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CA’s Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program Works
New annual report outlines progress of program to increase affordable housing and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Other benefits: getting agencies to work together, creating new active transportation infrastructure, preventing displacement
December 10, 2019
High-Speed Rail Money-Grab Based on Outdated Regs
A followup on the gaslighting and attempts to grab money from electrification of the Central Valley High-Speed Rail Spine
December 10, 2019
Kansas City Moves Ahead with Free Buses
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.
December 9, 2019
California Planners Have Already Been Swapping VMT for LOS
The state's "seismic" shift from measuring congestion to assessing new travel has been a glacial but inexorable change
December 4, 2019
Skirmish Over High-Speed Rail Funds
At Assembly Transportation Committee hearing, parochial discussions continue about transferring money to Southern California commuter rail
December 3, 2019
Best Practices: Five Vision Zero Tips for Suburbs
The suburbs have a harder job than their urban counterparts to make streets safer, but one county outside Washington D.C. is showing that it is possible to cater to cyclists and pedestrians in a place built around the car.
December 3, 2019
Former Mass Gov. Mike Dukakis: Driving Is For Turkeys
Mike Dukakis loves transit, but hates how his neighbors leave turkey carcasses at his Brookline door.
December 2, 2019
America’s SUVs Are Killing the Planet: U.N.
They're coming for your SUVs, America. Good!
November 27, 2019
Federal Government Doing Nothing On Autonomous Vehicles
Right now, Big Auto is developing technologies that will affect every single person in this country — and the federal government is sitting on its hands.
November 27, 2019
Caltrans Will Account for New Driving Produced by its Transportation Projects
A "profound change" in how transportation impacts are accounted for is coming, in line with efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and driving and increase biking, walking, and transit trips
November 27, 2019