Aaron Short
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Nominee Buttigieg Vows To Dismantle ‘Racist’ Freeways
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“It’s disproportionately Black and brown neighborhoods that were divided by highway projects because they didn’t have the political capital to resist,” Buttigieg said on Sunday. "We have a chance to get that right.”
State DOTs Want More Money, Fewer Regulations
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AASHTO-ld you so! State DOT association wants the same funding for highway construction — and no provisions to make roads safer.
Trump Administration Keeps Hands Off Self-Driving Cars
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At the annual Las Vegas tech geek fest on Wednesday, USDOT Secretary Elaine Chao refused to put a leash on driverless car technology.
Bus Rapid Transit Should Be Built More Rapidly
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Why does it take years to install a dedicated bus lane? It only takes a week to put down red paint and tell drivers, "Begone!"
Congress Vows to Fight Trump’s Environmental Rule Change
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A White House council is expected on Wednesday to announce revisions to the 50-year-old National Environmental Policy Act that would advise federal agencies to ignore the effects of climate change during reviews of new infrastructure projects.
Vision Zero! Norwegian Capital Completely Quashes Road Deaths
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Secrets from Oslo, where the zero of Vision Zero is taken seriously.
Americans Are Poised to Drive Less In 2020
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Americans don't usually make New Year's resolutions to drive their cars less, but it may be happening anyway.
Hello, 2020, What Do You Have in Store?
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This year, America will vote for a new president. We also have a chance to define what kind of country we want to be, depending on how we address these 11 vital transportation-related issues.
Streetsies 2019: Here are Your Transportation Heroes
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And the Streetsie goes to...
Streetsies 2019: And the Winners Are…
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Here are our annual awards for the best (and worst) people, projects and ideas of the year.
Winners and Losers In $1.4T Fed Spending Bill
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Congress has some stocking stuffers and a few lumps of coal for the transportation sector in the $1.4 trillion spending package the House of Representatives passed on Tuesday in one of the last votes of the year before impeachment.
Red States Help U.S. Miss Climate Targets
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Why can't our country solve its emissions problem? Because we are effectively two nations: A blue nation that is committed to climate change, and a Trump nation that is not.