Capital Idea: D.C. May Soon Give Out $100 Per Month For Transit
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What if the city government automatically put $100 on your OMNY card? Washington, D.C. is thinking about it.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about COVID-19
Study: Downtown Congestion is Still Down — And It Could Help Explain Roadway Dangers
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Downtown rush hour has still not roared back to pre-pandemic levels even as car travel surges in the suburbs, a new study finds — and it may help explain why traffic deaths have stayed so stubbornly high in U.S. communities.
STREETSBLOG USA Four Factors Driving the Bus Operator Shortage (And What to Do About Them)
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Bus driver shortages are undermining transit agencies' efforts to recover from the pandemic. Here's what can be done.
BAD TO WORSE: Study Explains Why Road Violence Increased During the Pandemic
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Bad drivers got worse ... and drove more.
Report: To Sustain the Cycling Boom, U.S. Must Build Up American Bike Manufacturing
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And as the bike shortages of the Covid-19 pandemic recently revealed, the absence of a robust domestic bike industry can itself become a barrier to getting Americans riding.
Study: Drivers Responsible For Way More Ammonia Pollution Than Previously Thought
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Federal and state agencies may be underestimating the amount of dangerous ammonia emissions that cars pump into the atmosphere by as much as a factor of five, a new study finds — and maybe more in urban areas.