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Interior of a TriMet bus (in the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area) with numerous seats marked by "Don't sit here" signs intended to encourage spatial-distancing (in accordance with a temporary 10-passenger limit for buses) during the Covid-19 pandemic. Image: Steve Morgan, CC

STUDY: Transit Agencies Are Planning a Radically Equitable COVID Recovery

By Kea Wilson | Dec 6, 2021 | No Comments

A staggering 88 percent of U.S. transit agencies expect that historically disenfranchised riders will be their primary customers as they recover from the pandemic, a new study finds.

Monday’s Headlines Are Willing to Pay More at the Pump

By Blake Aued | Dec 6, 2021 | No Comments

Gas prices are emerging as a political issue, but drivers need to get over it. Centrist Democrats in Congress are proposing suspending the gas tax. That’s a bad idea because there’s no proven link between rising gas prices and President Biden’s approval rating, and it will just require spending other revenue on transportation instead. (Bloomberg) […]

A Metro-North train at the Stamford station. Travel times could decrease if a driver tolling plan is approved. Photo: Adam E. Moreira

Friday’s Headlines

By Blake Aued | Dec 3, 2021 | No Comments

At this stage in the pandemic, people are choosing driving. Transit agencies need to reconsider how they treat their employees and their customers.

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San Francisco Vows to End Parking at Transit Stops

By Roger Rudick | Dec 2, 2021 | No Comments

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors resolved unanimously this week to stop allowing motorists to park in bus stops

Talking Headways Podcast: Optimism on Infrastructure

By Jeff Wood | Dec 2, 2021 | No Comments

This week we’re joined by Linda Samuels, associate professor of urban design at Washington University in St. Louis, to talk about her book "Infrastructural Optimism." We chat about how growth for growth’s sake is not the answer, learn from postmodernist urbanism, and why systems should be more connected.

STUDY: Better Bike Policy Could Prevent 15K U.S. Deaths Every Year

By Kea Wilson | Dec 2, 2021 | No Comments

If U.S. cities take aggressive but realistic action to replace car trips with bike trips by 2050, they could prevent more than 15,000 premature deaths every year, a new study finds — and not just in traffic crashes.

Peter DeFazio (D-Oregon), chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Photo: Bike Portland

Thursday’s Headlines Bid Farewell to DeFazio

By Blake Aued | Dec 2, 2021 | No Comments

Transit crusader Rep. Peter DeFazio is retiring. Plus, the Biden administration shifts funding away from roads, and why EVs won't save us from climate change.

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