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Americans Want Green School Buses, But Congress Sells Them Short

Most Americans agree its past time to green the nation's fleet of yellow school buses, a new survey finds — but Congress keeps whittling down funding for this common sense, bipartisan priority.

July 25, 2021

Americans Want Green School Buses, But Congress Sells Them Short

Streetsblog USA |Bicycling

Programs that Pay Residents to Give Up Cars Gain Support Worldwide

France may soon pay its residents to trade their private cars for e-bikes, vehicle-share services, and even transit passes — and the move is re-igniting the conversation about unconventional ways our governments can subsidize the greenest modes of transportation.

April 15, 2021

Streetsblog USA |Biden Harris

USDOT Grant Program Will Prioritize ‘Sustainability’ and ‘Equity’

The U.S. Department of Transportation is re-branding one of its largest discretionary grant programs to explicitly reward regional and local governments who put equity and sustainability first in their transportation projects. But some advocates are holding their applause until they see how the department will actually define those critical terms.

April 14, 2021

Streetsblog USA |Amtrak

Amtrak Is Ready to Grow. Will it Finally Get the Subsidy It Deserves?

Amtrak wants intercity rail take its rightful place as an essential component of our public transportation ecosystem, rather than quasi-private afterthought.

February 21, 2021

Streetsblog USA |bike lanes

What The Next Federal Infrastructure Bill Would Look Like If Cities Were In Charge

If city and regional leaders were the ones writing next federal infrastructure bill, mass transit would be a top priority and highways would be de-emphasized, a new study suggests.

February 16, 2021

Streetsblog USA |Biden Harris

Memo to Buttigieg: USDOT Needs an Active Transportation Administration

Giving people who walk and roll a voice in Washington is a crucial tool in the fight to change the federal structures that underlie our car-only transportation landscape.

January 20, 2021

Streetsblog USA |Donald Trump

The Five Worst Legacies of the Chao Years — And How to Undo Them

Secretary Elaine Chao's leadership of the Department of Transportation damaged our nation — both in what she did and what she failed to do, experts say.

November 9, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Coronavirus

Trump Admin Rejects Transit Mask Mandate, Endangering Transport — Again

The Trump administration declined the request from a prominent transit workers' union the same day the President was admitted to a tax payer-funded hospital for coronavirus.

October 7, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Coronavirus

Report: Three Million People Could Lose Transit Access Soon

And Black, brown and low-income city residents will bear the brunt.

September 29, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Bicycle Infrastructure

Is a Federal Greenway Act What the U.S. Needs to Recover from COVID-19?

A new effort is underway to build a massive national network of connected walking and cycle infrastructure— and the organization behind it says a $10 billion federal investment in the project would help the country rebound from the economic ravages of COVID-19 in a way that highway spending never could.

September 9, 2020

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