Issues, Campaigns and Miscellany

High Speed Rail funding steady, Active Transportation remains diminished

“(Against Patchwork Framework) is not a specific proposal on where this funding should come from. It’s more about how we fund transit and how we allocate the money that we do have. In a post-pandemic reality, and a federal government that is not helpful, there’s still a lot we can do,” explains Adriana Rizzo.

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Yet another anti-congestion pricing lawsuit was thrown out today, after a state Supreme Court justice spiked a lawsuit brought by the Town of Hempstead.

What laws should your city be passing now to make sure that a historic number of elders can age in place — or at least with some grace?

Speed matters. Numbers on signs, though, don't always get drivers to slow down.

The center-running lane is long gone and some finishing touches are coming to the parking-protected section from 15th to 23rd, but the lack of concrete infrastructure remains problematic. And then there's the last four blocks from 23rd to Cesar Chavez, which is still just a striped lane wedged between parked cars and moving traffic.

People stuck in a car in a lane next to a bus or bike lane shouldn’t be mad at the bus or the bike lane. If they had access to the bus or bike lane, it, too, would quickly clog with cars and trucks.

Last year's ATP funded a whopping 13 projects throughout the state. This year's will probably be similar.

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Leave it to Sean Duffy to turn a simple grant announcement into another war on equity.