Feds Must Fix Hudson River Tunnel Before Catastrophic Failure Cripples New York
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The Regional Plan Association estimates that a failure of the tunnel would cost billions to the New York region and send home values plummeting.
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Streetfilms: Fixing the Subway is About Racial and Economic Justice
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Supporters of congestion pricing rallied Monday at Broadway Junction in Brooklyn.
America Spends $7.3 Billion a Year Paying Affluent People to Drive to Work
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Every day, the streets of American cities are more clogged and polluted at rush hour because the federal government pays people to drive to work.
Bike Commuting Growth Has Leveled Off – But Not Everywhere in the U.S.
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The handful of cities that led the rebound of U.S. bike commuting a decade ago seem to have slowed down — but continuing growth elsewhere suggests that progress can still happen if cities want it to.
Soon DC Employers May Pay People to Not Drive to Work
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With a "parking cash out" policy, employers who provide employees with parking benefits also give the equivalent value in cash to workers who don't car commute. Now a version of that idea has been introduced in the DC Council by members Charles Allen, Mary Cheh, and Brianne Nadeau.
Seattle Added 45,000 Jobs and Hardly Any Car Commuters
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Transforming from a car city to a transit city is no easy task. Just ask Denver and Los Angeles, which have spent billions to build rail systems but struggled to reduce solo car commuting rates. But Seattle shows it can be done: The share of downtown commuters who drive alone dropped from 35 percent in 2010 to 30 percent last year.