Angie Schmitt
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Colorado Isn’t Even Trying to Reduce Traffic Deaths
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Colorado aims for more traffic deaths under a new federal program requiring them to set targets. The state shows a disappointing lack of ambition in keeping its own residents alive and healthy, said policy leaders at Transportation for America.
Cambridge Becomes First U.S. City to Make Protected Bike Lanes Mandatory
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When streets are repaired in Cambridge, Mass., they will automatically be upgraded with protected bike lanes.
How Tampa Tripled Ridership on its Streetcar
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Free fares and more service led to big ridership boosts in Tampa and St. Petersburg. Would it scale?
Parking Madness 2019, Round 2: Providence vs. Indianapolis
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Which deserves to go on to the Final Four? Providence's improved State Capitol area or Indy's downtown growth?
Parking Madness 2019, Round 2: Houston vs. Pittsburgh
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A parking crater than turned into a whole neighborhood in Houston competes with a beloved park in Pittsburgh.
What Toronto Learned By Giving Its Streetcar Its Own Lane
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You can move more people in crowded cities when you get cars out of the way of more efficient modes — like transit.
Parking Madness 2019: Minneapolis vs. Oakland
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Our first Round 2 matchup futures two new neighborhoods that have risen out of asphalt.
The Top 10 U.S. Highways that Should be Torn Down
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Aging highways present opportunity for cities to rebuild urban neighborhoods. Here are the top 10 highways that are ripe for teardown, according to CNU.
Study: Bike and Ped Lanes Make Neighbors Healthier
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High-quality biking and walking facilities actually create healthier people, a new study based in Vancouver finds.
Parking Madness 2019 Round 1: Houston vs. Boston
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Whole neighborhoods around downtown Houston and Boston's Seaport are rising out of asphalt.
Transit Raises Property Values, Lowers Poverty
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A Cleveland study found neighborhoods that added transit service was a 3.5-percent increase in property values and a 13-percent decline in poverty.
Trump White House Still Underfunds Transit
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About $2.7 billion in funds for transit projects remains in a state of limbo at the Trump U.S. DOT.