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Nashville is seeking $18 million from the federal government for a new transit hub.

Nashville Plans New Transit Hub

By Aaron Short | Jul 25, 2019 | 3 Comments

Music City could use a transit tune-up — and a new transit center could be a key step forward. Nashville’s civic leaders had hoped to lure more Tennesseans out of their cars and get them zipping across downtown, by building 26 miles of light rail lines and eight new bus lanes with a $5.4 billion […]

Clayton Homes, a 300-unit public housing complex, will be partly torn down to widen practically every highway in North Houston. Photo: Google Maps

Houston’s Highway Mega-Plan: An Environmental Justice Disaster

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 25, 2019 | 2 Comments

Thousands of Houstonians are in danger of losing their homes as the state of Texas proceeds with a massive, $7 billion plan to widen almost every highway in North and downtown Houston. Mass displacement, worsening air quality, wider segregation and more flooding are some of the outcomes experts are warning will result from the 25-mile […]

Talking Headways Podcast: Charlotte’s Transit-Oriented Zoning Innovations

By Jeff Wood | Jul 25, 2019

This week, we’re joined by Monica Holmes, placemaking manager for the City of Charlotte and the project manager for the rewrite of the transit-oriented development zoning ordinance. Yes, Charlotte has a placemaking manager!

Accessibility to jobs in Baltimore by bike facilities. Map: University of Minnesota Accessibility Observatory

Bike Infrastructure Boosts Job Access: Report

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 24, 2019 | 1 Comment

In cities with good bike infrastructure, residents can access thousands of additional jobs on two wheels, a new study finds.

Mayors Seek Transit Funds To Fight Climate Change

By Aaron Short | Jul 23, 2019 | 3 Comments

A coalition of mayors wants Congress to declare a "Marshall Plan" against climate change by spending on mass transit to curb air pollution in their cities. The mayors of Atlanta, Honolulu, St. Paul, Pittsburgh, and Portland, Ore., implored senators at a climate hearing on Capitol Hill last week to invest in renewable-energy programs in order to create jobs and fund bus and rail systems, with the goal of weening people off gas-polluting vehicles.

The Maryland Transit Administration has a $2 billion shortfall due to the state underfunding its priorities.

Maryland Is In A Huge Transit Hole

By Aaron Short | Jul 23, 2019

Years of underfunding transit in the Old Line State has left the Maryland Transit Administration $2-billion short of the $5.7 billion needed to run its bus and rail system over the next decade.

You knew there were falls in Sioux Falls, right?

South Dakota City Turns to Harvard For Transit Help

By Aaron Short | Jul 22, 2019 | 5 Comments

Sioux Falls is in the middle of an eight-phase overhaul of its transit system that would shift is fixed route bus service to an on demand system, allowing vehicles to change their routes based on passenger needs rather than a fixed line or schedule.

This is a PTSA bus. Photo: City of St. Petersburg

Are Uber and Lyft the Future of Transit? Not So Fast

By Aaron Short | Jul 22, 2019 | 7 Comments

Cities that turn to technology companies to save their transit systems are bound to be disappointed by the outcome.

The green and blue areas will no longer have to comply with Houston's minimum parking requirements. Map: Houston Planning Commission

Houston Rolling Back Parking Requirements

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 19, 2019 | 2 Comments

The city will leave it up to businesses to decide how many parking spaces they need in two center-city neighborhoods.

A post-crash photo of the self driving Uber car that killed a Tempe pedestrian. Photo: NTSB

Pittsburgh Reveals the Downside of Self-Driving Cars

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 18, 2019 | 11 Comments

Wider inequality. More sprawl. Worse transit. Those are some of the outcomes we could see from self-driving cars in cities, according to a Pittsburgh-based transit advocacy group.

Talking Headways Podcast: The View from North Vancouver

By Jeff Wood | Jul 18, 2019

A member of Parliament talks about creating better transportation options for her constituents, new transportation technologies, and the importance of political engagement.

President Trump Has Starved Transit Agencies of $854M

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 17, 2019 | 7 Comments

Administration delay tactics have made applying for transit construction funding much more costly and difficult.

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