The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog USA.
Today’s newsletter brings you a very important question: What would it take to map all of the sidewalks in your state? It sounds like a pie in the sky question… until you remember that states and tech companies keep a database of virtually every vehicle road in the U.S.
Washington State is on the brink of completing America’s first comprehensive, statewide inventory of every single sidewalk and pedestrian path within its borders, and Kea Wilson discusses it on this week’s episode of The Brake.
Listen to that at the link below… and check out this week’s news headlines as well.
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.
