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Citing Safety Problems, Federal Officials Assume Control of San Jose Streets

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 1, 2016 | No Comments

When something goes wrong and people get hurt on a train, national transportation safety officials swoop in immediately to root out the source of risk and prevent future loss of life. How surprising and refreshing to see them apply the same scrutiny to the road system as well. Network blog Systemic Failure is carrying a press release […]

True Story: Buying Transit Passes Is Cheaper Than Building Garages

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 24, 2016 | No Comments

Downtown Columbus, Ohio, is facing a parking crunch. But parking prices aren’t high enough in this city to make garage construction a viable private investment. Faced with this situation, a lot of cities would pour a bunch of money into a big subsidized garage or two. But in Columbus, several officials have hit on a smarter idea: providing […]

Parking Madness: Vancouver vs. Rutland

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 18, 2016 | No Comments

Welcome to day two of the 2016 Parking Madness tournament. Yesterday, the assortment of surface parking between the Capitol and Union Station in Washington crushed the parking lots that greet people entering downtown Burlington, Vermont. Today pits “Vancouver’s upscale shopping mall” against the parking crater by the train station in “Vermont’s second city,” Rutland. Vancouver, BC The parking crater around the Oakridge […]

Parking Madness: Send Us Pics of Parking Lots Where Your City Should Be

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 7, 2016 | No Comments

Does your city have what it takes to compete in Streetsblog’s fourth annual Parking Madness tournament? Who will join Tulsa, Rochester, and Camden, NJ, as winners of the coveted “Golden Crater”? We’re looking for 16 parking scars blighting American downtowns. One will advance through our bracket to achieve lasting infamy — and hopefully some hometown coverage that […]

Georgia Lawmakers Won’t Even Let Atlanta Vote on Transit Expansion

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 1, 2016 | No Comments

Once again, state lawmakers in Georgia have undermined urban transport in Atlanta. A bill to allow residents Fulton and DeKalb counties to vote on a half-cent sales tax to fund transit died in the Georgia Senate this week when leaders refused to bring it to the floor for a vote. A successful referendum would have raised $8 […]

High Transportation Costs Make a Lot of HUD Housing Unaffordable

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 29, 2016 | No Comments

Rental assistance from HUD isn’t enough to make the cost of living affordable when the subsidies go toward housing in car-dependent areas, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Texas and the University of Utah. The study evaluated transportation costs for more than 18,000 households that receive HUD rental subsidies, estimating that nearly half of recipients have to spend more […]

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