Virginia’s Chance to Improve Commutes Without Building More Roads
A Virginia state agency is weighing how to allocate new transportation funds, presenting an opportunity for the state to do more than widen and build roads.
June 9, 2015
Would Jesus Blame the Crash Victim?
Last year New York City made it a misdemeanor for a driver to harm a pedestrian or cyclist who is walking or biking with the right of way. Since then, the Right of Way Law has come under attack from the MTA bus drivers union and members of the City Council, many of whom helped pass the law.
June 8, 2015
Transit Scrooge Larry Hogan Wants to Spend $10B on DC-Baltimore Maglev
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has criticized the Purple Line and Red Line light rail projects, planned for Montgomery County and Baltimore, respectively, as too costly. Though he's threatened to kill long-standing plans to expand the real-life DC and Baltimore transit systems, Hogan is totally into a flashy and very pricey non-existent project.
June 5, 2015
Georgia Screws Transit Riders, Again
Georgia ranks near the bottom in transit spending among U.S. states. MARTA, which serves residents of the Atlanta region, is the largest transit system in the country to receive no state funding.
June 3, 2015
Modernizing How People Pay to Park in Downtown DC
Washington, DC, is poised for big improvements to its performance parking program.
April 14, 2015
Halloween: A Lot Less Scary If Drivers and Roads Were Safer
Halloween is fun because we get to be afraid of things that we know aren't really scary. But for little trick or treaters in the United States, the danger posed by reckless drivers and unsafe roads is real.
October 31, 2014
Sources: Alta Bike-Share Buyout a Done Deal; NYC Citi Bike Fleet to Double
The buyout of Alta Bicycle Share rumored since July is finally a done deal. Alta -- which operates New York's Citi Bike, Washington, DC's Capital Bikeshare, Chicago's Divvy, San Francisco's Bay Area Bike Share, and several other cities' systems -- will be purchased by REQX Ventures, an affiliate of the Related Companies and its Equinox unit.
October 27, 2014
When Highways Are Barriers to Opportunity
Looking at a map of commute times, Patrick Kennedy at Walkable Dallas-Fort Worth finds that people who live in census tracts with some of that region's lowest household incomes spend the most time traveling to and from work. Many commutes are more than an hour each way.
September 17, 2014
How to Improve 3-Foot Passing Laws
After a couple of vetoes by Governor Jerry Brown, California finally has a 3-foot passing law.
September 16, 2014
With Permit Parking, John Cranley Could Help Cincinnati Despite Himself
Chalk this one up as a worthwhile proposal offered in bad faith.
September 15, 2014