Philadelphia

As we approach the the end of October, things are getting eerie. I'm not talking about spectral Halloween decorations. (Sorry, I wound up squeezing two different holiday references into this post.) Rather, I'm referring to the haunting possibility that state legislators may go home from their fall veto session, wrapping up Tuesday through Thursday of next week, without passing a transit reform and funding bill. That could result in service cuts and layoffs, which would indeed be frightful.

We talked to transportation advocacy organizations in Oakland, Seattle, Salt Lake City, Denver, Minneapolis, Philadelphia and Madison, Wisconsin. 

If the closures are going remain in effect, the mayor should at least follow New York's lead by creating more space for safe, socially-distanced recreation elsewhere.  

To help Chicagoans to travel and recreate safely, without being exposed to the virus or dangerous drivers, let's create a citywide network of car-free major streets.

Lower parking requirements have encouraged construction of housing instead of car storage, but the reforms still face political resistance.

Philadelphia's triple-stadium parking crater takes on a parking-riddled campus in Long Beach, California.

Two years into Kenney's tenure, it already seems unlikely that he'll achieve his promise to improve the bike network.

If we're going to reduce traffic deaths, we need to start with roads like Roosevelt Boulevard in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia is one of the few American cities that continues to operate sections of its legacy streetcar system. The city's streetcars move a lot of people -- carrying about 80,000 daily trips on 68 miles of track -- but the system could use an overhaul.