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We're in for a lot of empty trains — and economic catastrophe — if we don't get a better relief bill soon.
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New COVID Relief Bill Gives Zero Dollars to Sustainable Transportation

By Kea Wilson | Jul 28, 2020 | No Comments

Senate Republicans have released a new COVID-19 relief bill that allocates billions of dollars to air travel, but leaves zero dollars for the public transit systems that experts say are getting essential employees to work — and keeping our entire economy afloat. The Senate Republican’s Health, Economic Assistance, Liability protection and Schools (HEALS) Act allots $10 […]

One year from today, we could find out what our zone will be like.

Europe’s Congestion Pricing Lessons For America

By Aaron Short | Oct 31, 2019 | No Comments

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.

An Upper West side community board recently made the opening sally of a bid to bring resident-permit parking to New York. Can New Yorkers improve on other cities' methods? Photo: Streetopia UWS

Residential-Parking Permits: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?

By Eric Schewe | Aug 20, 2019 | 86 Comments

It's been tried all over the country, with some big hiccups. But parking management could succeed here. The key word is "could."

Take Citi Bike to the Polls Next Tuesday — For Free

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 29, 2018 | 4 Comments

Motivate, which runs bike share systems nationwide, will give residents of nine big cities free bikes on Election Day, Nov. 6.

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Fix Bike “Clutter” — Put a Bike Corral on Every Block

By Angie Schmitt | May 4, 2018 | No Comments

It shouldn't be a tough nut to crack: Just put more bike parking in the curb lane. Now Washington, DC, is considering something along those lines.

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Democracy Dies in… Bus Lanes?

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 26, 2018 | No Comments

Advocates got Montgomery County to consider adding bus lanes to its BRT plan. Anti-transit NIMBYs see a conspiracy.

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