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The CTA‘s 2022 budget calls for the system's biggest fare chance since 2013, slashing all pass prices and getting riding of the 25-cent charge for the first transfer.

...and it doesn't take much to implement them (except some courage).

We're down to the worst of the worst in our quest to find America's most toxic car ad — and it's time to talk about what to do about it. 

When the person clogging the bikeway is employed by a city-owned bike-share system, an entity whose entire purpose is to make bicycling easier, this kind of blockage can feel like a betrayal.

Cargo backup in SoCal ports taken as an excuse to push anti-regulation agenda

Even the most transit-poor U.S. cities have significant numbers of neighborhoods where almost no one drives — and where they're located often suggests a dire need for more transit to serve the under-resourced residents who need it most.

"There may be massive inequities in other aspects of life, but each citizen is guaranteed equal access to adequate parking spaces." - Joe Cortright

This week we're joined by Kelcie Ralph, Nick Klein, and Calvin Thigpen, who talk about their recent paper "Political Partisanship and Transportation Reform." We chat about why they wrote the paper, what they found out about partisanship and transportation policy, and why actors across the political spectrum have little understanding of induced demand.

Councilmembers Bonin, Krekorian, and Koretz get things started after Newsom signs bills into law