Why The U.S. Needs a Bold 2030 Mode Shift Target
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America needs to commit to transportation policies that will at least double the number of people who travel by foot, bike or transit by 2030, a leading advocacy group argues.
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Buttigieg Presents to House Transport. Committee
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Buttigieg presented an ambitious vision for a more just and sustainable transportation system in the U.S. We’ll be eagerly following the funding, regulation and policy specifics of how this vision can be realized.
Fare-Free Buses Gain Momentum on Beacon Hill
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Two bills currently in the Massachusetts Senate would eliminate fare collection on some or all of the state's bus routes.
Talking Headways Podcast: The Annual Prediction Show with Yonah Freemark!
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Talking to the new Urban Institute honcho about projects added to his transit inventory, the new infrastructure bill and a look back at our predictions from last year.
Advocates to Feds: We Need a New Traffic-Control Manual
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A coalition of leading transportation professionals is pushing for an overhaul of the manual that sets many of the most dangerous design guidelines for our car-focused roads — and rejecting a piecemeal public comment process that they say will only put a band-aids over the gaping wounds in our unsafe national transportation standards.
New ‘Controlling Criteria’ Will Require Sidewalks, Bike Lanes In State Road Projects
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The newly-adopted controlling criteria for bike, pedestrian, and transit facilities lay out minimum standards to help ensure that all roadway users are considered from the beginning of a project's design process.
Bike Light Legislation Renews Debate Over Policing’s Role In Traffic Safety
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"There are concerns we have that this would be enforced through police interactions, and we know those to be inherently inequitable, and that they lead to more drastic incidents for people of color."
Analysis: Bay State’s EV Rebate Program Overwhelmingly Benefits Wealthy Suburbanites
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The Baker administration has spent $14 million to subsidize purchases of new Teslas, whose products are all categorized as “luxury” cars.
Baker’s Climate Plans Presume A Future With Lots of Driving
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Governor Baker's climate plan focuses most of its attention on subsidizing electric car purchases, and generally dismisses the potential of reducing pollution with transit-oriented development or expanded transit services.
Data Confirm That More Fatal Crashes Happen in Commonwealth’s Black Neighborhoods
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Of the 210 fatal car crashes in Massachusetts where a driver killed a bike rider or pedestrian between 2018 and 2020, a quarter of those killings occurred in neighborhoods where the Black population makes up a higher-than-average proportion of the neighborhood population, according to a Streetsblog analysis of MassDOT fatal crash records. According to U.S. […]
Biden Admin. Appoints Pete Buttigieg for Sec. of Transportation
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Buttigieg will have a major responsibility in making sure the Biden administration meets its climate goals.
Rep. Pressley Calls on Feds to Fund Highways, Transit Equally
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Since 1982, federal transportation funding has been governed by the "80-20 split," which restricts the federal Department of Transportation from spending more than 20 percent of its Highway Trust Fund money on transit projects, leaving the majority of federal funding for highway projects.