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Florida Republican: Vote Down Transit Because Driverless Cars Are Coming

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 4, 2014 | No Comments

St. Petersburg doesn’t need light rail, according to local Republican state legislator Jeff Brandes, because self driving cars are going to make transit irrelevant. That’s why Brandes is fighting a ballot issue to be decided today in Pinellas County that would expand bus service 65 percent and open the way for future light rail, he […]

Halloween: A Lot Less Scary If Drivers and Roads Were Safer

By Brad Aaron | Oct 31, 2014 | No Comments

ICYMI: We’re helping children be seen on #Halloween by lending them reflective vests! Details: http://t.co/FmEPHvc43G pic.twitter.com/AggiFilfDn — MD State Highway Adm (@MDSHA) October 22, 2014 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 […]

Portland Suburb: To Fight Climate Change, Expand Highways!

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 31, 2014 | No Comments

Clackamas County, outside of Portland, has some opinions about the region’s plan to address climate change. According to Michael Andersen at Bike Portland, county commissioners have drafted a letter to regional planners saying the right way to control carbon emissions is to build more highways. Scratching your head? Well, the misguided belief that building more roads […]

Ohio DOT Hosts Transit Meeting That No One Can Reach Via Transit

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 30, 2014 | No Comments

Ohio DOT is one of those old-school transportation agencies that’s still just a highway department. The director is a former asphalt industry lobbyist. The state — despite being fairly densely populated and urban (about 1 million people don’t have cars) — spent only $7.3 million supporting transit in 2013, far less than it devotes to […]

The Airtight Case for Road Diets

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 29, 2014 | No Comments

Bill Lindeke at Streets.mn calls them “death roads.” Four-lane roads in urban areas can indeed be perilous. An 11-year-old boy was struck by a motorist on one of these roads recently in St. Paul. The media and others responded in typical fashion, deeming the crash an unavoidable “accident.” But the truth is these types of collisions are easy […]

Why a Street Designed for Transit Is Also Great for People

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 28, 2014 | No Comments

In Minneapolis, Washington Avenue prioritizes transit, biking, and walking. Photo: Michael Hicks/Flickr When cities devote street space exclusively to buses or trains, they usually encounter some stiff resistance to change. Dan Reed at Greater Greater Washington has been giving the topic some thought, because many of the DC region’s upcoming transit projects will require reallocating […]

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