Experts: Senate Bill’s $25B for Transit Won’t Be Enough
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Yet Congress must do much more to stave off long-term damage, officials and advocates say.
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Op-Ed: We Need Handwashing Facilities At Every Public Transit Station in America
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Public restrooms at transit stops aren't just a COVID-19 issue. They're a transit access issue, a religious rights issue, and a human rights issue.
Trump Says COVID-19 Deaths May Be the Price We Pay For A Strong Economy — Just Like Traffic Deaths
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It’s bad enough that most Americans think that 40,000 road deaths a year is just the price we pay for the freedom to go wherever we want whenever we want — but now that argument is being used by conservatives who want to abandon the health practices that can help us defeat the coronavirus. President […]
Suburbanization is Not the Answer To COVID-19
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Yes, contraction rates are higher in denser cities. No, that doesn't mean that the burbs are any safer — and in some ways, they're worse.
COVID19 Legacy: The Death of the Avoidable Car Trip?
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COVID-19 is requiring us to cut non-essential travel in the short term. It'll be harder to do it in the long term — but it will be worth it.
Coronavirus Legacy: No One Should Have to Drive to Vote
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It's another corona crisistunity: Ohio's decision to cancel its primary shows the need to improve remote voting, during a public health crisis or not.
Lowering Speed Limits Will Help Stop COVID-19
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Hospitals are about to be overwhelmed with virus patients. Let's not strain our health care system any more — we need to reduce speed limits now.
BREAKING: 10 Major Cities Unite to Urge Feds to Fund Better Urban Transit
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President Trump is doing such a poor job of funding infrastructure in urban areas that 10 major cities have banded together to jointly demand immediate action.
Big Data Could Revolutionize Transportation. Is That a Good Thing?
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Most of us are already sharing our location with private corporations almost every day. Could we use that data for good — or do we need to fight Big Brother?
Streetsblog 101: How Pop Culture Stigmatizes Public Transit
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Have you ever noticed that almost any time characters ride a bus or a train in a movie, they...kinda hate it?
America is Spending Billions Just to Make Traffic Worse
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Induced demand isn't news to Streetsblog readers. But a new report from Transportation for America illustrates exactly how stupid lane widenings really are.
Op-Ed: Every City Should Try This Innovative Way To Fund Transit
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When the city builds a train line or a bus route, adjacent property values sky rocket. Why shouldn't the public benefit from that phenomenon — and use that money to expand transit more?