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Aaron Short

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I-5 northbound through the Rose Quarter. Photo: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland
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Awful Highway Expansions in Denver and Portland are Halted

By Aaron Short | May 26, 2022 | No Comments
State transportation agencies halted proposals to widen freeways in Denver and Portland amid rising costs, lawsuits, and stark questions about the projects’ destructive effects on the environment.
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State DOTs Want More Money, Fewer Regulations

By Aaron Short | Jan 10, 2020 | No Comments
AASHTO-ld you so! State DOT association wants the same funding for highway construction — and no provisions to make roads safer.
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Dems in Congress Vow to Fight Trump on New Climate Rules

By Aaron Short | Jan 7, 2020 | No Comments
Congressional leaders are bracing for a fight with the Trump administration over changes to the environmental review process.
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Vision Zero! Oslo Completely Quashes Road Deaths

By Aaron Short | Jan 6, 2020 | No Comments
Secrets from Oslo, where the zero of Vision Zero is taken seriously.
Transit activist posted a map of a rail network that crisscrosses Ohio last month, spurring conversation in the Buckeye State about its future. Image: Kevin Verhoff
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Rail-y Big Deal: Ohio Man Maps The Future

By Aaron Short | Dec 24, 2019 | No Comments
"People said, 'This would change my life,'" said the visionary behind a Buckeye State rail system.
Traffic fatalities on interstates like I-35 in Austin have risen over the past decade as pedestrians struggle to find safe places to cross them.
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Pedestrians Deaths On Freeways is On The Rise

By Aaron Short | Dec 23, 2019 | No Comments
More Americans have been dying on high-speed roads because cities and states haven't built proper infrastructure to help people cross safely, a new study shows.
Congress nixed an electric vehicle tax credit at the president's request, which will make Teslas more expensive next year. Image: Wolfram Burner
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Winners and Losers In $1.4T Fed Spending Bill

By Aaron Short | Dec 19, 2019 | No Comments
Congress has some stocking stuffers and a few lumps of coal for the transportation sector in the $1.4 trillion spending package the House of Representatives passed on Tuesday in one of the last votes of the year before impeachment.
Bike Easy celebrates a tactical urbanism "small win" — a protected bike lane on Marconi Drive in New Orleans. Photo: Bike Easy
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There is Still Structural Racism in Transportation: Report

By Aaron Short | Dec 18, 2019 | No Comments
Smart Growth America: include community members in planning, hire more diverse staff, and stop displacing residents to combat generations of structural racism
Trump-friendly states that are doing little to reduce climate emissions which is depressing the country's goal set by the 2015 Paris Agreement.
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Red States Help U.S. Miss Climate Targets

By Aaron Short | Dec 17, 2019 | No Comments
Why can't our country solve its emissions problem? Because we are effectively two nations: A blue nation that is committed to fighting climate change, and a Trump nation that is not.
New Urban Mobility's Harriet Tregoning is optimistic about the spread of micromobilty in cities across the country.
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Q&A: Micromobility’s Future With Harriet Tregoning

By Aaron Short | Dec 17, 2019 | No Comments
"Cities can provide more infrastructure that’s safe," the director of the New Urban Mobility Alliance says.
Three cities are launching a pilot program with T4A to manage curb space and collect data about which companies are making deliveries and when.
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Three Cities See a Way to ‘Curb’ Traffic

By Aaron Short | Dec 12, 2019 | No Comments
Curb space is the Wild West of neighborhood transportation.
39th Street Bus
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Kansas City Moves Ahead with Free Buses

By Aaron Short | Dec 9, 2019 | No Comments
The Missouri metropolis is set to provide free bus service for residents but state and local governments take more steps to ensure transit thrives in the region.
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