Aaron Short
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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.
Americans Keep Spending More on Taxis While Transit Stays Flat
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Americans spent four times as much money on Uber and Lyft trips last year as they did in 2013. This is a crisis.
Voters Save Light Rail from Koch Brothers Onslaught
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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.