Aaron Short

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Think Tank Offers Road Map to Break the Car Culture

By Aaron Short | Dec 9, 2019 | No Comments

Congress should stop splurging on new highways and instead expand transit to help Americans break their century-long addiction to a device that is killing us, the car, a D.C. institute says.

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Kansas City Moves Ahead with Free Buses

By Aaron Short | Dec 9, 2019 | No Comments

The Missouri metropolis is set to provide free bus service for residents but state and local governments take more steps to ensure transit thrives in the region.

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Portland Makes Way For Bike Parking

By Aaron Short | Dec 5, 2019 | No Comments

Lawmakers in the Rose City have mandated that big developers provide space for residents to store their bicycles.

Elaine L. Chao (Secretary of Transportation, United States of America) at the plenary session on "Connecting regions for sustainable growth" at the International Transport Forums 2019 Summit on Transport Connectivity for Regional Integration in Leipzig, Germany, on 22 May 2019.

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Urban Transportation Funding To Fall as Rural America Cashes In Under Trump

By Aaron Short | Dec 4, 2019 | No Comments

It's a great time to be living in the middle of nowhere as President Trump directs more transportation funds to his rural base.

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Why are We Putting Up With Parking-Protected Bike Lanes?

By Aaron Short | Dec 3, 2019 | No Comments

We called the Danish embassy in Washington, D.C. to get more information on whether Denmark considers parking-protected bike lanes a best practice and the woman who answered the phone laughed at us.

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Best Practices: Five Vision Zero Tips for Suburbs

By Aaron Short | Dec 2, 2019 | No Comments

The suburbs have a harder job than their urban counterparts to make streets safer, but one county outside Washington D.C. is showing that it is possible to cater to cyclists and pedestrians in a place built around the car.