Aaron Short
Recent Posts
Not So FAST: Senate Transport Bill Causes Pileup for White House Climate Goals
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A Senate proposal to shovel hundreds of billions of dollars into new freeways will wipe out the Biden administration’s goal of halving carbon emissions by 2030.
U.S. DOT Must Do Better for Peds, Cyclists, Taxpayers: Report
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The U.S. Department of Transportation has not set goals or tracked the performance of 90 traffic safety activities making it difficult to improve them or determining whether they work at all, a congressional watchdog found.
Nominee Buttigieg Talks of ‘Righting the Wrong’ of Racist Freeways
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“It’s disproportionately Black and brown neighborhoods that were divided by highway projects because they didn’t have the political capital to resist,” Buttigieg said on Sunday. "We have a chance to get that right.”
Red States are Why U.S. Will Miss its Climate Targets
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Why can't our country solve its emissions problem? Because we are effectively two nations: A blue nation that is committed to climate change, and a Trump nation that is not.
Feds to Cities: Paint the Town Red!
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The Federal Highway Association approved new guidance this week that will dramatically expedite the process for approving the use of red paint to indicate a dedicated bus lane.
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.