Aaron Short
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A BILL OF GOODS: Why are We Putting Up With Parking-Protected Bike Lanes?
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We called the Danish embassy in Washington, D.C. to get more information on whether Denmark considers parking-protected bike lanes a best practice and the woman who answered the phone laughed at us.
Federal Government Doing Nothing On Driverless Cars
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Right now, the federal government is sitting on its hands as Big Auto is developing technologies that will affect every single person in this country.
Connecticut’s Transportation Plan Calls for More Highways
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Why is the Nutmeg State governor planning more highways?
Amtrak Edging Towards Profitability Thanks to Northeast Corridor Improvements
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And the railroad company has big plans for 2020: more-focused service across the country.
Europe’s Congestion Pricing Lessons For America
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The problem, of course, is America's car culture itself: Most commuters don't take public transit and view congestion pricing as a tax, making it a huge political lift, even if there's a groundswell of support for reform, these experts added.
STREETSBLOG USA All Hail! Federal Workers Using Uber Way Too Much
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Government workers are turning to Uber and Lyft on business trips, with a 922-percent increase in spending last year, newly released records from the General Services Administratiaon show. At the same time, workers are using less transit.
STREETSBLOG USA Schumer Pushes Electric Cars — Here’s Why He’s Wrong
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Message to the senior senator from New York: Electric cars are still cars — and they still suck.
Live from NY: It’s Andrew Yang On A Bike!
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Here's one election cycle that Andrew Yang is winning.
STREETSBLOG USA POLLY MATH: Lessons for America from the 14th Street Busway
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A new book by a bus expert shows that New York City did exactly the right thing — albeit taking too long to do it.
Happening Now: Meet the New Congressional Caucus for Transportation
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Democratic Reps. Ayanna Pressley, Jesús García, and Mark Takano are forming a Future of Transportation Caucus that will push for more funding for mass transit and transit-friendly legislation..
STREETSBLOG USA Urban Transit Systems are Adding Riders (Mostly)
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Some American cities are bucking a years-long trend of declining transit ridership — but much depends on whether the system is good or bad (as we certainly know here in NY!).
POST-MORTEM: Car2Go is Car2Gone in 5 Cities
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The largest car sharing company in the world is withdrawing from five North American cities after being squeezed at both ends of a volatile economy that has given passengers a multitude options to motor around their cities.