Transportation planners and advocates: What legacy will you leave for racial justice?
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I hope that you make choices today that you will be proud to stand by later in the quest for a more just society.
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No, Giant Shared Ubers Aren’t About to Solve City Traffic Problems
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MIT researchers got a ton of press for a mathematical model that showed sharing for-hire vehicles could replace 85 percent of New York City's taxi fleet. But their conclusions were built on shaky assumptions, says economist Joe Cortright.
Hero Mom Fined By Police for Vigilante Traffic Calming
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She wanted her kids to be safe in the front yard, so she held the sign over her head and stood in the middle the street. Police slapped her with a jaywalking ticket.
Cleveland Paper’s Fact-Free Take on Transit: “Wheezing” Buses Pollute Downtown
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In a recent editorial, the Cleveland Plain Dealer argued that "wheezing, block-long buses" should get booted off the city's main square, disrupting tens of thousands of transit trips. But rerouting the buses is going to make emissions worse, not better.
How Job Sprawl Robs People of Time, Money, and Economic Opportunity
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What’s the cost of a long commute? If you’re struggling to make ends meet, spending hours each day just to get to work not only costs you time, it can also be a major barrier to economic mobility. In Rochester, New York, the advocacy group Reconnect Rochester has been taking a close look at the 7,500 local workers who commute by […]
Larry Hogan’s “BaltimoreLink” Fails to Deliver for Transit Riders
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When Maryland Governor Larry Hogan unilaterally killed plans for Baltimore’s 14-mile Red Line light rail, shifting the funds to road projects in whiter parts of the state, local advocates filed a civil rights complaint. Hogan, meanwhile, said he would make it up to the city with a set of bus improvements called BaltimoreLink. After getting a good long look […]