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Transportation Agencies: Improve Your Models or Hire More Lawyers
Todd Litman • Planetizen
Transportation models are biased in ways that result in inefficient, unfair and environmentally harmful planning decisions. Improve your analysis or prepare to be sued…
Cool Transportation Hacks Cities Are Using to Fight Climate Change
Jade Khatib • Scientific American
Through “bike buses,” more pedestrian-friendly streets and electric vehicles, some cities are making strides in decarbonizing transportation…
New Federal Program to Help Cities Plan ‘Thriving Neighborhoods’
Jared Brey • Governing
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced an award of $21 million for 64 communities to coordinate transit, mobility, and land-use plans and navigate infrastructure funding opportunities…
Low-Cost, High-Quality Transit Is Better Than Free Rides
Nicholas Dagen Bloom • Governing
Everyone likes getting something for nothing, but history shows why the math behind free public transit doesn’t add up…
The future of Pittsburgh’s polarizing e-scooter program hinges on state lawmakers
Jillian Fordstadt • 90.5 WESA
Transportation models are biased in ways that result in inefficient…
Riders of e-scooters logged nearly 500,000 trips in Pittsburgh last year, according to Move PGH data
Nate Doughty • Pittsburgh Business Journal
The rentable neon orange electric scooters that have dotted the city’s streets and sidewalks for nearly two years have become a popular form of transportation for many Pittsburgh residents, according to recently published data…
Complete Streets local funding match requirement waived through 2026, FTA says
Dan Zukowski • Smart Cities Dive
Bike and pedestrian trails, intercity passenger rail and transit-oriented development planning are among the activities eligible for federal funding…
Car-Free Living Takes Off in Car-Centric Cities
Patrick Sission • Bloomberg CityLab
In Houston and Charlotte, developers are leveraging micromobility, transit investments and zoning reforms to create walkable projects that omit the parking lot…
Editorial: Motor License Fund bill could mean decisions for municipalities
Tribune-Review
Pennsylvania Senate bill would see state police get less money from a dedicated pool with a different purpose…
Public Transit’s Existential Crisis
Diana Ionescu • Planetizen
U.S. transit systems are still scrambling to find alternate funding sources and adjust their service to new needs as ridership remains below pre-pandemic levels…
Route 65 study to focus on reconnecting Pittsburgh’s North Side neighborhoods
Ryan Deto • Tribune-Review
Pittsburgh was awarded $1.4 million on Wednesday to study whether it should alter a section of Route 65 in the city’s North Side to reconnect the Chateau and Manchester neighborhoods…
Pittsburgh, Philadelphia among country’s most walkable cities
Anthony Hennen • The Center Square
For major walkable cities, Pennsylvania has two of the best in the country, according to a recent report…
