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The DC region is working on a plan to get the most out of its transit infrastructure by making it easier and safer to walk or bike to subways and commuter rail. The region’s Transportation Planning Board recently conducted a big audit to figure out which stations have additional capacity, and what barriers prevent people […]

Washington, DC, is poised for big improvements to its performance parking program. Michael Perkins at Greater Greater Washington reports that ParkDC is set to expand “on some of downtown’s most in-demand blocks” in Gallery Place. By resetting meter prices every few months based on the rate of occupied curbside parking spaces, the new ParkDC zone could match […]

Tension between food trucks and brick-and-mortar restaurants is common in cities. That’s because food truck businesses are naturally attracted to the same areas as restaurants: places with lots of pedestrian activity. In Providence, the city has responded to pressure from restaurant owners by asking food trucks to stay away from business districts. James Kennedy at […]

California is in the throes of a drought that Governor Jerry Brown called “unprecedented in recorded history.” There are many factors behind the severity of the state’s drought, and one of them is land use. In a prescient post from last year, Jon Mendelson at Network blog Stockton City Limits warned that California’s water crisis was likely to get […]

“Stand up for transportation” rallies are happening right now all over the country, demanding Congress put an end to the uncertainty surrounding federal transportation funding. In Washington, some Republican lawmakers are pushing the opposite tack — an approach known as “devolution” that would create more uncertainty by basically wiping out the federal gas tax, leaving states to figure out […]

Traveling on transit with a toddler is challenging enough. But transit agency policies can make the situation a lot worse. Until very recently, Seattle had the kind of rules that made ”any long outing with a small child involving buses… suck,” according to Seattle Transit Blog‘s Matthew Johnson, a new father. King County Metro required parents transporting a […]