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Aaron Short

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Rep. Jesus Garcia.
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Happening Now: Meet the New Congressional Caucus for Transportation

By Aaron Short | Oct 17, 2019 | No Comments
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..
dc metro
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Urban Transit Systems are Adding Riders (Mostly)

By Aaron Short | Oct 15, 2019 | No Comments
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!).
After 280,000 trips in Brooklyn, has Car2Go led to more driving, or less? We still don't know. Photo: Elvert Barnes/Flickr
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POST-MORTEM: Car2Go is Car2Gone in 5 Cities

By Aaron Short | Oct 1, 2019 | No Comments
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.
Lyft-Car-red
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Americans Keep Spending More on Taxis While Transit Stays Flat

By Aaron Short | Sep 27, 2019 | No Comments
Americans spent four times as much money on Uber and Lyft trips last year as they did in 2013. This is a crisis.
phoenix light rail
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Voters Save Light Rail from Koch Brothers Onslaught

By Aaron Short | Aug 28, 2019 | No Comments
Take that, Koch brothers: Voters in Phoenix have soundly rejected a proposal that would have halted the expansion of the city's light rail system.
Cycling_Georgia_-Country_Roads
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Ride Single-File in These Upstate Towns Or Risk Arrest

By Aaron Short | Jul 15, 2019 | No Comments
Cyclists love riding the scenic roads in the Hudson River valley, but a Draconian municipal law could have cops ticketing riders and even throwing them in jail if they ride side by side.
london biking
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Tally Ho! London Breaks its Cycling Record as New York Flatlines

By Aaron Short | Jul 8, 2019 | No Comments
London's painstaking network of new bike lanes, its refurbished signals at intersections, and its world-famous traffic congestion policies are paying off with record ridership. Can New York get with the programme (yes, that's the British spelling!)
An e-scooter share program is coming to The Bronx this year.
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Scoot Over: Nashville Unplugs E-Scooters — Just as New York Legalizes Them

By Aaron Short | Jun 27, 2019 | No Comments
Nashville is moving to end the city's e-scooter program after a scooter rider was killed by a car driver last month. The strategy comes as New York State is about to enter its own brave new world of micro-mobility.
sf bikes
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Lyft-Uber Bike Share Battle Has Vast Ramifications Beyond Bay Area

By Aaron Short | Jun 4, 2019 | No Comments
The two tech giants' battle over San Francisco's bike share system will have implications across the country.
Tex Gov. Greg Abbott
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Texas Gov. Makes Life-Saving Red Light Cameras Illegal

By Aaron Short | Jun 3, 2019 | No Comments
In New York City, we want more speed cameras. In Texas, the governor just made them illegal.
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