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Cities Are Replacing Dangerous Slip Lanes With Space for People
What a difference some paint makes.
July 14, 2018
These Are the American Cities Where Transit Access to Jobs Is Getting Better
Investments in better transit are paying off for Phoenix, Minneapolis, and Columbus.
July 9, 2018
Should Seattle Extend Its Streetcar?
Like other cities that have built low-ridership streetcars, Seattle is facing a choice: keep throwing money at a mode of transportation that hasn't paid off, or stick with it in the hopes that more people will ride routes that connect more places.
July 2, 2018
Highway Boondoggles: I-94 Expansion in Wisconsin
The highway widening will cost up to $1.9 billion. It is part of an insanely generous package of giveaways to lure electronics manufacturer Foxconn to Wisconsin.
June 29, 2018
Highway Boondoggles: LBJ East Expansion in Dallas, Texas
16 lanes. A $1.6 billion price tag. More traffic. Less transit. Yep, it's a boondoggle.
June 27, 2018
The Story of “Micro Transit” Is Consistent, Dismal Failure
Real world experience has proven that diverting resources to "micro transit" is not a recipe to improve transit or increase ridership.
June 26, 2018
Larry Hogan’s Highway Building Binge Threatens to Force Hundreds of People From Their Homes
Uprooting economically vulnerable people to make room for roads isn't a relic of the 1960s -- it's alive and well in Maryland in 2018.
June 22, 2018
Why Affordable Housing Is So Important for Development Near Transit
What happens when you build housing around transit, but it's not affordable to the people who ride transit the most?
June 20, 2018
Making Traffic Signals Fair for Pedestrians
Traffic engineering conventions deprive people on foot of sufficient time to cross the street. We should change that.
June 19, 2018
Boston Makes Its Bus Lane Experiment Permanent
It doesn't take much money to make riding the bus a lot more convenient. With little more than orange cones, Boston set up a bus lane on one of its most important but congested bus corridors -- and it worked wonders.
June 8, 2018