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Senate bill: increase localities’ control over transport budgets

A new bill would potentially give local agencies much improved access to federal transportation funding, reports Streetsblog. The bipartisan bill, introduced last week by senator Cory Booker, Democrat...

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Growing pains for San Francisco’s car-sharing initiative

The parking-lot business is feeling the heat of San Francisco’s real estate market: private lots are being sold for new development, lowering the number of parking spaces in the city. That trend is...

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Should federal transport spending take job creation into account?

Even as the amount of federal funding awarded to contractors falls, there’s broad recognition that the country must invest in its transportation infrastructure. Earlier this week the Council on Foreign...

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Sen. Boxer (D-CA) speaks out on highway fund

Senator Barbara Boxer, Democrat of California, announced in a recent letter that salvaging the Highway Trust Fund is a major focus of her office, reports the blog Better Roads. Boxer, in a letter...

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10 months in: New York’s Vision Zero in comparison

Numbers released by the NYPD last week count 202 traffic fatalities in New York City between January and October 17, a decrease of roughly 10% from a similar period in 2013 (January through the end of...

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On the brink of the largest recall in U.S. history

Members of Congress are calling faulty air bags from Japanese manufacturer Takata “a public safety threat,” foreshadowing what could become the country’s largest recall in history and prompting...

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Gov’t tracks license plates, refuses citizens access to own records

Law enforcement agencies are collecting license plate data on millions of American cars. Who’s tracking your license plate? And does it matter? The answers may startle you. A compelling report by...

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NC to recommend new fees affecting developers, billboard companies

On Thursday, November 6, the North Carolina Board of Transportation will vote on recommendations to implement fees affecting developers and billboard companies. The board’s action follows its October 1...

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Voters react to transportation initiatives

The massive Republican gains of the 2014 midterm elections don’t give fans of alternative modes of transit much cause to celebrate. Of late, conservative transportation policy has favored highways that...

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Gas tax hike to hit New Jersey drivers

Within 24 hours after this year’s elections, a new bill in New Jersey proposed raising the state’s gas tax to almost $300 yearly for the average driver. The increased revenue will be put towards the...

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Americans’ taxes subsidize congestion, study finds

The federal government is working at cross purposes with itself and local and state governments. In a study released last week by TransitCenter and Frontier Group, researchers discovered that federal...

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What to do about Montana’s record of traffic fatalities?

Montana recently launched Toward Zero Deaths, an inter-state program designed to make the “highway system free of fatalities,” as well Vision Zero, another safety program. The programs are each raising...

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Evolving politics of NYC’s “failure to yield” law

Some New York City bus drivers were up in arms after a fellow driver was arrested for failing to yield and fatally hitting a pedestrian in Brooklyn just before Christmas. The drivers, who protested by...

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Legal pot leads to drugged driving concerns, says AAA study

As recreational marijuana use is legalized in Oregon, Washington, the District of Columbia, Alaska and Colorado, safety advocates and ordinary Americans alike are concerned over the impact of driving...

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How plumbers, the UPS, and people of color benefit from the NYPD’s slowdown

New York is nearing on the second month of one of the greatest law enforcement experiments in recent memory: what happens if police stop enforcing the law? Since the NYPD’s slowdown began in the wake...

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Congress’s transportation problems (and projects)

Congress is currently facing a tempest of transportation issues. First and foremost is the impending budget deadline, fast approaching on May 31, but there are other looming problems and projects, too,...

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On the brink of the largest recall in U.S. history

Members of Congress are calling faulty air bags from Japanese manufacturer Takata “a public safety threat,” foreshadowing what could become the country’s largest recall in history and prompting...

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Gov’t tracks license plates, refuses citizens access to own records

Law enforcement agencies are collecting license plate data on millions of American cars. Who’s tracking your license plate? And does it matter? The answers may startle you. A compelling report by...

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NC to recommend new fees affecting developers, billboard companies

On Thursday, November 6, the North Carolina Board of Transportation will vote on recommendations to implement fees affecting developers and billboard companies. The board’s action follows its October 1...

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Voters react to transportation initiatives

The massive Republican gains of the 2014 midterm elections don’t give fans of alternative modes of transit much cause to celebrate. Of late, conservative transportation policy has favored highways that...

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