that the bill would represent “the most significant investment in passenger rail in the past 50 years and in public transit ever” … but instead that increase in spending is concentrated among highway projects.
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.
When it comes to federal transit funding, small cities get more bang for the buck than big ones.
