Portland Launches Public Adaptive Bike Rental for People With Disabilities
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Portland's program will offer a mix of tandems, hand-cycles, and three-wheeled bikes.
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Will Philadelphia Go Backward on Parking Requirements and Housing Affordability?
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In many American cities, free on-street parking remains more abundant than affordable housing. Despite the housing crunch spreading to more urban areas, the politics of parking threatens to keep it that way.
Milwaukee Forges Ahead With Its First Bike Boulevards
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Milwaukee will be getting its first bike boulevards, the city announced this week, the beginning of what should eventually be a citywide network of low-traffic, low-stress streets for cycling.
All the Effort That Went Into Fighting a Dallas Highway Is About to Pay Off
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The Trinity Parkway would cost $1.5 billion, further entrench car dependence, and ruin riverfront parkland and natural habitat. But now, after a sustained campaign that turned highways and transportation into a central issue in local elections, the Dallas City Council is on the verge of killing the project.
When Your State DOT Starts Talking About “Relieving Congestion,” Alarms Should Go Off
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Georgia is looking to reduce congestion on the I-75/85 corridor in through downtown Atlanta, saying "no idea is off the table." But some ideas should be discarded right off the bat - like the notion that adding space for cars is going to solve the traffic problem.
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Dallas Council Members Say Bus Network Overhaul Can’t Wait
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Dallas's winding, confusing bus routes are ripe for rethinking, and the City Council wants to act fast.
Caving to Resentment Politics, Oregon Enacts a Bike Tax
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Congrats to Oregon on its preposterous bike tax that accomplishes no discernible transportation goal except dampening demand for new bikes.
Tampa Transit Chief Gives Up Car For a Month-Long Listening Tour on Buses
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The CEO of the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority is changing his schedule -- and getting an earful.
With Seattle Transit Funds Under Siege By State Legislators, the Governor Rides to the Rescue
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Things are looking up transit riders in Washington, where Democratic Governor Jay Inslee fended off attacks on transit funding. But in Ohio, Republican Governor John Kasich delivered a blow to transit service with a stroke of his veto pen.
What If Atlanta Taxed Parking to Keep Housing Affordable?
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A tax on parking could generate funds for affordable housing and transit in Atlanta. The question is whether the city has the political appetite to enact it.
An All-Too-Rare Idea to Improve Transit: Put People Who Ride Transit in Charge
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It's hard to improve transit service if the people who oversee transit policy don't know what makes for good service. And yet, agency boards are often dominated by political hacks with little or no transit expertise -- many don't even know what it's like to ride the transit systems they oversee. Dallas is trying something different.
Portland’s on the Verge of Fending Off Two Highway Widening Projects
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In Portland, two road expansions with a combined pricetag of $1 billion seemed to be on the fast track for funding this year, with transit agency boss Neil McFarlane and city DOT chief Leah Treat lining up behind them, in addition to the usual road-building suspects. But it looks like the highway expansions are toast, at least for now.