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How State DOTs Brush Off the Discriminatory Impact of Highway Projects
By Angie Schmitt |
When it’s time to expand or build a highway, generally speaking, it’s communities of color that bear a disproportionate burden of the impact. Unlike 60 years ago, today we have laws that protect people from the discriminatory use of state authority — at least in theory. But in practice, when highway projects threaten to demolish, […]
Rising to the Challenge of Bringing Kids on Transit
By Sarah Goodyear |
Following up on yesterday’s post about family-friendly transit, which generated a raft of interesting comments on Streetsblog New York (and even more on our SF, DC and LA sites), we’ve got a dispatch from the front lines. Carla Saulter, who writes the always excellent Bus Chick blog out in Seattle, weighs in on how going […]
Hawaiians Know: Friends Don’t Let Friends Listen To Randal O’Toole
By Noah Kazis |
There are few things we enjoy more than a good smack-down of the anti-transit faux libertarian Randal O’Toole, except perhaps a good show of people power in support of sustainable transportation. Luckily, a new post from Network blog Say Yes to the Honolulu Rail System has both: The Hawaii News Now report on last night’s […]
Are Regional Transit Agencies Too Beholden to the Suburbs?
By Angie Schmitt |
The conflict over the Cincinnati Streetcar is clearly rooted in some sort of geographic tension. The new mayor, whose strength comes from the city’s outer neighborhoods, has taken aim at a project held very dear by people who live in the city center — and now the whole country’s watching to see if the city […]
Leaked: Washington State’s $12 Billion Highway Spending Plan
By Angie Schmitt |
Surprise! Transit advocates in Seattle recently found out that Washington state lawmakers have been formulating an enormous $12 billion highway spending package in secret. But someone leaked the documents to Ben Schiendelman at Seattle Transit Blog. He says there’s a good reason legislators tried to keep this proposal under wraps. It’s the same type of expensive, […]
Portland Advocates Won’t Settle for Business-as-Usual Highway Spending
By Angie Schmitt |
Advocates in Portland are challenging the region's business-as-usual approach to transportation planning. They're sick of roads getting most of the funding pie, while transit, biking, and walking get crumbs.